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6820240170AllegoryExtended metaphor0
6820242917AlliterationRecurrence of initial consonant sounds1
6820244681AllusionReference in a literary work to a thing in history or another work of literature2
6820250825AnalogySimilarity between like features of two things on which a comparison can be based3
6820257878AnaphoraRepetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of two or more successive clauses4
6820267429AnecdoteShort narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event5
6820278884AntithesisContrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them6
6820292324AssonanceSimilarity in sound between vowels in two or more syllables7
6820299052ConsonanceRepetition on consonant sounds8
6820307006AsyndetonConjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses9
6820311314PolysndetonUse of several conjunctions in close succession10
6820317518EuphemismIndirect statement is subsituted for a direct one in order to avoid bluntness11
6820330659HyperboleDeliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect12
6820334843HypophoraConsists of raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them13
6820342696Metaphorasserts that one thing IS another thing14
6820354363SimileComparison between two things using "like"15
6820360630ParadoxAssertion seemingly opposed to common sense but that may have truth to it.16
6820371162Parenthesis(parenthetical sentence)Simply a word or string of words which contains relevant yet nonessential information17
6820382644Periodic sentenceThe writer builds suspense by beginning with subordinate elements and postponing the main clauses18
6820406024SynecdocheMetaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole19
6820410444MetonymyMetaphor in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with the subject with which it is to be compared.20

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