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7277031309Isocolonsimilar structures in two phrases (many are called, few are chosen)0
7277040451Jargonwords specific to an industry (ex: cell phone jargon: app, cell data, facetime)1
7277073261Juxtapositionputting two things together to create an effect2
7277077321Litotean understated figure of speech (ex: "not bad" for something actually really good)3
7277086542Loose Sentencea long sentence with many phrases and clauses4
7277093011Metaphora comparison without the use of "like" or "as". (ex. The conversation was a train wreck.)5
7277133427Metonymya type of nick name for something (ex. "the White House announced..." instead of "representatives of the executive branch announced...")6
7277168760Mode of Discoursethe way in which information is presented ex. narration, description, argument)7
7277174902Moodthe feeling that results from the tone of a story8
7277181869Narrativethe telling of a story9
7277196558Onomatopoeiaa word that sounds like what it is describing (ex. buzz)10

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