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237424609AlliterationRepetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequences0
237424610AllusionBrief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.1
237424611AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
237424612AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order.3
237424613AntithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.4
237424614Archaic DictionOld- Fashioned or outdated choice of words5
237424615AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words6
237424617Cumulative SentencesSentence that completes that main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on7
237424618Hortative SentencesSentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action8
237424771Imperative SentenceSentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat9
237424772InversionInverted order of words in a sentence10
237424774JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparsions or contrasts11
237424911MetaphorFigure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparsion12
237424912MetonymyUsing a single feature to represent the whole13
237424913OxymoronParadoxial juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another14
237425093ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses15
237425094Periodic SentencesSentences whose main clause is withheld until the end16
237425095PersonificationAttribution of a life like quality to an inanimate object or idea17
237425097Rhetorical QuestionFigure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer18
237425098ZeugmaUse of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous meanings19

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