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6246546836Aposiopesisa breaking off speech, usually because of rising emotion ("Touch me one more time and I swear...)0
6246546837Cacophonyclash of harsh sounds, like a tongue twister (anfractuous rocks)1
6246549511Chiasmustwo phrases where the syntax is the same but the placement of words is reversed. (To be beloved is all I need/And whom I love, love indeed)2
6246657282Conceitparallel between two different objects or ideas3
6246657283Epithetadjective or phrase that describes a prominent feature of a person or thing (Richard the Lionheart)4
6246661491Euphamismdecorous language to express vulgar ideas (passed away=died)5
6246663448Euphonypleasing arrangement of sounds (cellar door)6
6246663449Litotesform of understatement formed by negating its opposite (He is not unfriendly)7
6246667486Meiosisopposite of hyperbole (It's only a scratch when you're mortally wounded)8
6246670548Metonymysubstitute one word for another that are generally associated with each other (Businessmen changed to suits)9
6246670549Paradoxseems like absurd statement but reveals something deep (All men kill the thing they love)10
6246672228Paralipsisdrawing attention to something by claiming not to mention it ("We will not speak of it...")11
6246672229Pathetic fallacyattribution of human feeling to a nonhuman object (weeping cloud)12
6246679573Synaesthesiause of one sensory experience to describe another (Heard melodies are sweet)13
6246682985Synechdocheform of substituting words by referring to the whole (my wheels=my car)14
6246684876Zeugmause of one word to modify two other words in the sentence in different ways15

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