Rhetorical Devices

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Rhetorical Question

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A question someone asks without expecting an answer.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases.

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Parallelism

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A repeated grammatical pattern.

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Understatement

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Making an idea seem less important than it really is.

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses.

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Antithesis

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A rhetorical device that contrasts opposing ideas in a balanced manner.

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Asyndeton

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The omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence.

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Antimetabole

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A rhetorical device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated in reverse order.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.