a series of words, phrases and/or clauses in the same grammatical construction.

a compound sentence that has its independent clauses grammatically mirror each other.

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure; especially used to suggest with.

subject and verb found at the end of the sentence.

inversion of the natural or usual word order.

a series of phrases or clauses put together without the coordinating conjunctions.

deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context; indicates economy of expression.

a phrase containing a noun modified by a present or past participle; indicates economy of expression.

insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence.

placing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first.

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.

repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatically order.

a series of words, phrases, or clauses each connected with a conjunction; indicated an air of solemnness, draws emphasis to the things connected; suggest a piling up of things, emotion, etc.

repeating the last word of the sentence (or clause) as the first word of the next.

using the same word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence and at the end.

"correction" conveys a sense of immediacy.

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Question	Answer
Parallellism	a series of words, phrases and/or clauses in the same grammatical construction.
Balenced	a compound sentence that has its independent clauses grammatically mirror each other.
Antithesis	the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure; especially used to suggest with.
Periodic	subject and verb found at the end of the sentence.
Anastrophe	inversion of the natural or usual word order.
Asyndeton	a series of phrases or clauses put together without the coordinating conjunctions.
Ellipsis	deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context; indicates economy of expression.
Nominative Absolute	a phrase containing a noun modified by a present or past participle; indicates economy of expression.
Parenthesis	insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence.
Apposition	placing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first.
Anaphora	repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.
Antimetabole	repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatically order.
Polysyndeton	a series of words, phrases, or clauses each connected with a conjunction; indicated an air of solemnness, draws emphasis to the things connected; suggest a piling up of things, emotion, etc.
Anadiplosis	repeating the last word of the sentence (or clause) as the first word of the next.
Epistrophe	the opposite of anaphora.
Epanalepsis	using the same word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence and at the end.
Chiasmis	reverses grammatical elements.
Epanorthosis	"correction" conveys a sense of immediacy.

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