List #3 Flashcards
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Ellipsis
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The deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context
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Asyndenton
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The deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses
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Apophasis
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A rhetorical figure in which one makes an assertion while pretending to deny it
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Anastrophe
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The inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. The purpose is rhythm or emphasis our euphonium. It is a fancy word for inversion
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Apostrophe
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Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place of thing, or a personified idea
