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Syntax and Structure
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English
11th Grade
09/30/2013

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Anadiplosis
Definition
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
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Anaphora
Definition
repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or sentences
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Anastrophe
Definition
inversion of the natural or usual word order
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Apposition
Definition
inversion of the natural or usual word order
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Asyndeton
Definition
deliberate omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses
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Chiasmus
Definition
reversal of grammatical structures in succesive phrases or clauses
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Epanalepsis
Definition
repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause
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Epistrophe
Definition
repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases or clauses.
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Expletive
Definition
a single word or phrse, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to emphasis to the words immediately proximate to the expletive
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hypophora
Definition
raising questions, then answering them
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Parallelism
Definition
similarity of structure in a pair or seris of related words, phrases, or clauses
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Polysyndeton
Definition
deliberate use of many conjunctions
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Rhetorical Questions
Definition
asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purposee of asserting or denyng something obliquely
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Antithesis
Definition
the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas
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Apophasis
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asserts or emphasizes something by seeming to pass over, ignore, or deny it.
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Climax
Definition
arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses inorder of increasing importance
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Juxtaposition
Definition
to place two objects, people or ideas side by side in order to compare or contrast
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Paradox
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a statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth
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Litotes
Definition
the use of deliberate understatement for emphasis or effect
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