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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases clauses or lines | Anaphora |
| repetiton of the same word or phrase at the end of clauses | Antistrophe |
| opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction | Antithesis |
| bumpersticker, proverb | Aphorism |
| expression of doubt | Aporia |
| sudden turn from audience to address something/one else | Apostrophe |
| ABBA | Chiasmus |
| removal of a word or phrase so that the reader focuses on the missing language | Ellipsis |
| subsitution of an agreeable or at least nonoffensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant | Euphemism |
| understatement for emphasis or intensification | Litotes |
| subsitution of one word for another which it suggests | Metonymy |
| an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it | Paradox |
| similar patterns of grammatical structure and length | Parallelism |
| speaker proposes not to speak of a matter but still reveals it | Paralipsis |
| surprise or unexpected ending | Paraprosdokian |
| putting two senses together (how a color smells) | Synaesthesia |
| understanding one thing with another the use of a part with a whole or vice versa | Synecdoche |
| repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence. | Tautology |
| two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them | Zeugma/Syllepsis |
| repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | Anadiplosis |
| breaking off as if unable to continue | Aposiopesis |
| elaborate or unusual comparison | Conceit |
| repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the clause | Epanalepsis |
| combination of a descriptive phrase and a noun | Epithet |
| one subsitutes a descriptive word or phrase for a proper noun | Periphrasis |
| deliberate use of many conjunctions | Polysyndeton |
| anticipating and replying to possible objections to one's position | Prolepsis |
| attacks or pokes fun at vices and imperfections | Satire |
| if-then statements | Syllogism |
| one word is understood differently in relation to two or more other words | Syllepsis |
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