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| 301457857 | Compare & Contrast | a rhetorical strategy that examines two or more elements in relation to each other | 0 | |
| 631499419 | Asyndeton | A stylistic device used to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases in a sentence | 1 | |
| 604448677 | Polysyndenton | a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an effect{often emphasis} | 2 | |
| 866450525 | Antithesis | a rhetorical device which places opposite ideas in parallel structure | 3 | |
| 406789480 | Analogy | a comparism in which an idea or thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it | 4 | |
| 67083793 | Cause & Effect | a rhetorical strategy that focuses on consequences; something happens or someone encounters a situation, then somebody reacts or a new situation develops | 5 | |
| 147806962 | Anaphora | repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses | 6 | |
| 1035078727 | Synedoche | A literary device in which a part of something represent the whole or vice versa | 7 | |
| 758605122 | Epanalepsis | repetition of a word at the beginning and end of a sentence | 8 | |
| 424959490 | Parallelism | Structurally similar sentences for balance, rhythm and flow; often uses repetition | 9 | |
| 207331205 | Process & chronology | a rhetorical strategy that explains how to get from Point A to Point B, either in action or time | 10 | |
| 372288858 | Anecdote & Example | a rhetorical strategy that starts by focusing on an individual situation and then gives way to a larger point | 11 | |
| 32202207 | Enumerations | a collection of items that is a complete, ordered listings | 12 | |
| 723048328 | Epistrophe | repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses | 13 | |
| 655098519 | metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something elses with which it is closely associated | 14 | |
| 908075195 | Narrative | a story-telling passage | 15 | |
| 563938888 | Descriptive | a passage that relies heavily on details and imagery, often accomplished with figures of speech (metaphore, simile, personification, and others) | 16 | |
| 61656828 | informative aka exposition | a passage that deals primarily with informing the reader | 17 | |
| 372375430 | persuasive | a passage with an obvious goal of persuading the reader | 18 | |
| 94333717 | Classification & Definition | a rhetorical strategy in which the author takes on a huge subjects, breaking those subjects down into parts, and then explaining | 19 |
