List #2 Flashcards
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Anaphora
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Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
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Antithesis
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A juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, empathized by a parallel structure.
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Epistrophe
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Device of repetition in which the same expression (single word/phrase) is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. (Opposite of anaphora)
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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 and answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something.
