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| 4798808846 | Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word | 0 | |
| 4798808847 | Allusion | passing reference or indirect mention | 1 | |
| 4798808848 | Amplification | addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | 2 | |
| 4798808849 | Anacoluthon | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | 3 | |
| 4798808850 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next | 4 | |
| 4798808851 | Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity | 5 | |
| 4798808852 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 6 | |
| 4798808853 | Antanagoge | a figure in rhetoric, in which, not being able to answer the accusation of an adversary, a person instead makes a counter allegation or counteracting an opponent's proposal with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing | 7 | |
| 4798808854 | Antimetabole | a literary and rhetorical device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order | 8 | |
| 4798808855 | Antiphrasis | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense | 9 | |
| 4798808856 | Antithesis | exact opposite | 10 | |
| 4798808857 | Apophasis | mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | 11 | |
| 4798808858 | Aporia | an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory | 12 | |
| 4798808859 | Aposiopesis | breaking off in the middle of a sentence | 13 | |
| 4798808860 | Apostrophe | a mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters | 14 | |
| 4798808861 | Appositive | relating to or being in apposition | 15 | |
| 4798808862 | Assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in successive words | 16 | |
| 4798808863 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used | 17 | |
| 4800144555 | Catachresis | strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | 18 | |
| 4800145205 | Chiasmus | inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 19 | |
| 4800145979 | Climax | the highest point of anything | 20 | |
| 4800146690 | Conduplicatio | repetition of a key word or words in one phrase, clause, or sentence is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases | 21 | |
| 4800149787 | Diacope | a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words | 22 | |
| 4800150373 | Dirimens Copulatio | mentioning a balancing or opposing fact to prevent the argument from being one-sided or unqualified | 23 | |
| 4800152219 | Distinctio | figure of explication in which an introductory reference to a word's meaning is made followed by a further elaboration of that word's meaning | 24 | |
| 4800152980 | Enthymeme | an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated | 25 | |
| 4800154824 | Enumeratio | figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of causes, effects, problems, solutions, conditions, and consequences | 26 | |
| 4800155645 | Epanalepsis | repetition after intervening words | 27 | |
| 4800157490 | Epistrophe | repetition of the ends of successive sentences, verses, etc. | 28 | |
| 4800158073 | Epithet | descriptive word or phrase | 29 | |
| 4800158662 | Epizeuxis | the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis | 30 | |
| 4800159436 | Eponym | the person for whom something is named | 31 | |
| 4800161353 | Exemplum | an example or model, especially a moralizing or illustrative story | 32 | |
| 4800162348 | Expletive | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | 33 | |
| 4800164144 | Hyperbaton | reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') | 34 | |
| 4800164566 | Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration | 35 | |
| 4800164930 | Hypophora | figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question | 36 | |
| 4800165633 | Hypotaxis | the subordination of one clause to another | 37 | |
| 4800168429 | Litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect | 38 | |
| 4800169228 | Metabasis | a change in the symptoms, course, or treatment of a disease. | 39 | |
| 4800169771 | Metanoia | when a writer or speaker deliberately goes back and modifies a statement that they just made, usually either to strengthen it or soften it in some way | 40 | |
| 4800170357 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity | 41 | |
| 4800171851 | Metonymy | substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing | 42 | |
| 4800172559 | Onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote | 43 | |
| 4800173413 | Oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms | 44 | |
| 4800174563 | Parallelism | similarity by virtue of corresponding | 45 | |
| 4800175131 | Parataxis | the placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination | 46 | |
| 4800175556 | Parenthesis | a punctuation mark used to enclose textual material | 47 | |
| 4800176310 | Personification | attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas | 48 | |
| 4800176708 | Pleonasm | using more words than necessary | 49 | |
| 4800177331 | Polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | 50 | |
| 4800177860 | Procatalepsis | figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to their own argument and then immediately answers it | 51 | |
| 4800178751 | Rhetorical Question | a statement that is not supposed to be answered | 52 | |
| 4800179151 | Scesis Onomaton | a rhetorical technique that very effectively emphasizes a point with the successive use of several words or phrases which have more or less the same meaning | 53 | |
| 4800179640 | Sententia | the use of a famous proverb, maxim, quotation or saying to support one's argument | 54 | |
| 4800180181 | Simile | a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things | 55 | |
| 4800180730 | Symploce | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe | 56 | |
| 4800181262 | Synecdoche | using part of something to refer to the whole thing | 57 | |
| 4800181898 | Understatement | something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast | 58 | |
| 4800182487 | Zeugma | rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words | 59 |
