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Rhetorical Devices

QuestionAnswer
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of realated words, phrases or clauses Parallelism
parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length Isocolon
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure Antithesis
inversion of the natural or usual word order Anastrophe
Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts teh normal syntactical flow of the sentence Parenthesis
placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first Apposition
deliverate ommission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context Ellipsis
Deliverate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses Asyndeton
Deliverate use of many conjunctions Polysyndeton
Repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more words Alliteration
The repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words Assonance
Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses Anaphora
Repetition of the same word or group of words at teh ends of successive clauses Epistrophe
Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause Epanalepsis
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the begining of the foolowing clause Anadiplosis
Arrangement of words, phrasesem
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