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antecedent

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an earlier clause, phrase or word to which a pronoun, another word or a noun refers back to

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prose

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a form of language that has no formal metrical structure

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syllogism

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a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific.

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aphorism

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a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty way

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diacope

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repeats a word or phrase with one or more separate in-between

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