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7273315090AlliterationRepetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.0
7273316201Allusiona Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.1
7273319856AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.2
7273322624AntithesisThe juxtaposition of contrasting ideas.3
7273324032AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order4
7273324749Archaic dictionOld-fashioned or outdated choice of words5
7273325688AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words6
7273327362Cumulative sentenceA sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on.7
7273328721Hortative sentenceA sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to actions8
7273330344Imperative sentenceA sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat9
7273331213InversionInverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)10
7273336720JuxtapositionThe placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts11
7273338037MetaphorFigure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison12
7273341265MetonymyUsing a single feature to represent the whole13
7273341782OxymoronParadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another14
7273343160ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses15
7273344668Periodic sentenceSentence whose main clause is withheld until the end16
7273346625PersonificationAttribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea17
7273348331Rhetorical questionFigure of speech int he form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer18
7273350779ZeugmaThe use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous, meanings19

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