uncommon rhetorical strategies

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polysyndeton

many conjunctions

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asyndeton

missing conjunctions at the end of a list

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antistrophe

repetion at the ends (reverse anaphora)

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synecdoche

referring to a thing by just referring to a piece/part (all hands on deck)

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Metonymy

referring to a thing by referring to a close symbol (the white house refers to president)

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chiasmus

reverses/mirrors syntax only

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antimetabole

reverses/mirrors syntax and diction

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anadiplosis

ending a sentence or phrase and beginning the next with the same word

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epanalepsis

ending and beginning 1 sentence with the same word or phrase

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ellipsis

omitting the implied repeated words in paralleled language