Rhetorical Devices
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Antithesis
Juxtaposition of contrasting words to give balance
Asyndeton
Lack of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words
Rhetorical question
Question in which answer is implied
Anaphora
Repetition of a word at BEGINNING of clause
Antistrophe
Repetition of a word at END of clause
Polysendeton
Repetition of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words
Antimetabole
Repetition of words in reverse order
Parallelism
Series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form
Inversion
The reversal of the normal order of words
Anadiplosis
Word at end of sentence is repeated near beginning of next sentence