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- homoioptoton
The repetition of similar case endings in adjacent words or in words
in parallel position
- zeugma
One part of speech governs two or more other parts of a sentence (often
in parallel series).
- diazeugma
The figure by which a single subject governs several verbs or verbal
constructions (usually arranged in parallel fashion and expressing a
similar idea).
- syllepsis
When a single word that governs or modifies two or more others must
be understood differently with respect to each of those words. A combination
of grammatical parallelism and semantic incongruity.
- isocolon
A series of similarly structured elements having the same length.
- homoioteleuton
Similarity of endings of adjacent or parallel words.
- climax
Generally, the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order
of increasing importance, often in parallel structure.
- syncrisis
Comparison and contrast in parallel clauses.
- tricolon
Three parallel elements of the same length occurring together in a series.
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