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Figure Of Speech
For practice ..study the figures of speech
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English
12th Grade
02/15/2012

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Term
Anastrophe
Definition

Arrangement by reversal of order

Ex.

"Sure i am of this,that you have only to endure to conquer"

Term
Zeugma
Definition

Omission of a verb from parallel clauses

Ex.

"I just blew my nose,a fuse,and three circut breakers"

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Polysydeton
Definition

Addiyion of conjunctions

Ex.

"We lived and laughed and loved and left"

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Anaphora
Definition

Repetition of beginning

Ex.

"I needed a drink,I needed life insurance.. What I had was a coat,a hat,and a gun"

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Antanaclasis
Definition

Repetition in different senses

Ex.

"People on the go.. go for coke"

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Paranthesis
Definition

Addition of "pop-up" idea

Ex.

The english (it must be owned)are rather a foul-mouthed nation"

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Isolcolon
Definition

Repetition of grammatical form

Ex.

"Climate is what we expect,weather is what we got"

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Epanorthosis
Definition

Addition by correction(sometimes form of parenthesis)

Ex.

"You dont think we're being,I dont want to say 'sleazy',becaus thats not the right word,but a little irresponsible maybe"

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Ellipsis
Definition

Ommission

Ex.

"Wise men talk because they have something to say,fools,because they have to say something"

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Epizeuxis
Definition

Repetition immediately

Ex.

"Its a twister! Its a twister!"

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Auxesis
Definition

Arrangement by ascending importance

Ex.

"Jeans that can hug hips & turn heads"

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Chiasmus
Definition

Repetition of ideas in inverted order

Ex.

"You forgot what you want remember,and you remember what you want to forget"

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Erotema
Definition

Asking a question to affirm or deny a point

Ex.

"If practice makes perfect,and no ones perfect,then why practice"

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Asyndetion
Definition

Omission of conjunctions from clauses

Ex.

"They dove,splashed,floated,

splashed,swam,snorted"

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Antithesis
Definition

Repetion of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

Ex.

"Youre easy on the eyes

Hard on the heart"

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Antitimetable
Definition

Repetion of succesive clauses in reverse grammatical order"

Ex.

"We didnt land on plymoth rock;Plymouth rock landed on us"

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