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repeating syntactical structure
he likes to eat watermelon and to avoid grapefruit |
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putting noun before adjective
blue chair- chair blue |
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inserted as an aside in the middle of a sentence
but in whatever respect anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am just as bold as myself |
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contrasting relationship between two ideas
success makes men proud; failure makes them wise |
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a noun put next to another to describe the appositive
Henry Jameson, the boss of the operation, always wore a red baseball cap |
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the omission of a word understood in a text
the average person believes he isn't |
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omitting conjunctions between words
she likes grapes, olives, raisins, blueberries as opposed to she likes grapes, olives, raisins, and blueberries |
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repeating of the first consonant sounds
ah, what a delicious day |
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similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words with different consonants
a cIty that Is set on a hIll cannot be hId |
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a word or words repeated in the beginning of a phrase
today I sat down; today I thought about life; today I found peace |
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repetition of a word or words at the end of a phrase
the cars don't sell because the engineering is inferior, the quality of the materials is inferior, and the workmanship is inferior |
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| repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end |
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repeats the last word of one phrase at or very near to the beginning of the next
in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God |
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words in one phrase are replicated in reverse grammatical order
I don't throw darts at balloons, I throw balloons at darts |
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words with same root but different endings
my own heart's heart |
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a comparison made by referring to one thing as another
for ever since you've went away I've been a rabbit burrowed in the wood |
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an explicit comparison, often employing like or as
my love is like a red, red rose |
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a whole represented by naming one of its parts
I got a new set of wheels |
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reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes
we await word from the crown |
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substitution of one part of speech for another
(noun used as verb)
I've been Republicaned all I care to be this election year |
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a play on words that sounds the same but has different meanings
our social studies teacher says her globe means the world to her |
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substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name
he's no Fabio to look at; but then, he's no Woody Allen either |
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reference to abstractions as though they had human qualities
the insatiable hunger for imagination preys upon human life |
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rhetorical exaggeration
comparisons, similes, metaphors
his eloquence could split rocks |
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deliberate understatement
running a marathon in under two hours is no small accomplishment |
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a question asked but not meant to be answered
Why are you so stupid |
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speaking in a way to imply the contrary
go ahead. I don't care |
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using a word to imitate sounds
buzzzz-bee, beep beep-car horn |
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placing two ordinarily opposing terms adjacent to one another
the Sounds of Silence |
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arranging words in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis
audience clapped, praised highly at court, voted best concerto of the year, considered by Mozart, known as best concerto in the world |
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