6390009373 | alliteration | repetition of the same sound begining several words | 0 | |
6390009374 | allusion | reference to a person or event or place | 1 | |
6390009375 | anaphora | repetition of word or phrase st the beginning of clauses, phrases or lines | 2 | |
6390009376 | antimetabole | repetition of words in reverse order | 3 | |
6390009377 | periodic sentence | sentence that's main clause is at the end | 4 | |
6390009378 | personification | giving an inanimate object human like characteristics | 5 | |
6390009379 | rhetorical question | a question that doesn't require an answer | 6 | |
6390009380 | syndoche | figure of speech that used a part to represent a whole | 7 | |
6390009381 | zeugma | uses two words in a similar way that produces different meanings | 8 | |
6390009382 | antithesis | opposition of words in parallel construction | 9 | |
6390009383 | archaic diction | old fashioned choice of words | 10 | |
6390009384 | asyneton | omission of conjunctions between phrases or words | 11 | |
6390009385 | cumulative sentence | sentence who's main idea is at the beginning then adds on | 12 | |
6390009386 | polysyndeton | excessive use of conjunctions between words and phrases | 13 | |
6390009387 | hortative senfdnvd | sentence that urges someone to do something | 14 | |
6390009388 | imperative sentence | commanding sentence | 15 | |
6390009389 | inversion | inverted order of words | 16 | |
6390009390 | juxtaposition | placement of two things together to highlight similarities or difficulties | 17 | |
6390009391 | metaphor | figure of speech that compares things without using like or as | 18 | |
6390009392 | oxymoron | paradox juxtaposition of words that contradict each other | 19 | |
6390009393 | parallelism | similar structure in a pair of related words, clauses and phrases | 20 |
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