| Term | Definition |
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| anadiplosis | repetition device in which the last word or phrase of one sentence or line is repeated at the beginning of the next |
| anaphora | repetition device in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences |
| antimetabole | the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order |
| antithesis | the repetition of parallel elements that are contrasted |
| asyndeton | a condensed form of expression in which elements customarily joined by conjunctions are presented in series without the conjunctions |
| chiasmus | a pattern in which the second part is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed |
| epanalepsis | the repetition at the end of a clause of a word or phrase from the beginning |
| epistrophe | the repetition of a closing word or phrase at the end of several clauses |
| inversion | the placing of a sentence element out of its normal position either to gain emphasis or to secure a so-called poetic effect |
| parallelism | repetition of structural similarity, such as the repetition of a grammatical element like a preposition or verb phrase |
| polysyndeton | using conjunctions between words, phrases or clauses |
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