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| 2150414481 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 0 | |
| 2150414482 | chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | 1 | |
| 2150414483 | hyperbaton | Reversal of normal word order (as in 'cheese I love') | 2 | |
| 2150414484 | litotes | A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | 3 | |
| 2150414485 | metonymy | A figure of speech involving the substitution of one noun for another of which it is an attribute or which is closely associated with it, e.g., "the kettle boils" or "he drank the cup." Metonymy is very similar to synecdoche. | 4 | |
| 2150414486 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy" | 5 | |
| 2150414487 | syncope | Cutthing short of words thorugh omission of letter of r syllable | 6 | |
| 2150414488 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). | 7 | |
| 2150414489 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 8 | |
| 2150414490 | Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 9 | |
| 2150414491 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences | 10 | |
| 2150414492 | Antanaclasis | Repetition of a word in two different senses. "If we do not hang together we will hang together." | 11 | |
| 2150414493 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 12 | |
| 2150414494 | Double (Multiple) Negation | Use of two or more negatives in close proximity. Formally, this would imply a positive, but the usual effect is to emphasize the negative | 13 | |
| 2150414495 | Climax or Gradation | Continuous anadiplosis - repetition of endings and beginnings of a particular sentence or clause. Each of the repeated concepts is important in the sequence of argument. | 14 | |
| 2150414496 | Epanadiplosis or Encircling | Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning and end of a sentence or sentence group. e.g. Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice. P | 15 | |
| 2150414497 | Epanados : Inversion | Repetition of different words in a sentence in an inverse order but with a similar meaning. | 16 | |
| 2150414498 | Epanalepsis or Resumption | Repetition of a word, phrase, or idea following any kind of parenthesis in order to return to the original thought.. I mean not your own conscience, but the other's. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience? | 17 | |
| 2150414499 | Epibole | Repetition of the same phrase at irregular intervals. Note: Differs from anaphora and repetition by being a phrase not just one word | 18 | |
| 2150414500 | Epistrophe of Like Endings | Repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 19 | |
| 2150414501 | Epizeuxis or Duplication | Repetition of the same word in immediate succession. ▪ "O horror, horror, horror." (Macbeth) | 20 | |
| 2150414502 | Homeopropheron | Alliteration | 21 | |
| 2150414503 | Paradiastole | NEITHER NOR: Using the disjunctive correlatives "either...or" and "neither...nor," this figure slows the reader down, making each listed item important. | 22 | |
| 2150414504 | Polyptoton | Repetition of the same noun in different inflections or the same verb in different conjugations. Eg: had, having, and in quest to have, extreme.. | 23 | |
| 2150414505 | Synonymia | The use of several synonyms in succession to add emotional force or clarity. e.g. She was lovely, beautiful, gorgeous, a paragon of femininity | 24 |
