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Anaphora

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Reputation of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses
Ex: nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing….nothing…nothing…

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Antithesis

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The combination of contrasting ideas, emphasizes by a parallel structure
Ex: it was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the age if wisdom; it was the age if foolishness.

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of the same single word or phrase is repeated at the end of a clause; opposite of Anaphora
: when I was a child, I spake as a child…

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Metonymy

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Figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it
: we requested from the crown support for our petition

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Rhetorical question

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Asking a question not for the purpose of answering it but to assert or deny something
: are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?

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