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7281698818AlliterationRepetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence0
7281698819AllusionBrief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art1
7281698820AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
7281698821AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order3
7281698822AntithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel contstruction4
7281698823Archaic DictionOld-fashioned or outdated choice of words5
7281698824AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words6
7281698825Cumulative SentenceSentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on7
7281698826Hortative SentenceSentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action8
7281698827Imperative SentenceSentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat9
7281698828InversionInverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject- verb-object order)10
7281698829JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts11
7281698830MetaphorFigure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison12
7281698831OxymoronParadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another13
7281698832ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases, or clauses14
7281698833Periodic SentenceSentence whose main clause is withheld until the end15
7281698834PersonificationAttribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea16
7281698835Rhetorical QuestionFigure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer17
7281698836synecdochefigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole18
7281698837ZeugmaUse of two different words in a grammatically similar way to producing different, often incongruous, meanings19

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