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40747706Figures of Speechany artful deviation in thought or expression from the ordinary or simple
40747707Schemes (form/shape)deviation from ordinary pattern/arrangement of words
40747708Function and Purposeemphasis, clarity, persuasion, rhythm, pace, liveliness
40747709Parallelismwords, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs with structural similiarity so that elements of equal importance have equal development
40747710Order of Importancechronological, spatial, climatic
40747711Antithesisthe placing of normally unassociated ideas or phrases - often used in parallel structure
40747712Juxtapositionplacing together
40747713Paradoxseemingly contradictory statement that contains a measure of truth
40747714Oxymorontwo contradictory terms (condensed paradox)
40747715Listingseries of items in a meaningful sequence
40747716Transition/Seguerhythmic movement from one subject to the next
40747717Ellipsis (...)omission of words with punctuation
40747718Asyndetonomission of conjunctions- it speeds up the rhythm of the sentence
40747719Apposition/Appositiveinserting next to a noun a noun phrase that renames it
40747720Parenthesisinserting words syntactically unrelated to the sentence using a dash or parenthesis
40747721Polysyndentoninserting extra conjunctions in a sentence - it slows the rhythm
40747722Anaphorarepetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
40747723Epistropherepetition of the same word(s) at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
40747724Anadiplosisrepetition of the last word in a phrase, clause, or sentence as the first word in the next phrase, clause, or sentence
40747725Chiasmusrepetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order
42273986Tropes (to turn)deviation from ordinary significance or meaning of a word
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