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Learning Rhetorical TermsTop 20 Figures of SpeechReview Quiz: Top 20 Figures of SpeechRhetorical Strategies of Repetition "accumulation"Definition: Figure of speech in which a speaker or a writer gathers scattered points and lists them together. Etymology:From the Latin, "pile up, heap"Examples:
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