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| 14593051251 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 0 | |
| 14593051252 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate | 1 | |
| 14593051852 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses In every cry of every Man,In every infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban | 2 | |
| 14593051853 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order Potaetoes I like | 3 | |
| 14593052646 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order Fair is foul, and foul is fair | 4 | |
| 14593052647 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 5 | |
| 14593053813 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 6 | |
| 14593053814 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 7 | |
| 14593054267 | Apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation My dog pup | 8 | |
| 14593058611 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 9 | |
| 14593059516 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words I came. I saw. leaving out the and in the middle | 10 | |
| 14593060301 | Circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | 11 | |
| 14593060760 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 12 | |
| 14593061489 | Detonation | the literal meaning of a word | 13 | |
| 14593062266 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 14 | |
| 14593063066 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 15 | |
| 14593064683 | Epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause The king is dead, long live the king | 16 | |
| 14593065681 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best | 17 | |
| 14593066350 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 18 | |
| 14593069743 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 19 | |
| 14593069744 | Situational Irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 20 | |
| 14593070521 | Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 21 | |
| 14593070522 | Malapropism | the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | 22 | |
| 14593074261 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 23 | |
| 14593074262 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 24 | |
| 14593075113 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 25 | |
| 14593075114 | Periphrasis | substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name | 26 | |
| 14593078010 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 27 | |
| 14593078018 | Prosody | the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry | 28 | |
| 14593087485 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 29 | |
| 14593091864 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 30 | |
| 14593092313 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 31 | |
| 14593097802 | Litotes (understatement) | Understatement for effect, often used for irony | 32 |
