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6699870905Apostrophespeech to an inanimate object (controls you)0
6699929313Allterationrepetition of inital consonant sound1
6699940216Assonancerepetition of the vowel sound2
6699943673Consonancerepetition of the consonance sound3
6699956617Caesurapregnant pause, piphanic moment4
6699963995Asyndetonthe absence of conjunctions5
6699993648Polysyndetonthe addition of conjunctions when it is not necessary,6
6700016342Synecdochesomething that is part of a whole (i.e. all hands on deck; nice threads)7
6700092530Metonymysymbol that represents a larger idea (i.e. the crown)8
6700125358Anacoluthonpregant pause in prose9
6700134258Litotesdouble negative, underwhelming, muted affectio10
6700155167Telegraph Sentence (Prose)shorter than 5 words11
6700162809Short Sentence (P)5 words12
6700166246Medium sentence (P)18 to 2913
6700169150Long30 or more14
6700172103epitheta name or title given in which the title personifies the object15
6700180598pathetic fallacyprojecting the emotions of the speaker on an inanimate object or objects16
6700216723Internal Monologueused with Italics17
6700218566euphemismthe use of pleasent expression in place of a harsh one18

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