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5266698407MetaphorWhen something is something else.0
5266700074SimilieWhen something is LIKE something else.1
5266706274MetonymyUsing a vaguely suggestive, physical object to embody a more general idea.2
5266715327SynecdocheUsing part of a physical object to represent a whole object.3
5266719448PunsTwist of words, often to create a humorous effect.4
5266728271ZeugmaArtfully using one word with two or more different objects.5
5266733516PersonificationGiving human qualities to inanimate objects.6
5266737260ApostropheAddressing someone or some personified abstraction that is not physically present.7
5266758042OnomatopoeiaWords that sound like what they mean.8
5266762341AnthimeriaUsing a different part of speech to act as another.9
5266769845OxymoronUsing contradiction in a way the oddly makes sense.10
5266773451ParellelismWhen a writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length.11
5266780603AntithesisContrary idea expressed in a balanced sentence.12
5266786960AnastropheInverted word order from what one expects.13
5266792135ChiamusTaking parallelism and deliberately turning it inside out.14
5266804623EllipsisOmitting a word implied by a previous clause.15
5266813415AsyndetonUsing no conjunctions to create an effect of speed or simplicity.16
5266822170PolysyndetonUsing many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect.17
5266825819ClimaxArrangement of events in order of importance.18
5266833326AlliterationRepetition of a sound in multiple words.19
5266836403AnaphoraRepetition of beginning clauses.20
5266847307AnadiplosisRepeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause.21
5266871720HyperboleExaggeration22

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