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List #4
Schemes
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English
11th Grade
02/19/2009

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Parallelism
Definition
the repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns
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Isocolon
Definition
a series of similarly structured elements having the same length
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Climax
Definition
the arrangement of words, phrases, clauses in the order of increasing importance
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Antithesis
Definition
parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas
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Juxtaposition
Definition
placement of things side by side for emphasis
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Paradox
Definition
statement that seems contradictory but is actually true
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Oxymoron
Definition
figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms
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Transition/Segue
Definition
word or phrase that links different ideas, used especially in expository or argumentative writing. Transitions effectively signal a shift from one idea to another
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Ellipsis
Definition
chronological gap indicating that material has been omitted
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Asyndeton
Definition
leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses
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Apposition/Appositive
Definition
word or phrase that remanes a nearby noun or pronoun
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Parenthesis
Definition
words, clauses, phrases that qualify or explain through a syntactic interruption
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Polysyndenton
Definition
deliberate use of a series of conjunctions
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Epistrophe
Definition
repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
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Anaphora
Definition
reptition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses
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Anadiplosis
Definition
repetition in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent sord from the latter part of the preceding sentence
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Epanalepsis
Definition
repetition of a word or phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition
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Antimetabole/Chiasmus
Definition
repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen contrast
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Alliteration
Definition
repetition of similar vowel sounds at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of similar vowel sounds follwed by different consonant sounds in words that are closer together
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