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Figure of speech
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English
11th Grade
02/15/2012

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Epizeuxis
Definition
repetition immediately
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Erotema
Definition
asking a question to afirm or deny a point.
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Isolocolon
Definition
repetition of grammatical forms
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Parenthesis
Definition
addition of "pop-up" idea
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polysyndeton
Definition
addition of conjunctions
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Zeugma
Definition
omission of a verb from parallel clauses
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chiasmus
Definition
repetition of ideas in inverted order
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Ellipsis
Definition
omission
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Epanorthosis
Definition
addition by coection (sometimes form of parenthesis)
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Anaphora

Definition

repetition of beginnings

 

 

ex: WE SHALL not flag or fail. WE SHALL go on to the end. WE CHALL fight in france.

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