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| 4881466748 | Inversion | Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order). (p. 1146) | 0 | |
| 4881466749 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences. (p. 1147) | 1 | |
| 4881466750 | Metaphor | Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as. (p. 1147) | 2 | |
| 4881466751 | Oxymoron | A paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words. (p. 1148) | 3 | |
| 4881466752 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. (p. 1148) | 4 | |
| 4881466753 | Periodic sentence | Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end. (p. 1148) | 5 | |
| 4881466754 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea. (p. 1148) | 6 | |
| 4881466755 | Rhetorical question | Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purposes of getting an answer. (p. 1150) | 7 | |
| 4881466756 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole. (p. 1151) | 8 | |
| 4881466757 | Zeugma | Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings. (p. 1152) | 9 |
