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101764797Allusionpassing reference or indirect mention
101764798Anachronismsomething located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
101764799analogydrawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
101764800antithesisUsing opposite phrases in close conjunction
101764801asyndetonElimination of conjunctions in a sentence
101764802anaphorarepetition of beginning clauses
101764803anadiplosisrepetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
101764804aphorisma concise statement of a truth or principle
101764805anathemaA thing or person accused or damned
101764806clichea worn-out idea or overused expression
101764808euphemismmild expression in place of an unpleasant one
101764810hyperboleExaggeration
101764812isocolonuse of parallel structures of the same length in successive clauses
101764814litotesunderstatement for rhetorical effect
101764816polysyndetonusing several conjunctions in close succession
101764818modes of discoursepersuasive, expository, description, and narrative
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