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| 8675750174 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause | 0 | |
| 8675754402 | Consonance | the repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect, e.g., And each slow dusk a drawing-down on blinds. The "d" sound is in consonance. | 1 | |
| 8675759198 | Simile | A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as. | 2 | |
| 8675762683 | Metaphor | comparison without the use of like or as. | 3 | |
| 8675770178 | Personification | is a kind of metaphor which gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics | 4 | |
| 8675783149 | Onomonopia | the use of words in which the sounds seem to resemble the sounds they describe, e.g., hiss, buzz, bang | 5 | |
| 8675788453 | Understatement | The opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony which deliberately represents something as much less than it really is, | 6 | |
| 8675820186 | Paradox | a statement which contradicts itself. It may seem almost absurd. | 7 | |
| 8675826983 | Hyperbole | a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. | 8 | |
| 8675843257 | Oxymoron | a form of paradox which combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression. This combination usually serves the purpose of shocking the reader into awareness, e.g., sweet sorrow | 9 | |
| 8675850845 | Irony | the result of a statement saying one thing while meaning the opposite. Its purpose is usually to criticize, e.g., It is simple to stop smoking. I've done it many times. | 10 | |
| 8675853491 | Sarcasm | a type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something while he is actually insulting the thing. Its purpose is to injure or hurt, e.g., As I fell down the stairs headfirst, I heard her say "Look at that coordination." | 11 | |
| 8675854710 | Antithesis | involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings generally for the purpose of contrast, e.g., Sink or swim. | 12 | |
| 8675855987 | Apostrophe | Apostrophe is a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present, and the inanimate as if animate. | 13 | |
| 8675857728 | Allusion | a reference to a mythological, literary, historical, or Biblical person, place, or thing | 14 | |
| 8675859596 | Synecdoche (Metonymy) | is a form of metaphor. In synecdoche, a part of something is used to signify the whole, | 15 |
