Parallelism Flashcards

(6 cards)

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Antithetical Parallelism

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Using parallelism with two opposing ideas

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

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Semantic Parallelism

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Similar or related meanings being expressed

“The sun rises in the east, and the moon follows at night.”

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Anaphoric Parallelism

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The repition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

“We will fight, we will conquor, we will triupmh.”

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Phonological Parallelism

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Similar sounds that create a phonological rythmn.

Can be types of alliteration *

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

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Syntactic Parallelism

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Repetition of sentence structure or grammar

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Cross parallelism

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A mirror-like or inverted structure

“Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.”

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