| A | B |
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| anacoluthon | a lack of grammatical sequence or a change in construction within the sentence |
| anacoluthon example | Had ye been there - for what could that have done? |
| anastrophe | the inversion of the natural word order |
| anastrophe example | This is the forest primeval. |
| parenthesis | the insertion of words or phrases that are not syntactically related to the rest of the sentence |
| parenthesis example | I hope (not that I really care) that this is all making sense to you. |
| apposition | the placing of two elements side by side in which the second defines the first |
| apposition example | Rhetoric, the art of persuasion using language, is so cool. |
| hysteron proteron | the inversion of the natural sequence of events to stress the event which is most important |
| ellipsis | the deliberate omission of words which are readily implied by the context |
| ellipsis example | Fire when ready. |
| juxtaposition | the placement of two contrasting ideas next to each other for comparison |
| juxtaposition example | This classroom is sweltering while the hallway is cold. |
| asyndeton | the deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses |
| asyndeton example | I came, I saw, I conquered. |
| polysyndeton | the deliberate use of more conjunctions than necessary to produce a hurried rhythm |
| polysyndeton example | I ate two taces and a burrito and a chimichange and three nacho platters and a sald. |
| hysteron proteron example | locked and loaded |
