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14948515535AlliterationRepetition of initial consonant sounds0
14948519038ApostropheA figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.1
14948526908Chiasmusa reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases2
14948531952Dilemmaa difficult or perplexing situation or problem3
14948548967Euphonypleasant, harmonious sound4
14948553646Idioman expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up5
14948562013MeiosisA trope (a figurative or metaphorical use of word of expression) using comic, ironic, or sarcastic affect6
14948695611ParodyA work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.7
14948698753PunA play on words8
14948701252ToneThe feeling you get from language9

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