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| 5424237917 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence - Let us go forth to lead the land we love | 0 | |
| 5424241242 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person, event, place, or to a work of art - God all mighty... | 1 | |
| 5424244299 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines - ...not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are... | 2 | |
| 5424255606 | antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order - Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country | 3 | |
| 5424258500 | Antithesis | Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction - We shall... support any friend, oppose any foe... | 4 | |
| 5424262048 | Archaic diction | Old fashioned or outdated choice of words - beliefs for which our forebears fought | 5 | |
| 5424266424 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words - We shall pay any price, bear and burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival... | 6 | |
| 5424273456 | Cumulative sentence | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 7 | |
| 5424277064 | Hortative sentence | Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to actions - Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. | 8 | |
| 5424281965 | Imperative sentence | Sentence used to command or enjoin - Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man | 9 | |
| 5424284870 | Inversion | Inverted order of words in a sentence - united there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do... | 10 | |
| 5424287433 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 11 | |
| 5424291887 | Metaphor | Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as -And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion | 12 | |
| 5424295904 | Oxymoron | Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict on another -but this peaceful revolution | 13 | |
| 5424299839 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses - Let both sides explore, let both sides, for the first time... let both sides seek to invoke... let both sides unite to head | 14 | |
| 5424305845 | Periodic Sentence | Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 15 | |
| 5424308324 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea -with history the final judge of our deeds | 16 | |
| 5424311644 | Rhetorical question | figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer -will you join in that history effort? | 17 | |
| 5424315235 | Synedoche | Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole - in your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course | 18 | |
| 5424321746 | Zeugma | Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings. - Now the trumpet summons us again -- not to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden... | 19 | |
| 5424329471 | Litote | Emphasizes its point by using a word opposite to the condition - A cup of coffee would not be unwelcome | 20 | |
| 5424337166 | Hypophora | Asking a question, then proceeding to answer it. - How do we know this to be true? We have observed it in the lab. | 21 | |
| 5424346391 | Procatalepsis | relative of hypophora, however it deals specifically with objections, and does so without asking a question - Some people, even in this era of modern thought, believe that UFOs are visiting our planet every day, but without tangible evidence, mere belief is not proof. | 22 | |
| 5424384154 | Distinctio | Rhetorical form in which the writer elaborates on the definition of a word, to make sure there is no misunderstanding - Communism, by which i mean the socialist communalism which comes after the centralized state, has et to be tried anywhere in the real world. | 23 | |
| 5424393707 | Similie | Comparing two things use like or as -The sun peered, like a curios child, over the top of the mountain | 24 | |
| 5424415805 | Analogy | Compare two things, one being explained by something else that is well known - As the endless waves wash eternally upon the shore, so does true love overwhelm the soul. - life is like a race | 25 | |
| 5424439256 | Sententia | A quotation, maxim, or wise saying -As often said, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | 26 | |
| 5428076173 | Exemplum | Providing the reader with an example to illustrate your point -The U.S Government gives its citizens freedom; one illustration of this is that we have the right to criticize our leaders. | 27 | |
| 5428094618 | Eponym | Similar to allusion, referring to a specific famous person to link his or her attributes with someone else - A modern day Moses, he led his nation to a new beginning - The senator, with his patience of Job, endured setback after setback, until his time finally came | 28 |
