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| 9873323881 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 0 | |
| 9873323882 | Paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 1 | |
| 9873323883 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 2 | |
| 9873323884 | Oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') | 3 | |
| 9873323885 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 4 | |
| 9873323886 | Litotes | Employs an understatement by using double negatives | 5 | |
| 9873323887 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 6 | |
| 9873323888 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 7 | |
| 9873323889 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 8 | |
| 9873323890 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman | 9 | |
| 9873323891 | Idiom | Example sentence: Getting an A on this test is a piece of cake. | 10 | |
| 9873323892 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 11 | |
| 9873323893 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant "passed away" | 12 | |
| 9873323894 | epigram (n) | a short, witty saying | 13 | |
| 9873323895 | epigraph (n) | quotation at the beginning of a literary work | 14 | |
| 9873323896 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 15 | |
| 9873323897 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 16 | |
| 9873323898 | Anaphora (n) | repetition of a word or phrase at beginning of a line or sentence | 17 | |
| 9873323899 | Polysendeton | Repetition of conjunctions | 18 | |
| 9873323900 | epithet | descriptive name | 19 | |
| 9873323901 | epitaph | (n.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone | 20 | |
| 9873323902 | cacophony | harsh sounds | 21 |
