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BHS Helle 2013

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4736376712Schemes..., A rhetorical figure of speech which involves changing the order of words in a sentence0
4736376713Parallelismsimilarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases, or clauses1
4736376714Isocolonsimilarity not only of structure but of length2
4736376715Antithesisthe juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure3
4736376716Anastropheinversion of the natural or usual word order4
4736376717Parenthesisinsertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence5
4736376718Appositionplacing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first6
4736376719Ellipsisthe deliberate omission of a word or of words readily implied by the context7
4736376720Asyndetondeliberate omission of conjunctions between a series8
4736376721Polysyndetondeliberate use of many conjunctions9
4736376722Alliterationrepetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words10
4736376723Assonancethe repetition of similar vowel forms, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words11
4736376724Anaphorarepetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successful clauses12
4736376725Epistropherepetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successful clauses13
4736376726Epanalepsisrepetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause14
4736376727AnadiplosisRepetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause15
4736376728Climaxarrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance16
4736376729Antimetabolerepetition of words, in successful clauses, in reverse grammatical order17
4736376730Chiasmusreversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses (but no repetition of words)18
4736376731Polyptotonrepetition of words derived from the same root19
4736376732Tropes..., Rhetorical figures of speech in which the word is used in a different way from its accepted or normal form20
4736376733Metaphorimplied comparison between two things of unlike nature21
4736376734Simileexplicit comparison between two things of unlike nature22
4736376735Synecdochefigure of speech in which a part stands for the whole23
4736376736Metonymysubstitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant24
4736376737Antanaclasisrepetition of a word in two different senses25
4736376738Paronomasisuse of words alike in sound but different in meaning26
4736376739Syllepsisuse of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs27
4736376740Anthimeriathe substitution of one part of speech for another28
4736376741Periphrasis (antonomasia)substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name.29
4736376742Personification (prosopopoeia)investing abstractions for inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities30
4736376743Hyperbolethe use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect31
4736376744Litotesdeliberate use of understatement32
4736376745Rhetorical Questionasking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely33
4736376746Ironyuse of a word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the word34
4736376747Onomatapoeiause of words whose sound echoes the sense35
4736376748Oxymoronthe yoking of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory36
4736376749Paradoxan apparently contradictory statement that nevertheless contains a measure of truth.37

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