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| the repetition of the last word of the preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and again at the beginning of the next sentence. |
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| A literary work in which characters. objects, or actions represent abstractions. |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. |
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| a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. |
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| the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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| the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast. |
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| a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced. |
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| a concise statement that expresses a general truth or a moral principle. |
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| a noun, phrase or clause which follows a noun or pronoun and renames or describes the noun or pronoun. |
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| deliberately leaving our conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. |
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| a name that suggests the personality traits of a fictional character. |
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| a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed. |
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| the use of slang or informal expressions in speech or writing. Conversational, familiar tone. |
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| Compound-complex Sentence |
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| a sentence with two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. |
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| details that relate to or describe actual specific things or events. |
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| Cumulative(loose) Sentence |
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| a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases. |
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| the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of emotion, attitude, or color. |
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| the omission of a word or phrase which is is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context. |
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| The opposite of anaphors, repitition at the END of successive clauses. |
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| a rhetorical expression where a word is repeated for emphasis, with no other words between. |
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| an indirect, less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. Used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or add humor or ironic understatement. |
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| a suggestion the writer or speaker makes (implies) without saying it directly. |
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| deriving general principles from particular fast or instances. |
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| Inverted syntax/inversion |
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| a sentence where the predicate comes before the subject. |
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| a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. |
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| A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. (conversational) |
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| A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. |
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| a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. from the Greek for "pointedly foolish." |
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| a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. |
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| refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. |
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| a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. a phrase that cannot stand alone. |
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| deliberately using a series of conjunctions. |
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| quoting a maxim or wise saying to apply a general truth to a situation |
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| a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. |
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| describing one kind of sensation in terms of another. |
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| needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding |
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| a construction in which one word(usually a verb) modifies two or more words in a sentence. |
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