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12th Grade
05/06/2013

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Anaphora
Definition
Repetition of beginnings
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Anastrophe
Definition
Arrangement by reversal of order
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Antanaclasis
Definition
Repetition of beginnings
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Antimetabole
Definition

Repetition of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

 

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

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Antithesis
Definition
Repetition of words or ideas in contrasting juxtaposition
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Asyndeton
Definition
Omission of conjunctions from clauses
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Auxesis
Definition
Arrangement by ascending importance
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Chiasmus
Definition
Repetition with word or two between
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Ellipsis
Definition
Omission
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Epanorthosis
Definition
Addition by correction (sometimes form of parenthesis)
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Epizeuxis
Definition
Repetiton ofends

A rose is a rose is a rose
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Erotema
Definition
Asking a question to affirm or deny a point
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Isolcolon
Definition
Repetition of grammatical forms
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Parenthesis
Definition
Addition of "pop-up" idea
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Polysyndeton
Definition
Addition of conjunctions
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Zeugma
Definition
Omission of a verb from parallel clauses
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