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5631744160ParanomasiaA rhetorical device that intentionally exploits the confusion between words with similar sounds but different meanings0
5631744161Antanaclasistype of wordplay where one word is used in two contrasting senses1
5631747395Anaphorarepetition of words at the beginning of words or phrases2
5631747396Epistrophethe repetition of words at the end of phrases or sentences3
5631755258Anadiplosisthe repetition of words so that the last word of a clause is the starting word of the next clause4
5631757662Epanalepsisthe repetition at the end of a line that occurred at the beginning of the same line5
5631981514Asyndetonthe omission of conjunction between phrases or words6
5631984101Polysyndetonuses several coordinating conjunctions used in succession7
5631993541Anthimeriausing one part of speech as another part of speech8
5631993542Polyptotonusing the repetition of a word in a different case in the same sentence9
5631996957Isocolonrepetition of words, phrases, or clauses of the same grammatical structure10
5631999506AntithesisA device where two opposite ideals are put together to achieve a contrasting effect11
5632003841Epanalepsisrepeats the phrase or word at the begginning of the sentence at the end of the sentence as well12
5632006670Antimetabolea phrase or sentence is repeated in reverse order13
5632006671chiasmusconcepts of a phrase but not with the same words14

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