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11083389253Coordinationplacing two phrases or clauses on an equal level so that they receive equal emphasis0
11083392268Subordinationmaking one idea in a sentence (the dependent clause) less important than another (the independent clause)1
11083394532Parenthesisinserting some verbal unit that interrupts the normal flow of the sentence.2
11083399028Cataloguelisting three of more items3
11083403485Juxtapositionplacing elements next to each other to create some relationship between the ideas they express4
11083411108Parallelismusing the same grammatical structure to express similar ideas5
11083414309Balancea specialized form of parallelism in which the sentence or some part of it can literally be divided into halves at a semicolon or coordinating conjunction, with exactly the same structure in each half6
11083425366Antithesisusing a similar form in two parts of a sentence to express contrasting meanings7
11083431488Repetitionusing the same word, phrase, or clause again to place emphasis on that idea8
11083439121Doublingrepeating the same idea by adding a conjunction and the same word or a synonym9
11083449432Incremental repetitionrepeating the same phrase but with a new twist, emphasizing the idea10
11083456245Anaphorarepeating the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses11
11083460222Chiasmusreversing the grammatical order to successive clauses12
11083469939Antimetabolerepeating the exact words in reverse order in successive clauses13
11083473481Anadiplosisrepeating last word of clause at beginning of next clause14
11083476596Epanalepsisrepeating the initial word or phrase of a clause at the end15
11083482989Epistropherepeating the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses16
11083487525Asyndetonomitting conjunctions in a series of related clauses17
11083491605Polysyndetonusing conjunctions between every item in a list, including clauses.18

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