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7363291060AlliterationRepetition of same sound at the beginning of adjacent words. i.e: Big black bugs bleed big black blood.0
7363305638AnadiplosisForm of repetition where the last word of one sentence is repeated at the beginning of the following one. i.e: What I want is freedom. Freedom to live.1
7363323003AnaphoraWord(s) that is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more successive clauses. i.e :AnAphorA the A is repeated 3X2
7363361826AnapodotonWhere the main clause is suggested by the introduction of subordinate clause (main clause never occurs) i.e: "If you think I'm gonna sit here and take your insults..."3
7363378825AnastropheDeparture from normal word order for the sake of emphasis. i.e: Troubles, everybody's got.4
7363396724AntimetaboleWords or clauses from first half of a sentence that are repeated at the second half but in reverse. i.e: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."5
7363420854AntithesisContrasting words. sentences, or concepts within parallel grammatical structures. i.e: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.6
7363431365AppositionWhen one noun follows another to describe it (noun that follows= appostion)7
7363443700AssonanceRepetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words. (words must be close) i.e: A stitch in tIme saves the nIne.8
7363464604AsyndetonOmission of a conjunction such as "and" or "as" from a series of related clauses. i.e: "I came, I saw, I conquered."9
7363479217ChiasmusRepetition of ideas in an inverted order. i.e: It is boring to eat; to sleep is a fulfilling.10
7363488964DiacopeRepetition of a word with one to more words in between, usually to express feeling. i.e: "All lost! To prayers, to prayers! All lost!"11
7363510806EllipsisOmission of words. i.e: So...what happened?12
7363516186EpanalepsisRepetition of the same word or clause after inverting matter. i.e: "A lie begets a lie."13
7363533017Epistrophe/EpiphoraEnding a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word(s). i.e: We are born to sorrow, pass our time in sorrow, end our days in sorrow.14
7363547518HyperbatonAn inversion of normal word order. Adding words to a completed sentence to draw emphasis to the ending. i.e: Why should their liberty than ours be more?15
7363561146IsocolonSeries of similarly structured elements having the same length. A kind of parallelism. i.e: "I came, I saw, I conquered."16
7363573307MetaplasmusEffective misspelling of a word. i.e: Oh frigging heck!17
7363579865ParallelismUsage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and rhythm to a passage. i.e: Easy come, easy go.18
7363601805ParenthesisQualifying or explanatory sentence, clause or word that writers insert into their work. i.e: ()19
7363616743PolyptotonRepetition of words with the same root for rhetorical effect. i.e: "Choosy mothers choose JIF."20
7363628719PolysyndetonEmploying many conjunctions between clauses, often slowing the tempo or rhythm. i.e:Poly= many (many conjunctions)21
7363645318ProthesisThe addition of a letter or syllable to the beginning of a word. i.e: Adown we tumbled.22
7363653658TmesisInterjecting a word or phrase between parts of a compound word or between syllables of a word. i.e: He shall be punished, what MAN soever offendeth.23

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