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795214198AlliterationRepetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence.0
475855875AllusionBrief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art1
584609832AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
197495557AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order3
420546550AntithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction4
847338014Archaic dictionOld-fashioned or outdated choice of words5
1015527257AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words6
166007484Cumulative sentenceSentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on7
653261897Hortative sentenceSentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action8
297314640Imperative sentenceSentence used to command or enjoin9
119663813InversionInverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order.)10
351118606JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences11
779792768MetaphorFigure of speech that compares two things without using like or as12
997810500OxymoronParadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another13
584460564ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses14
191396027Periodic sentenceSentence whose main clause is with held until the end15
341821227PersonificationAttribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea.16
132268727Rhetorical questionFigure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer17
397413747SynecdocheFigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole18
1046498886ZeugmaUse of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings19

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