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Rhetorical Devices: Alliteration & Parenthesis
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Alliteration:
Alliteration
Pronunciation: pə-'ren(t)-thə-səs
Definition: the intersection of some verbal unit that interrupts the normal syntactic flow of the sentence
Etymology: from the Latin, "to insert beside"
Example: "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.)" - Mark Twain
Parenthesis:
Pronunciation: ə-'li-tə-'rā-shən
Definition: the repetition of initial consonant sounds
Etymology: from the Latin, "putting letters together"
Example: "The soul selects her own society." - Emily Dickinson
Rhetorical Devices: Alliteration & Parenthesis
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