Rhetorical Devices

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.

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Antithesis

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Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison.

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Parallelism

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Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

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Pathos

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Appeal to emotion.

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Archaic Diction

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Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words.

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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Cumulative Sentence

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Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning and then builds and adds on.

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Allusion

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Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.