Example: "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary."
Allusion - a passing or causal reference; an incidental mention or something, either directly or by implication.
Example: "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her."
Amplification - the state of being amplified, expansion of a statement as for rhetorical purpose.
Example: "In my hunger after ten days of rigorous dieting i saw visions of ice cream -- mountains of creamy, luscious ice cream dripping with gooey syrup and calories."
Anacoluthon - a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence.
Example: "I was at my window - just luck, that was."
Anadiplosis - repetition in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent word from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usually with a change or extension of meaning.
Example: "He has used “misfortune” twice to bring home to his readers the main idea he is discussing which is that misfortune is always unpredictable."
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