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English
11th Grade
02/15/2012

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ANAPHORA

Definition

Repetition of beginnings.

 

 

"It rained on his lousy tombstone,

and it rained on the grass on his stomach. And it rained on all over the place."

Term
ANASTROPHE
Definition

Arrangement reversal of order.

 

"The leaves are rust and gold/ Rust and gold are the leaves."

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ANTANACLASIS
Definition

Repetition in different senses.

 

"Sorry, Charlie. StarKist doesn't want tunas with good taste — StarKist wants tunas that taste good."

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ANTIMETABOLE
Definition

Repettion of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.

 

"A woman's life is love; a man's love is life."

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ANTITHESIS
Definition

Repetition of words or ideas in contrating juxtaposition.

 

"It was the best of times, It was the worst of times."

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ASYNDETON
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