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Figures of speech are used to deviate from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect.
Figures of speech are used to deviate from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect.
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Schemes and tropes are two categories used to classify figures of speech.
Schemes and tropes are two categories used to classify figures of speech.
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Polysyndeton is a figure of speech where a conjunction is repeated before every element in a list.
Polysyndeton is a figure of speech where a conjunction is repeated before every element in a list.
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Metaphor is a figure of speech that describes one thing as something that it clearly is in order to lead the mind to compare them.
Metaphor is a figure of speech that describes one thing as something that it clearly is in order to lead the mind to compare them.
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Classical rhetoricians classified figures of speech into three categories.
Classical rhetoricians classified figures of speech into three categories.
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