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| 6803625975 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence. | 0 | |
| 6803631426 | Asyndeton | A writing style where conjunctions ("but", "and", "as",etc.) are absent in a series of words, phrases, or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning | 1 | |
| 6803642882 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. | 2 | |
| 6803650866 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 3 | |
| 6803679358 | Syncedoche | Using part of something to represent the whole, or the whole of something to represent the part. For example, when Mark Antony says in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears," he wants more than his audience's ears; he wants their full attention. | 4 | |
| 6803681407 | Hyperbole | The use of obvious and deliberate exaggeration | 5 | |
| 6803683727 | Hypophora | A figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question. The question is often asked at the beginning of a paragraph and the paragraph is used to answer it. | 6 | |
| 6803683728 | Litotes | Where a negative statement is used to affirm a positive sentiment: Q: "How are you doing?" A: "I'm not bad." | 7 | |
| 6803686803 | Metalepsis | A figure of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context. | 8 | |
| 6803686804 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoronic phrase is a combination of an adjective preceded by a noun with contrasting meanings | 9 | |
| 6803691158 | Parataxis | Is the placing of clauses (a group of words that includes a subject and a verb) one after another without conjunctions (like and, but, & if) linking them Ex: "I came, I saw, I conquered." | 10 | |
| 6803694570 | Polysyndeton | Figure of speech in which several conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect (although they aren't always necessary) Ex: Today my teacher gave me reading homework and math and science and a project. | 11 | |
| 6803694571 | Paralipsis | The device of giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing about a subject Ex: We do not need to recite here the history of racial injustice in this country. | 12 | |
| 6803699589 | Tautology | The saying of the same thing in different words. Needless repetition of an idea | 13 | |
| 6803699590 | Tricolon | A tricolon is a rhetorical device that employs a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses Ex: "You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe." | 14 | |
| 6803702397 | Zeugma | Use of a word in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 15 | |
| 6803702398 | Anaphora | Using a word to refer to or replace a word used earlier in the sentence | 16 | |
| 6803705260 | Antanaclasis | A rhetorical device where a word or a phase is repeatedly used, but the meaning of the word changes in each case | 17 | |
| 6803705261 | Antistrophe | the repetition of a phrase or group of words at the end of consecutive sentences or paragraphs | 18 | |
| 6803709213 | Antithesis | Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction | 19 |
