Parenthesis (rhetoric)
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In rhetoric, a parenthesis (plural: parentheses; from the Greek word παρένθεσις, which comes in turn from words meaning "alongside of" and "to place") is the insertion of a verbal unit which is incongruous with the normal word flow.[1][examples needed]
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- ^ http://www.holybibleinstitute.com/files/Bullinger-Figures_of_Speech_used_in_the_Bible_b_.pdf, under heading Parenthesis
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