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| repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end | ||
| a question asked for effect and expected to be answered | ||
| a form of metaphor in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or the whole represent a part | ||
| designation of one thing with something closely related to it | ||
| a brief reference to literature, history, the Bible, mythology, or pop culture the reader is expected to know | ||
| contradiction: two containers, terms, or ideas used together | ||
| an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject | ||
| the insertion of words, phrases, or a sentence that isn't all syntactically related to the rest of the sentence | ||
| a form of personification in which the absence or dead are spoken as if present and inanimate, as if animate | ||
| a word or phrase added to a sentence only to fill out a sentence or metrical line | ||
| conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose | ||
| the use of many conjunctions to slow the pace | ||
| opposite of a hyperbole, intensifies an idea by an understatement | ||
| express similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures | ||
| grammatical structure of the first change or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words | ||
| when a preposition or a transitive verb has two or more objects on different levels or two words that sound alike yoked together | ||
| a subtle piece of reasoning or dedication, with one of the premises being implied by not stated | ||
| writer arranged idea of importance | ||
| a short story used to make a point in an argument or illustrate a moral truth | ||
| involves the repetition of sounds within words | ||
| refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces the meaning | ||
| a form of comparison that explains an unfamiliar element by comparing it to another that is more familiar | ||
| repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive words | ||
| the word direct juxtaposition of structurally parallel words, phrases or clauses for the purpose of contrast | ||
| the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | ||
| the repetition of words at the end of successive clauses (opposite of anaphora) | ||
| the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause |
