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What is assonance?
What is rhetoric?
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What is rhetoric?
The study of ancient languages and their influence on modern communication.
The analysis of historical events and their impact on contemporary society.
The practice of writing poetry in a structured and rhythmic manner.
The art of persuasive writing using figures of speech and other devices.
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What is assonance?
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in words close to each other
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables
Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other
Repetition of a word or phrase at beginning of successive phrases/clauses
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"Like father, like son"
Alliteration
Parallelism
Antithesis
Asyndenton
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"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times"
Asyndeton
Antithesis
Anaphora
Parallelism
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"The lumpy, bumpy road stretched out before us."
Assonance
Asyndeton
Consonance
Polysyndeton
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What is antithesis?
Opposition, or contrast of words in a balanced or parallel construction
Rhetorical repetition of one or several words
Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other
Successive verbal constructions that correspond to grammatical structure
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"Fear leads to anger. anger leads to hate."
Alliteration
Parallelism
Anaphora
Anadiplosis
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"I came. I saw. I conquered"
Parallelism
Assonance
Consonance
Asyndeton
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"We ate pizza and salad and cake."
Asyndeton
Assonance
Consonance
Polysyndeton
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What is anadiplosis?
Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in words next to each other
Repetition of a word that ends one clause at beginning of successive phrase
Rhetorical repetition of one or several words (at beginning of text)
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What is polysyndeton?
Repetition of conjunctions in coordinate words, phrases, clauses
Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other
Lack of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses
Rhetorical repetition of one or several words
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What is anaphora?
Repetition or the same consonant sounds in words close to each other
Repetition of one or several words
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases
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What is alliteration?
Repetition of a word or phrase beginning with successive phrases/clauses
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in words close to each other
Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables sequence
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What is parallelism?
Rhetorical repetition of one or several words
Repetition of the same sound in a sentence
Use of successive verbal constructions that correspond grammatically
Opposition or contrast of words in a balanced or parallel construction
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"We will fight for justice. We will fight for freedom. We will fight for our future."
Alliteration
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Parallelism
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What is asyndeton?
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence
lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in words close to each other.
Repetition of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
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What is consonance?
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in words close to each other
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words or syllables
Rhetorical repetition of one or several words
Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other
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"The light of the fire is a sight to admire."
Assonance
Polysyndeton
Asyndeton
Consonance
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"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
Anadiplosis
Assonance
Alliteration
Anaphora
