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Alexander the Great

                     “It’s a twister! It’s a twister!”                                                                Constantine the Great
                     (Zeke in “The Wizard of Oz” – 1939)
                                                                                                                      Man’s best friend (for a dog)
                     “Alone, alone, all, all alone
                     Alone on a wide, wide sea”                                                                       Ivan the Terrible
                     (“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Coleridge)
                                                                                                                      “The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.”
                                                                                                                      (James Joyce – “Ulysses”)
                     Epistrophe

                     Epistrophe which is also known as  epiphora or antistrophe is the                                Eponym
                     repetition of a word or words and the end of successive sentences
                     or phrases. It tends to be a  very emphatic device by placing the                                An eponym is a word based on a  person’s name  or it can be  a
                     emphasis on the last word in a sentence or phrase.                                               person, real or imaginary, from whom something else takes its
                                                                                                                      name.
                     Examples:
                                                                                                                      Examples:
                     “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I
                     thought as a child”.                                                                             Parkinsons disease
                     (Apostle Paul in the Bible – Cor 13:11)
                                                                                                                      Hansens disease
                     “Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for
                     him have I offended.  Who is here  so rude that would not be a                                   Achilles’ heel
                     Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile
                     that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended .                         Adam’s apple
                     . .”
                     (Brutus in “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare)                                               Alzeimer’s disease

                                                                                                                      Asperger syndrome
                     Epithet
                                                                                                                      Confucianism
                     An epithet is a word or a phrase used to describe a person or thing.
                     It is often used instead of the actual name of the person or thing and                           Freudian slip
                     thus becomes a type of nickname.

                     Examples:                                                                                        Exemplum

                     Richard the Lionheart                                                                            An  exemplum is a real or imagined anecdote  used to illustrate a
                                                                                                                      point.
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