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5811822737SchemeAny artful, that is, deliberate, variation from typical arrangements of words and sentences.0
5811835723ParallelismThe same grammatical structure for similar elements.1
5811843106AntithesisPoints out to the reader differences between two juxtaposed rather than similarities.2
5811851349ParenthesisAllows interruption3
5811862765AppositiveA construction in which two coordinating elements are set side by side, and the second explains or modifies the first.4
5811872235EllipsisAny omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the overall context of the passage.5
5811886413AsyndetonAn omission of conjunctions between related clauses.6
5811894812AlliterationThe repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words.7
5811904017AssonanceThe repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more adjacent words.8
5811909217AnaphoraThe repetition of the same group of words at the beginning or successive clauses.9
5813133357EpistropheThe repetition for the same group of words at the end of successive clauses.10
5813324762AnadiplosisThe repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.11
5813328620ClimaxThe repetition of words, phrases, or clause in order of number or importance.12

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