Disjunction, Conjunction, and Adjunction all have to do with clauses and verb placement, and are again pretty Latin-focused
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Reduplication is the repetition of one+ words for the purpose of Amplification or "Appeal to Pity" (aka pathos)
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Synonymy or Interpretation does the same thing as Reduplication but substitutes synonymous words rather than repeating the same word
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Reciprocal Change occurs in phrases like "A poem ought to be a painting that speaks; a painting ought to be a silent poem"
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Surrender submits everything to another's will; indecision is pretty self-explanatory; elimination lists and discards all ideas but one
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Asyndeton uses "separate parts, conjunctions being suppressed." E.g. "Indulge your father, obey your relatives, gratify your friends"
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Aposiopesis uses an unfinished thought to enhance a feeling of suspicion. Conclusion lists the necessary consequences of what has been said
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Our author then notes that there are 10 Figures of Distinction that have been separated out for particular attention, because of course
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1. Onomatopoeia (use sparingly) 2. Antonomasia/Pronomination ("adventitious eptithet") 3. Metonymy (substitute the greater for the lesser)
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Wait I was thinking of alliteration ignore me
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