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9560746030Anaphorarepetition of words at start of successive clauses0
9560751146Antithesisjuxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced/parallel words1
9560759906Asyndetonstyle where conjunctions are omitted2
9560762782Colloquialordinary language, vernacular3
9560767604Didacticcontaining instructive purpose or a lesson4
9560776390Epistropherepetition of a phrase at the end of sentences5
9560781818Euphemismkinder way to give unpleasant information6
9560786411Litotefigure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement7
9560800781Metonymyfigure of speech in which an attribute/feature is used to name/designate something8
9560810511Rhetoricthe art of using words to persuade9
9560818180Synecdochewhen a part is used to signify a whole10
9560826635Zeugmadoes not contain grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more objects11
9560845267Retorta strong response12
9560849587Periodic sentenceHas a main clause or predicate at the end13
9560858118Loose sentencea long sentence that has the main point at the beginning14
9560885718Balanced sentencea sentence that uses parallel structure and has clauses that are equally important15

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