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11th Grade
11/05/2008

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Parallelism
Definition
Similarity of structure in a pair of related words, phrases, or clauses
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Climax
Definition
Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance
Ex. "Let a man acknowledge obligations to his family, his country, and his God."
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Antithesis
Definition
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel form
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Parenthesis
Definition
Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactic flow of the sentence
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Zeugma
Definition
One part of the setence governs something quite separate (yoking unlike things)
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Asyndeton
Definition
Deliberate omission of conjunctions between related clauses
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Polysyndeton
Definition
Repetition of conjunctions in close succession.
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Anadiplosis
Definition
Repetition of the last word of on clause at the beginning of the following clause
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Anaphora
Definition
Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the bginning of uccessive clauses
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of initial or medial consonant sounds in two or more adjacent words
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in stressed syllables of adjacent words
Ex. "a blind, despised, and dying king."
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Consonance
Definition
Words at the ends of verses in which the final consonants in the stressed sound are the same.
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