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3429872210Allegorynarrative with multiple levels of meaning0
3429925452AlliterationSequential repetition of similar initial sounds1
3429928979Allusiona literary, historical, religious or mythological reference2
3429933573Anaphorarepetition of words at start of successive classes3
3429937273Antithesisjuxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balances parallel words4
3429942296AphorismConcise Statement designed to make a point, illustrate commonly held believe5
3429954581Apostropheadress to something inanimate6
3430073897assonancerepetition of identical, similar vowel sounds7
3430078390asyndetonstyle were conjunctions are omitted8
3430081693canonthat which has been accepted as authentic9
3430084870connotationmeaning suggested by a word apart from its denotation, or explicit reason10
3430094257consonancerepetition of two or more consonants11
3430102432elegypoetic lament upon death of particular person12
3430106625epistropherepetition of a word13
3430109042epitaphpraise for a dead person, usually on a headstone14
3430115000euphemismkinder way to give unpleasant information15
3430121546HomilySermon, talk, lecture on moral or spiritual life16
3430126425Jargonspecialized, technical language of a trade, profession or similar group.17
3430134335MetonymyFigure of speech in which an attribute, feature is use to designate or name something18
3430142262Onomatopoeiawords that sound like what it describes19
3430150439Oxymoronfigure of speeach combining two apparently contradictory elements, often humorous.20
3430160064proseOrdinary for of writing language, not poetry21
3430164317Synecdochewhen a part is used to signify a whole22
3430169098juxtapositionlocation of one thing adjacent to another23
3430171522Litotefigure of speech that emphasized its subject by conscious understatement24
3430178515paradoxseemingly contradictory statement25

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