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AP English Language and Composition
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English
11th Grade
10/11/2011

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Parallelism
Definition
recurrent syntactical similarity. (Balance)
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Antithesis
Definition
contrast or opposition between two things (Balance)
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Hyperbaton
Definition
An inversion of normal words, for the sake of emphasis. ["This I must see"] (Inversion)
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Parenthesis
Definition
a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence. (Inversion)
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Appositive
Definition
noun or noun substitute placed next to another noun to be described by the appositive. (Inversion)
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Ellipsis
Definition
Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context. (Omission)
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Asyndeton
Definition
Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. Gives the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity. (Omission)
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Alliteration
Definition
recurrence of initial consonant sounds. (Repetition)
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Assonance
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recurrence of initial vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants (Repetition)
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Anaphora
Definition
repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences, commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism. (Repetition)
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Epistrophe
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counterpart to anaphora, because of the repetition of the word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. (Repetition)
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Epanalepsis
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Repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. (Repetition)
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Anadiplosis
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repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. (Repetition)
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Climax
Definition
consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis. Parallelism usually forms a part of the arrangement, because it offers a sense of continuity, order, and movement-up the ladder of importance. (Repetition)
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Antimetabole
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Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order of repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses. (Repetition)
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Polyptoton
Definition
repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings. (Repetition)
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