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English
12th Grade
02/15/2012

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Anaphora
Definition

def:repitition of beginnings.

ex: I'm not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to live, I'm not afraid to fail, I'm not afraid to succeed, I'm not afraid to fall in love, I'm not afraid to be alone, I'm just afraid i might have to stop talking about myself.

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Anastrophe
Definition

def: Arragments by reversal of order.

ex: Gracious she was, by gracious I mean she was full of graces.

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Antanaclasis

 

Definition

def: repitition in different senses.

ex: there's bars on the corners and bars on the heart.

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Antimetabole

 

Definition

def: repitition of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.

ex:stop static before static stops you.

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Antithesis
Definition

def: repitition of words or ideas in contrasting juxstaposition.

ex: your're easy on the eyes, hard on the heart.

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Ansydeton

 

Definition

def: omission of conjuctions from clauses.

ex: he was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac.

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Auexesis
Definition

def: araangement by ascending importance.

ex: it's a well hit ball, it's a long drive, i might be, it could be, it IS... a home run.

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Chiasmus
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def: repitition of ideas in inverted order.

ex: you forget what you want to rememeber and remember what you want to forget.

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Epanorthosis
Definition

def: addition by correction

ex: I don't like majority of what I do. I shouldn't say i don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.

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Epizeuxis
Definition

def: repitition immediately.

ex: I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it goes down, down in my belly.

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Zeugma
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def: omission of a verb from parallel clauses.

ex: he carried a strobe light and the responsibility of the lives of his men.

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Erotema
Definition

def: asking a question to affirm or deny a point.

ex: aren't you glad you use dial (soap)? don't you wish everybody did?

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Isolcolon
Definition

def: repitition of grammatical forms.

ex: I'm a pepper, you're a pepper, he's a pepper, wouldn't you like to be a pepper too? Dr. pepper

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Parenthesis
Definition

def: tradition of a "pop-up" idea

ex: my very photogenic mother died in a very freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was there

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Polysyndeton
Definition

def:addition of conjuctions.

ex: it's respectable to have no illusions--and safe-- and profitable-- and dull.

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Ellipsis
Definition

def:omission

ex:Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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