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Shakespeare has exploited the words “sole” and “soul.” Both sound the same, though they have different meanings, creating comic effect.

A

paronomasia.

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is a literary technique, in writing or speaking, that favors short, simple sentences, with the use of coordinating rather than subordinating conjunctions

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parataxis

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3
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complicated syntax long and eloquent

A

syntaxis

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4
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oh lord….. oh lord…. oh lord….

A

anaphora

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5
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‘tomorrow is another day’”

A

apothegm

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6
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looks her up and down

A

effictio

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Thu tyraunt untemperat, with thi tene and treson’

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alliteration

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