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Anaphora

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A repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses

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Antithesis

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The side by side of contrasting ideas,emphasized by a parallel structure

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Epistrophe

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Device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of 2 or more lines, clauses or sentences.

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it.

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Rhetorical question

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Asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something.

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