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8637974124Alliterationrepetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence0
8637982541allusionbrief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art.1
8637990635anaphorarepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses or lines2
8638002006antimetabolerepetition of words in reverse order3
8638011130antithesisopposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction4
8638020059asyndetonomission of conjunctions between coordinated phrases, clauses, or words.5
8638028869hortative sentenceSentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.6
8638036767inversionInverted order of words in a sentence (example: subject-verb-object order)7
8638048066juxtapositionplacement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences.8
8638056351oxymoronparadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another.9
8638068207parrallelismsimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.10
8638078723periodic sentencesentence whose main clauses is withheld until the end.11
8638083349rhetorical questionfigure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer.12
8638107219synedochefigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole13
8638119270ethosappeal to authority or credentials; emphasis on shared values; creditability; trustworthy14
8638119271Logosappeal to reason and logic, often with numbers15
8638122447Pathosappeal to emotions, values, desires and homes or fears and prejudices16
8638157735counterargumentobjection or opposing view17
8638165388SOAPSSubject, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose18
8638178250rhetorical trianglespeaker, subject, and audience19

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