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alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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anaphora

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.– we are/ we are

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colloquialism

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a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.- yall – aint

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dialect

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the language used by people from a certain area

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onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

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parallelism

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the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in construction or meaning

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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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ethos

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credibility

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pathos

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emotion

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logos

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logic and reasoning

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