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| Establishes a clear contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them often in parallel structure. Human beings are inveterate systematizers and catorgizing so the mind has a natural love for antithesis which creates a definiteand systematic relationship between ideas. (is a BALANCE) |
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| is recurrent similarity. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed similarity to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rhythm and most importantly clarity to the senteces (is a BALANCE) |
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| Includes several rhetorical devices involving departure from normal word order. One device a form of inversion might be called delayed epithet since the adjective follows the noun. If you want to amplify the adjective the inversion is very useful (is an INVERSION) |
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| A final form of hyperbaton consists of a word phrase or whole sentences inserted as an aside in the middle of another of another sentence |
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| A noun or noun substitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive. The appositive can be placed before or after the noun (is an INVERSION) |
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| Is the omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context. (is an OMUSSION) |
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| Consists of omitting conjunctions between words phrases or clauses. In a list of items asyndeton gives the effect of unpremediated multiplicity of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account (is an OMISSION) |
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| Is the reoccurance of an initial consonant sounds. The repitition can be juxaposed (and then is limited to two words) (is a repetition) |
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| Similar vowel sounds repeated in succesive or proximate words containing different consonants. (is a REPITION) |
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| Is the repition of the same word or words at the begining of successive phrases clauses or sentences commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism (is a REPITION) |
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| (also called antistrophe)Forms the counterpart to anaphora because the repition of the same word or words comes at the end of succesive phrases claauses or sentences (is a REPITION) |
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