11883832650 | loose | sentence that makes sense even if brought to a close | 0 | |
11883856451 | periodic | sentence makes sense only when the end is reached | 1 | |
11883856452 | balanced | phrases or clauses balance each other by structure, meaning, or length | 2 | |
11883872884 | juxtaposition | unassociated ideas, words, phrases placed next to each other for effect | 3 | |
11883881295 | parallelism | grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of sentences; shows equal development of ideas | 4 | |
11883893473 | repetition | words, sounds, or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm or create emphasis | 5 | |
11883897333 | elevated | formal diction | 6 | |
11883903404 | rhetorical question | requires no answer, but draws attention to a point | 7 | |
11883908146 | rhetorical fragment | incomplete sentence used for persuasion or other effects | 8 | |
11883911213 | anaphora | repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 9 | |
11883922721 | asyndenton | omission of conjunctions in a series | 10 | |
11883928371 | antithesis | the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first | 11 | |
11883935589 | Polysyndeton | use of many conjunctions for special emphasis | 12 | |
11883944228 | connotation | the implied meaning of word through context | 13 | |
11883949655 | denotation | the dictionary definition; the literal meaning of a word | 14 |
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