Rhetoric
Terms
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- Alliteration
- repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence
- Anacoluthon
- lack of framatical sequence; a change in gramatical constuction within the same sentence
- Anadiplosis
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"doubling back"
the rhetoical repetition of one or several words; specifically repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginningof the next - Anaphora
- the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
- Anastrophe
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transpostion of normal word order; most often found in Latin in the case of prepositions and the wrods they control
a form of hyperbaton - Antistrophe
- repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
- Antithesis
- opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
- Aporia
- expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say, or do
- Aposiopesis
- a form of ellipse by which a speaker comes to an abrupt halt seemingly overcome by passion (fear,excitement, etc.) or modesty
- Apostrophe
- a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present
- Archaism
- us of an older of obsolete form
- Assonance
- repetition of the same sound in words close to each other
- Asyndeton
- lack of conjunction between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words