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| 7286046155 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect | 0 | |
| 7286047365 | Understatement | An idea is made to be less important for effect | 1 | |
| 7286049169 | Litotes | Like an understatement, although a word that would commonly be used is denied | 2 | |
| 7286055915 | Antithesis | Two ideas are joined together, typically in parallel structure | 3 | |
| 7286057322 | Hypophora | After asking a question, an answer is immediately given | 4 | |
| 7286060587 | Procatalepsis | Anticipating an objection and answering it to allow an argument to move forward | 5 | |
| 7286070812 | Distinctio | Reference to the meaning of a word, to prevent uncertainty | 6 | |
| 7286091459 | Simile | Comparison between two things that resemble each other | 7 | |
| 7286091460 | Metaphor | Comparison of two things by speaking of one of the other | 8 | |
| 7286091461 | Analogy | Comparing two things to account for an unfamiliar idea in an attempt to show similarity | 9 | |
| 7286093183 | Allusion | Informal reference to something famous | 10 | |
| 7286093184 | Eponym | A particular attribute is recognized by a famous person's name | 11 | |
| 7286093185 | Sententia | Concluding material by offering an expressive account of wisdom | 12 | |
| 7286094947 | Exemplum | Anecdotes incorporated to validate something else | 13 | |
| 7286094948 | Climax | Arrangement of words or sentences in order of importance | 14 | |
| 7286094949 | Parallelism | Several parts of a sentence are similarly expressed to match importance | 15 | |
| 7286096314 | Chiasmus | The second part of a sentence is paralleled by the first, in reverse | 16 | |
| 7286096315 | Anadiplosis | Last word of a phrase or sentence is repeated near the beginning of the next | 17 | |
| 7286097916 | Conduplicatio | Repetition of a keyword in a phrase or sentence in the beginning of the next | 18 | |
| 7286099338 | Metabasis | Brief explanation of what has been said, and what will occur next | 19 | |
| 7286099339 | Parenthesis | A word or phrase added as an aside to another sentence | 20 | |
| 7286101936 | Apostrophe | Interruption of discussion to address a personified being that may or may not be present | 21 | |
| 7286103550 | Enumeratio | Detailing causes or effects in order to make a valid point | 22 | |
| 7286103551 | Antanagoge | Placement of a benefit against a negative fault, in order to make it seem less important | 23 | |
| 7286105424 | Epithet | An adjective qualifies a noun by naming a characteristic about the subject | 24 | |
| 7286105425 | Asyndeton | Omitting conjunctions between words or phrases | 25 | |
| 7286106970 | Polysyndeton | Use of conjunction with words or phrases, usually for building up | 26 | |
| 7286106971 | Zeugma | Linking two or more parts of speech with another by verbs | 27 | |
| 7286109024 | Synecdoche | Metaphor where a part stands for the whole | 28 | |
| 7286109025 | Metonymy | Metaphor where an image is likened to a subject but is not the same | 29 | |
| 7286110877 | Hyperbaton | The use of rhetorical device to depart from normal word order, like an adjective following a noun | 30 | |
| 7286110878 | Aporia | Doubt is expressed about an idea or question | 31 | |
| 7286110879 | Anaphora | Repetition of words in the beginning of sentences or phrases, usually at the climax | 32 | |
| 7286112010 | Epistrophe | The opposite of anaphora, so words are repeated at the end of sentences or phrases | 33 | |
| 7286112011 | Symploce | Combination of anaphora and epistrophe, where words are repeated at the beginning and end of sentences or phrases | 34 | |
| 7286113466 | Amplification | Repetition or a word or statement, with more detail, for emphasis | 35 | |
| 7286113467 | Personification | Human like qualities are given to an inanimate object | 36 | |
| 7286115486 | Parataxis | Writing clauses independently, with either coordinating conjunctions or no conjunctions at all | 37 |
