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7349478724AlliterationAlice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.0
7349478725Anaphora"My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration."1
7349481122AsyndetonGo, shepherd, and untie the wattled cotes! No longer leave thy wistful flock unfed, Nor let thy bawling fellows rack their throats, Nor the cropp'd herbage shoot another head..... Thou hast not lived, why should'st thou perish, so?2
7349481123Diction"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on"3
7349487615EpistropheFor no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best. - John F. Kennedy4
7349487616Ethos"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results.5
7349488484HyperboleHe is as skinny as a toothpick.6
7349488485ImageryThough I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings.7
7349489465JuxtapostionBeauty and ugliness Belief and denial Bigotry and tolerance Calm and chaos8
7349490171Litoteyour comments on politics are not useless. You are not as young as you used to be.9
7349491290MetaphorShe's all states, and all princes, I ..." The assignment was a breeze10
7349491291Pathos"I'm not just invested in this community - I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."11
7349492064Rhetoric"I am never ever going to rob anyone for you and never, never ever give in to your sinful wish."12
7349492904Rhetorical QuestionHow did this idiot get elected?13
7349493751SynecdocheThe word "bread" refers to food or money as in "Writing is my bread and butter" or "sole breadwinner". The phrase "gray beard" refers to an old man. The word "sails" refers to a whole ship. The word "suits" refers to businessmen.14

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