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| Recurrent syntacical similarity. |
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| est. a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing (place side by side) them, often in parallel structure. |
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| includes several rhetorical devices involving departure from normal word order. |
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| final form of hyperbaton, consists of a word, phase, or whoe sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence |
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| a noun or noun subsitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive. The appositive can be place before or after the noun |
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| omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context |
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| consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. |
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| recurrence of initial consonant sounds |
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| similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants |
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| repetition of the same words or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or sentences |
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| forms the counterpart to anaphora, because the repetition of the same word |
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| repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. |
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| repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. |
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| consits of arranging words, clauses or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis. |
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| the repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings |
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| a comparison made by referring to one thing to another |
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| an explict comparison, often (but not necessarily) employing "like" or "as" |
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