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5716134700AnaphoraRepetition of initial words or phrases.0
5716140878AlliterationRepetition of initial sounds.1
5716149126EpistropheRepetition of endings.2
5716151160EpanalepsisRepetition of beginning and ending.3
5716158745GradatioEnding of one statement repeating as the beginning of another.4
5716168804PolyptotonRepetition of a word in different forms.5
5716175114EllipsisDeliberate omission of words.6
5716182913AposiopesisThe breaking off of a statement to indicate high emotion.7
5716186760ParalepsisMaking a point by pretending to pass over it.8
5716191938MetaphorA comparison between two unlike concepts.9
5716199620AntithesisThe juxtaposition of opposites.10
5716202638AntimetaboleWhen one statement is reversed to create a second statement.11
5716241841ZeugmaA verb applied to two different nouns, one literal and one metaphorical.12
5716255021HyberbationThe mis-ordering of words in a sentence for effect.13
5716262011HyperboleExaggeration of a statement.14
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