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Rhet Dev Set 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| antimetabole | a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order |
| polysyndeton | repeated use of conjunctions to link together a succession of words, clauses, or sentences |
| asyndeton | removing conjunctions between clauses |
| ellipsis | removing from a sentence a word or words that would be required for complete clarity but which can usually be understood from the context |
| anastrophe | an inversion of the normal order of words |
| chiasmus | a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed |
| parenthesis | a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, clause, or sentence that interrupts a sentence without otherwise affecting it |
| stream-of-consciousness | the continuous flow of perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and memories; representing mental processes in an unpunctuated or disjointed form |
| metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it |
| synecdoche | a figure of speech in which the part of something stands for the whole |
| conceit | an extended metaphor that runs throughout a work |
| motif | a situation, incident, idea, image, or character-type that is found in many different literary work, folktales, or myths |
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