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5760363224anaphorarepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines0
5760368687antimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order1
5760370866antithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction2
5760374033archaic dictionOld-fashioned or outdated choice of words3
5760377244asyndetonomission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words4
5760382850inversioninverted order of words in a sentence(variation of the subject-verb-object order)5
5760391909synecdocheFigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole6
5760402117zeugmaUse of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings7
5760407764cumulative sentenceSentence that completes the main idea at the beginning and then builds and adds on8
5760410950horative sentenceSentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action9
5760416808imperative sentenceCommanding sentence10
5760419842Periodic sentencesentence whose main clause is withheld until the end11
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