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| 7093167211 | Isocolon | a rhetorical device that involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length. It is the repetition of similar grammatical forms. | 0 | |
| 7093167212 | Anastrophe | is a scheme that writers use which moves words out of the normal order that they would be commonly spoken in. | 1 | |
| 7093167213 | Parenthesis | a pair of ( ) that are used to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark | 2 | |
| 7093167214 | Apposition | A relationship between two or more words/phrases that when placed beside each other in a sentence describes or defines the other. | 3 | |
| 7093167215 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word(s) at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 4 | |
| 7093167216 | Epanalepsis | is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. | 5 | |
| 7093167217 | Climax | Words, phrases or clauses are arranged in a sentence in increasing importance | 6 | |
| 7093167218 | Antimetabole | The repetition of a phrase in reverse order at the end of a sentence. Comes from Greek meaning "To turn about in the opposite direction." | 7 | |
| 7093167219 | Polyptoton | is the repetition of a root word in a variety of ways. | 8 | |
| 7093167220 | Antanaclasis | a rhetorical device in which a phrase or word is repeatedly used. | 9 | |
| 7093167221 | Paranomasia | a phrase intentionally used to exploit the confusion between words having similar sounds but different meanings. It is like a word play and is also known as a pun. | 10 | |
| 7093167222 | Syllepsis | a kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs. | 11 | |
| 7093167223 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas. | 12 | |
| 7093167224 | Anthimeria | substitution of one part of speech for another | 13 | |
| 7093167225 | Periphrasis | the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing. an indirect and circumlocutory phrase. the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, (e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter) | 14 | |
| 7093167226 | Apostrophe | when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person. | 15 | |
| 7093167227 | Cumulative sentence | A loose sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases that modify the main clause. | 16 | |
| 7093167228 | Phrase | a group or words that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence. | 17 | |
| 7093167229 | Motif | an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary art work; can be seen as an image, sound action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes to the development of the theme | 18 | |
| 7093167230 | Epigraph | a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation or sentence usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece having a few sentences but which belongs to another writer. | 19 |
