7444573750 | anadiplosis | is 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 | |
7444597030 | disparages | Ridicule | 1 | |
7444603254 | deductive reasoning | The process of using logic to draw conclusions | 2 | |
7444609191 | cumulative sentence | a sentence that completes its main clause/thought at the beginning and then adds to it | 3 | |
7444613845 | antithesis | Direct opposite a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 4 | |
7444629666 | epistrophe | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses | 5 | |
7444633569 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 6 | |
7444637510 | asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 7 | |
7444644671 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 8 | |
7444642579 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 9 |
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