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6476427506Annotationa note of explanation or comment added to a text or a diagram0
6476434885Asyndetonthe omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence1
6476444880Ad Hominemdirected against a person rather than the position they are maintaining2
6476450140Paradoxstatement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true or not true3
6476460090Synecdochea term for part of something refers to the whole of something else4
6476470017Hortative Sentencechoice of words that encourage action5
6476473931Periodic Sentencemain choice or predicate at the end of the sentence (used for emphasis or persuasion)6
6476489002Polysyndetonconjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession7
6476496335Juxtapositionthe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects8
6476502740Syntaxthe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-informed sentences in a language9

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