Parison is a rhetorical term for corresponding structure in a series of phrases or clauses.

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A rhetorical term for the appeal to pity: that is, a speaker's evocation of sympathy or pity for his or her case.

A yes-no question is an interrogative construction that expects an answer of yes or no.

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