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5768890276AdageSaying or proverb embodying piece of common wisdom based on experience0
5768896529VerisimilitudeSimilar to truth1
5768898601MalapropismA confused comically inaccurate use of a long word or words2
5768901268CadenceRising and falling of rhythm of speech3
5768910583AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions4
5768915206LitotesUnderstatement5
5768916223ChiasmusReversal of order of words in second of two parallel phrases6
5768921989PolysyndetonUse of several conjunctions in close succession7
5768926930AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clause8
5768932480AnadiplosisRepetition of the last word of one line or phrase to begging the next9
5768935914MetonymyOne word or phrase is substituted for another word closely associated10
5768940289ApostropheDigression in the form of an address to someone not present; personified object or idea11
5768950452InvectiveVerbally abusive attack12
5768954861ZeugmaUse of word to modify or govern two or more words13
5768959040SynecdonePart is used to represent whole14
5768963914AnachronismSomeone or something that is not in right historical or chronological time15
5768969585CircumlocutionUse of unnecessarily large number of words16
5768976202ConundrumRiddle whose answer is a pun17
5768980247Isocolon/parisonClass approximately equal length and structure18
5768982785Begging the questionSupporting claim with a reason, restatement of the claim in diff words19

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