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| Front-side | Reverse-side |
|---|---|
| Amplification | involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it |
| Anadiplosis | repeats the last word of one phrase, at or very near the beginning of the next |
| Anaphora | is the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences |
| Antithesis | Establishes a clear contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them |
| Asyndeton | consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses, gives effect of unpremeditated multiplicity |
| Chiasmus | in stead of A,B structure parralleled by another A,B structure, the A,B, structure will be followed by B, A, Reverse parrallelism |
| Epistrophe | the repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences |
| Expletive | Is a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately proximate to the expletive |
| Hypophora | consists of raising one or more questions and than proceeding to answer them |
| Litotes | Denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used |
| Parallelism | several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance |
| Polysyndeton | is the use of a conjuction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is opposite of asyndeton |
| Rhetorical question | a question not answered by the writer. |
| Understatement | deliberately expresses an idea as less important than it actually is |
| Zeugma | several similar rhetorical devices, all involving a grammatically correct linkage of two or more parts of speech |