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Anadiplosis

The concluding word of a sentence becomes the first word if the next sentence.

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Epanalepsis

Opening and closing with the same word

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Antimetabole

Repeating words in reverse order for surprise and emphasis

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Chiasmus

Reversal of grammatical elements for emphasis

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Ellipsis

omission of one or more words for conciseness and drama

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Asyndeton

Omission of conjunction before the last item in a series

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Anaphora

Repetition of the initial word or phrase in a series of clauses or phrases for emphasis and rhythm

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Extended parallelism

Repetition of words or grammatical elements to achieve cumulative force and rhythm

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Periodic sentence

A sentence beginning with subordinate elements and postponing the main clauss

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Cumulative or loose sentence

Sentence where subordinate elements come at the end to call attention to them

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Interrupted sentence

Sentence where the subordinate elements come in the middle, often set off by dashes

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Balanced sentence

Sentence where two parallel elements are set off against each other. They are parallel grammatically