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What literary term describes this passage A memorable storm of thunder and lightning broke with that sweep water there was not a interval in crash fire rain?

The passage uses several literary devices, but the most prominent is anaphora.

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. In this passage, the repeated phrase is "there was not a", followed by different words.

* "There was not a interval in..."

* "There was not a crash in..."

* "There was not a fire in..."

* "There was not a rain in..."

This repetition emphasizes the intensity and relentlessness of the storm, creating a sense of overwhelming power.

While not as prominent, the passage also uses asyndeton, the omission of conjunctions, which further emphasizes the rapid succession of events in the storm.

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