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| similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. |
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| 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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| the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure. |
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| inversion of the natural or usual word order. |
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| placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. |
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| deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context. |
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| deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses. |
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| deliberate use of many conjunctions. |
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| repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words. |
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| the repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words. |
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| repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses. |
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| repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. |
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| repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. |
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| repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. |
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| reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses. |
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| repetition of words derived from the same root. |
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| figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. |
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| substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant. |
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| the substitution of one part of speech for another. |
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| deliberate use of understatement, stated in the negative. |
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