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rhetorical device

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juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas(often,although not always, in paralel struture)   antithesis  
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repetiton of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive causes, sentences, or lines   anaphora  
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depature form normal word order for the sake of emphasis; occurs whenever normal synatical arrangement is violated for emphasis   anastrophe  
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repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order   antimetabole  
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the ommision of conjuctions between clauses, often resuting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect   asyndeton  
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the repetiotion of the same letter or sound within nearby words; most often repeated initial consonants   alliteration  
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repetition of the last word(or phrase)from the prev.line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next; often combined with climax   anadiplosis  
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similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words or phrases, or clauses   parallelism  
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omission of a word or short phrase easiy understood in context   ellipsis  
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a series of similarly structured elements having the same length; a kind of parallelism   isocolon  
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