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7444573750anadiplosisis the literary term for a rhetorical device in which a writer or speaker uses a word near the end of the clause and then repeats that word to begin the next clause. Anadiplosis is used to bring attention to a specific thing or concept.0
7444597030disparagesRidicule1
7444603254deductive reasoningThe process of using logic to draw conclusions2
7444609191cumulative sentencea sentence that completes its main clause/thought at the beginning and then adds to it3
7444613845antithesisDirect opposite a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else4
7444629666epistropheRepetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses5
7444633569anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses6
7444637510asyndetonA construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions7
7444644671parallelismsimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses8
7444642579hyperboleexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.9

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