Rhetorical Devices

Mr. Fusco (United States of America)
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  1. zeugma
    rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words
  2. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  3. amplification
    addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
  4. anadiplosis
    repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
  5. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  6. anaphora
    repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses
Created on Thu Jul 15 12:17:13 EDT 2010 (updated Thu Jul 15 12:18:52 EDT 2010)

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