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List #4 Flashcards

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Chiasmus

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Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses

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Antimetabole

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Repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order

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Paradox

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A statement that initially appears to be self-contradictory

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Periodic sentence

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Usually a complex sentence that has no descriptive elements following the main clause.

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Euphemism

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Nice words to describe a not so nice thing

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