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6681514618CompoundContains TWO independent clauses0
6681514619ComplexContains ONE independent clause and one or more dependent clauses1
6681514620Compound-ComplexContains TWO or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses2
6681514622Prepositional PhraseA group of words that includes a preposition to indicate relations of time, place, responsibility, and motivation; a noun/pronoun follows the preposition3
6681514624Participial PhraseA modifier containing a present or past participle4
6681514625Absolute PhraseA modifier containing a noun or pronoun and a present or past participle5
6681514626Infinitive PhraseA form of a verb following the word to and acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb; a verb follows the preposition to6
6681514627Appositive PhraseA modifying noun or pronoun placed next to a noun or pronoun, off-set by commas, to provide additional information7
6681514628Gerund PhraseA form or a verb- with its modifiers and complements- that acts as a noun8
6681514629ChiasmusThe repetition and arrangement of two key terms in a sentence using the ABBA pattern9
6681514630AsyndetonThe omission of conjunctions in a series of related clauses10
6681514631ZeugmaIncludes several similar rhetorical devices, all involving grammatically correct linkage of two or more parts of speech by another part of speech11
6681514632Scesis OnomatonEmphasizes an idea by expressing it in a string of generally synonymous phrases or statements12
6681514633SyllepsisA kind of ellipsis in which one word is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which modifies or governs13
6681514634PolysyndetonThe deliberate use of many conjunctions for emphasis, a feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration, and building up14
6681514635AnadiplosisRepeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. Can be generated in series for the sake of beauty or to give a sense of logical progression15
6681514636EpizeuxisRepetition of one word for emphasis16
6681514637AnaphoraRepetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or lines17
6681514638EpistropheEnding a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences, with the same word or words18
6681514639AntanaclasisA play on words in which a key word is repeated in a different, often contrary sense19
6681514640PolyptotonA rhetorical term for repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings20
9320753115PeriodicThe main idea or most important information is not revealed until the END of the sentence21
9320757721LooseThe sentence reveals the key information RIGHT AWAY and unfolds loosely after that22
9320767606AntithesisOpposition of words (often) in a parallel construction23
9320772580IsocolonA succession of clauses or sentences of approximately equal length and corresponding structure24
9320782395AmplificationThe arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance25
9320790117AnastropheViolate normal syntactical arrangement (S-V-O) for emphasis26

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