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| 8473651087 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial sound | 0 | |
| 8473654611 | Allusion | Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing | 1 | |
| 8473668998 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word/phrase of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 2 | |
| 8473678046 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
| 8473685972 | Anastrophe | The use of inverted or unusual word order for emphasis | 4 | |
| 8473696770 | Anthimeria | The substitution of one part of speech for another for emphasis | 5 | |
| 8473703236 | Antithesis | Juxtaposition of balanced contrasting ideas, sometimes written in a "not x, but y" format | 6 | |
| 8473724285 | Asyndeton | A deliberate lack of conjunctions between parallel clauses | 7 | |
| 8473735336 | Caesura | A break in the flow, often signaled by a dash or parentheses | 8 | |
| 8473743469 | Chiasmus | A type of antithesis in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the same words in a different order | 9 | |
| 8473762689 | Colloquialism | Local or regional dialect; slang | 10 | |
| 8473766109 | Connotation | The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase | 11 | |
| 8473775295 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 12 | |
| 8473780011 | Diction | Word choice used for stylistic effect | 13 | |
| 8473789008 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses | 14 | |
| 8473797081 | Euphemism | The substitution of an inoffensive expression for one that may offend | 15 | |
| 8473805310 | Hyperbole | A deliberate and often outrageous exaggeration, used for serious or comedic effect | 16 | |
| 8473815945 | Idiom | Expression peculiar to a given language | 17 | |
| 8473821477 | Imagery | Language that appeals to all of the senses | 18 | |
| 8473826747 | Juxtaposition | Placing unassociated ideas/words/phrases next to each other for effect | 19 | |
| 8473842633 | Metaphor | A comparision | 20 | |
| 8473848199 | Metonymy | An entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations | 21 | |
| 8473854956 | Oxymoron | A form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression | 22 | |
| 8473866390 | Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself and may seem almost absurd | 23 | |
| 8473876394 | Parallel Structure | Balanced components in the structural arrangement | 24 | |
| 8473884613 | Parody | A composition imitating another usually serious work | 25 | |
| 8473895453 | Personification | Give inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics | 26 | |
| 8473906689 | Polysyndeton | Sentence with multiple conjunctions used for effect | 27 | |
| 8473911050 | Prose | The ordinary form of the written language | 28 | |
| 8473917046 | Pun | A play on words that identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings | 29 | |
| 8473933984 | Satire | A literary works that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure for purpose of change | 30 | |
| 8473943491 | Simile | A comparision using like or as | 31 | |
| 8473950800 | Synesthesia | Vivid imagery with concurrent response of two or more senses | 32 | |
| 8473966808 | Zeugma | Technique of using one word to yoke two or more others for ironic or amusing effect | 33 |
