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Absolutely necessary
Drilling for oil is boring. Advance planning
Affirmative yes
I do it for the pun of it. Artificial prosthesis
Collaborate together
The perfume was worth every scent it cost. Completely destroyed
Eradicate completely
Without geometry, life is pointless. Filled to capacity
Minestrone soup
Why is it easy for hunters to find leopards? Because leopards are always spotted. Old proverb
Pair of twins
I work as a baker because I knead the dough. Please RSVP
I gave my masseur the sack. He rubbed me up the wrong way.
Polypoton
Photographers never die, they just stop developing.
Polypoton is a rhetorical device in which words derived from the same root are repeated but
The difference between a conductor and a teacher is, the conductor minds the train and the giving a different sense.
teacher trains the mind.
Examples:
Personification Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Personification is the attribution of human qualities to animals or to things which are inanimate. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Examples:
Polysynditon
Time and tide waits for none.
Polysynditon is the use of several conjunctions in succession.
Opportunity was knocking at his door.
The parched earth was begging for water. Examples:
“We never sleep”. (Sign outside a shop) “Its got awesome security. And the right apps. Its got everything from Cocoa and the graphics
and its got core animation built in and its got the audio and videl that OSX is famous for. Its got
Kiss your integrity goodbye. all the stuff we want”.
(Steve Jobs – Macworld Keynote Address – 2007)
“Mrs. Hurst and her sister allowed it to be so – but still they admired her and liked her, and
Pleonasm pronounced her to be a sweet girl, and one whom they would not object to know more of”.
(Jane Austin – “Pride and Prejudice”)
Pleonasm is the use of more words than are needed to give a clear meaning.
Examples: Rhetorical question
Burning fire A rhetorical is a question asked that does not require an answer. It is used to make a point, and
Free gift is a commonly used rhetorical device in speeches.
First ever inaugural event
True fact Examples:
Tiny, small child

