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repetition when the last word in one sentence (clause or phrase) is repeated at or near the begining of the next sentence (clause or phrase)
Example: "They call for you: The general who became a slave; the slavewho became a gladiator; the gladiator who defied an Emperor. Striking story." |
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repetition when the first word or set of words in one sentence (clause or phrase) are repeated at or near the begining over several sentences (clauses or phrases)
Example: "We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community." |
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when in two sentences (clauses or phrases), the second sentence (clause or phrase) diminishes the effect of the first
Example: You look pretty... for a fat person. |
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repetition where the key word(s) of one sentence (clause or phrase) are repeated at or near the begining of the next sentence (clause or phrase)
Example: Drugs don't just destroy their victims; they destroy entire families, schools, and communities. |
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repetition for emphesis
Example: I already told you a thousand times! No, no, no! |
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repetition where word(s) are repeated at the begining and end of a sentence (clause or phrase)
Example: The time must come. It's enough -- enough to go to cemeteries, enough to weep for oceans -- it's enough. |
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adjective; used to describe something
Examples: Good boy, Kind sir, Friendly person, ect. |
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repetition when the last word (or phrase) of a sentence (clause or phrase) is repeated one or more times in the next several sentences (clauses or phrases)
Example: I refuse to make it work. It can never work. How dare you ask me to make it work. |
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repetition that occurs on either side of a word (or phrase)
Example: I want pizza! Not vegetables, pizza! |
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figure of repetition where a phrase or set of words are repeated exactly, except in a different order
Example: We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. |
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