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Figures of speech Gilbert Uribe
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English
12th Grade
02/15/2012

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Anaphora
Definition

def- repetiotion of beginnings

ex: im not afraid to die im not afraid to live im not afraid to fail im not afraid to suceed im not afraid to fall in love im not afraid to be alone im just afarid i might have to stop talking to myself

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Ahastrophe
Definition

def- arrangement by reversal of order

ex: gracious she was by gracious i mean full of graces

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Antanaclasis
Definition

def- repetition in different senses

ex: theres bars on the corners and bars on the heart

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Antimetabole
Definition

def- pepititon of successive clavses in reverse grammatical order

ex: stop static before staic stops you

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Antithesis
Definition

def-repitition of words or ideas in contrasting

ex: youre easy on the eyes, hard on the heart

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Asyhdeton
Definition

def- omission of conjuctions from clauses

ex: he was a bag of bones a floppy doll, a broken sick a maniac

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Auxesis
Definition

def- arrangement by ascending importance

ex: its a well hit ball its a long drive, it might be, it could be it is .... a home run

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Chiasmus
Definition

def- repetition of ideas in inverted order.

ex: you forget what you want to remeber and remember what you want to forget

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Epanorthosis
Definition

def- addition by correction

ex: i dont like the majority of what i do. i shouldnt say i dont like it , but im not satisfied with almost everything that i do

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epizeuxis
Definition

def- repitition immediately

ex:i love scoten here it goes down, down into my belly

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