6820240170 | Allegory | Extended metaphor | 0 | |
6820242917 | Alliteration | Recurrence of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
6820244681 | Allusion | Reference in a literary work to a thing in history or another work of literature | 2 | |
6820250825 | Analogy | Similarity between like features of two things on which a comparison can be based | 3 | |
6820257878 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of two or more successive clauses | 4 | |
6820267429 | Anecdote | Short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event | 5 | |
6820278884 | Antithesis | Contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them | 6 | |
6820292324 | Assonance | Similarity in sound between vowels in two or more syllables | 7 | |
6820299052 | Consonance | Repetition on consonant sounds | 8 | |
6820307006 | Asyndeton | Conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses | 9 | |
6820311314 | Polysndeton | Use of several conjunctions in close succession | 10 | |
6820317518 | Euphemism | Indirect statement is subsituted for a direct one in order to avoid bluntness | 11 | |
6820330659 | Hyperbole | Deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect | 12 | |
6820334843 | Hypophora | Consists of raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them | 13 | |
6820342696 | Metaphor | asserts that one thing IS another thing | 14 | |
6820354363 | Simile | Comparison between two things using "like" | 15 | |
6820360630 | Paradox | Assertion seemingly opposed to common sense but that may have truth to it. | 16 | |
6820371162 | Parenthesis(parenthetical sentence) | Simply a word or string of words which contains relevant yet nonessential information | 17 | |
6820382644 | Periodic sentence | The writer builds suspense by beginning with subordinate elements and postponing the main clauses | 18 | |
6820406024 | Synecdoche | Metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole | 19 | |
6820410444 | Metonymy | Metaphor 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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