| Figurespeech (4356 words) |
 | Rhetoric Paronomasia; i.e., a play upon words in which the same word is used in different senses or words similar in sound are set in opposition, so as to give antithetical force; punning; a pun. |
| Rhetoric Use in successive clauses of initial words which are the same or similar in meaning; as in: "The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. |
| Rhetoric Use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression, as use of a negative, passive, or inverted construction, naming by descriptive epithet, introduction of abstract general terms, etc.; a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; circumlocution. |
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