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Archaism

use of an older or obsolete form. Pipit sate upright in her chair Some distance from where I was sitting; T. S. Eliot, "A Cooking Egg"

Assonance

repetition of the same sound in words close to each other. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. O fortunatam natam me consule Romam! Cicero, de consulatu

Asyndeton

lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. J. F. Kennedy, Inaugural But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Demosthenes, On the Crown 200


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