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Repetition of beginning
Ex:"I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country." |
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Arrangement by reversal of order
Ex:Gracious she was. By gracious I mean full of graces" |
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Repetition in different senses
Ex: "People on the go, go for Coke." |
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Repetition of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
Ex: "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us." |
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Omission of conjunctions from clauses
Ex: "Speed up the film, Montag, quick." |
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Arrangement by ascending importance
Ex: "It's a well hit ball, it's a long drive, it might be, it could be, it IS . . . a home run." |
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Repetition of ideas in inverted order
Ex: "You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." |
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Omission
Ex: "The streets were deserted, the doors bolted." |
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Addition by correction
Ex: "With a heave of his chest, Croker rose and came walking--or, rather, limping--toward him." |
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Repetition immediately
Ex: "I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly." |
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Asking a question to affirm or deny a point
Ex: If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, then why practice?" |
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Repetition of grammatical forms
Ex: "I'm a Pepper, he's a Pepper, she's a Pepper, we're a Pepper-- Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too? Dr. Pepper!" |
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Addition of "pop-up" idea
Ex: "My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three." |
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Addition of conjunctions
Ex: "It is respectable to have no illusions--and safe--and profitable--and dull." |
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Omission of a verb from parallel clauses
Ex: "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit." |
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