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Figure of Speech Welch
Arianna Welch
16
English
11th Grade
02/15/2012

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Anaphora
Definition

Repetition of beginning

Ex:"I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country."

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Anastophe
Definition

Arrangement by reversal of order

Ex:Gracious she was. By gracious I mean full of graces"

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Antanaclasis
Definition

Repetition in different senses

Ex: "People on the go, go for Coke."

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Antimetabole
Definition

Repetition of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

Ex: "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us."

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Antithesis
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Asyndeton
Definition

Omission of conjunctions from clauses

Ex: "Speed up the film, Montag, quick."

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Auxesis
Definition

Arrangement by ascending importance

Ex: "It's a well hit ball, it's a long drive, it might be, it could be, it IS . . . a home run."

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Chiasmus
Definition

Repetition of ideas in inverted order

Ex: "You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."

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Ellipsis
Definition

Omission

Ex: "The streets were deserted, the doors bolted."

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Epanorthosis
Definition

Addition by correction

Ex: "With a heave of his chest, Croker rose and came walking--or, rather, limping--toward him."

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Epizeuxis
Definition

Repetition immediately

Ex: "I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly."

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Erotema
Definition

Asking a question to affirm or deny a point

Ex: If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?"

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Isocolon
Definition

Repetition of grammatical forms

Ex: "I'm a Pepper, he's a Pepper, she's a Pepper, we're a Pepper--
Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too? Dr. Pepper!"

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Parenthesis
Definition

Addition of "pop-up" idea

Ex: "My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three."

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Polysyndeton
Definition

Addition of conjunctions

Ex: "It is respectable to have no illusions--and safe--and profitable--and dull."

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Zeugma
Definition

Omission of a verb from parallel clauses

Ex: "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit."

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