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| 12760180363 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words (opposition of polysydeton ) | 0 | |
| 12760099939 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 1 | |
| 12760121116 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 2 | |
| 12760127486 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 3 | |
| 12760220078 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 4 | |
| 12760238150 | foil character | a character's whose main purpose is to highlight the strengths of another character | 5 | |
| 12760249602 | Foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events | 6 | |
| 12760577048 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 7 | |
| 12760605169 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 8 | |
| 12761028992 | Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 9 | |
| 12761080736 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 10 | |
| 12761610613 | Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 11 | |
| 12761735613 | Similie | a comparison between two unlike things using like or as | 12 | |
| 12761739493 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 13 | |
| 12761749981 | verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or real | 14 | |
| 12761768536 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 15 |
