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English
11th Grade
12/15/2011

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Anadiplosis
Definition
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of following clause
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Anaphora
Definition

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses

 

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Antimetabole
Definition
Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order 
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antithesis
Definition
the juxtapostion of contrasting ideas, often used in parallel structure
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Apposition
Definition
placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first
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asyndeton
Definition
deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses
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Anastrophe
Definition
inversion of the natural or usual word order 
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Chiasmus
Definition
reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses
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climax
Definition
arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance
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ellipsis
Definition
deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context
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epanalepsis
Definition
repeition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at hte beginning of the clause
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epistrophe
Definition
repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses 
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hyperbole
Definition
use of exageration 
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isocolon
Definition
a scheme of parallel structure which occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length
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parallelism
Definition
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related word, phrases or clauses 
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parenthesis 
Definition
insertion of some verbal unit in a postion that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentences
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polyptoton
Definition
repetition of words derived from the same root
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polysyndeton
Definition
deliberate use of many conjunctions
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rhetorical questions
Definition

form of a quetion that doesn't expect a reply, for persuasion 

 

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candid
Definition
outspoken; frank; open and sincere
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enthusiastic 
Definition
full of cheer and happinese, enthusiasm 
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colloquial
Definition

characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar converstaion rather than formal speech or writing; informal


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Condemnatory
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