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Rhetorical Devices English > Quiz 1 > Flashcards

Quiz 1 Flashcards

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Anadiplosis

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Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause

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Antithesis

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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

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Asyndeton

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Ommiting/ Uses commas and no conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

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Uses conjunctions after every word/terms

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