Definition: The Yoking of two terms that are ordianrily contradictory

Example: "Here is much to do with hate. but more with love. Why then. O brawling love! O brawling hate! O anything! Of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Mis-shapen chaos and well seeming forms."

(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)

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Definition: a figure of speech or sentence having a parrallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses.

Example:"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." (John F. Kennedy, Speech)

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Definition: the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.

Example: "Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." (proverb, original source unknown)

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Definiton: the deliberate omission of many conjunctions. The effect of this device is to slow down the rhythm of the sentence.

Example: "Today's ideal woman, who lives on the glossy pages of dozens of magazines, seems to be between the age... identical set of characteristics. (Nancy Mairs, On Being a Cripple)

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repetition of a word in two in two different senses.

Example: “Put out the light, then put out the light.”

(Shakespeare, Othello)

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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

Example: “He went swimming with the fishies.”

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Definition: The deliberate omission of conjuntions between a series of related clauses. The effect of the device is to produce a hurried rhythm in the sentence.

Example:"For instance, the addition of some thousand carcasses in our exporation... or any other public entertainment. (Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal)

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