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14969126170Alliterationrepetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence0
14969126171AllusionBrief reference to a person, event, place, or work of art1
14969126172Anaphorarepetition of a word of phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
14969126173Antimetabolerepetition of words in reverse order3
14969126174AntithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction4
14969126175Archaic DictionOld fashioned or outdated choice of words5
14969126176AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses or words6
14969126177Cumulative SentenceSentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on7
14969126178Horative SentenceSentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action8
14969126179Imperative SentenceSentence used to command or enjoin9
14969126180InversionInverted order of words in a sentence10
14969126181JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences11
14969126182MetaphorFigure of speech that compare two things without using like or as12
14969126183OxymoronParadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another13
14969126184ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses14
14969126185Periodic SentenceSentence whose main clause is withheld until the end15
14969126186PersonificationAttribution of lifelike quality to inanimate object or idea16
14969126187Rhetorical QuestionFigure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer17
14969126188Synedochefigure of speech that uses a part to represent a whole18
14969126189ZeugmaUse of two different words in grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings19

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