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Syntax-Advanced Techniques
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Literature
11th Grade
09/20/2007

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Anadiplosis
Definition
end of one line is the same as the beginning of the next
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Anaphora
Definition
beginning of each consecutive clause is the same
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Antithesis
Definition
balancing of opposite words/phrases/ideas
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Antimetabole/Chiasmus
Definition
words from one clause repeated in inverted order in the next
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Asyndeton
Definition
list with no "and"
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Epanelepsis
Definition
sentence beginning and ending with the same word
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Epistrophe
Definition
same word repeated at the end of each idea/clause
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Jaxtaposition
Definition
contrasting images
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Litote
Definition
understatement
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Parallelism
Definition
parallel, balanced-sounding (eg. swimming, dancing, eating)
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Polysyndeton
Definition
list with "and" between every item
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Repetition
Definition
self-explanatory; umbrella-term; eg. "government by the people, for the people..."
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Rhetorical Question
Definition
self-explanatory
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