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| 31246527 | Analogy | A kind of extended metaphor or long simile in which an explicit comparison is made between two things (events, ideas, people, etc) for the purpose of furthering a line of reasoning or drawing an inference; a form of reasoning employing comparative or parallel cases. | |
| 31246528 | Anadiplosis | Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or terms in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of the next sentence, clause, or phrase. | |
| 31246529 | Anaphora | Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases; repetition of the initial word(s) over successive phrases or clauses. | |
| 31246530 | Antimetabole | Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order of repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses (A-B, B-A). | |
| 31246531 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. | |
| 31246533 | Asyndeton | Figure of omission in which normally occurring conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) are intentionally omitted in successive phrases, or clauses; a string of words not separated by normally occurring conjunctions. | |
| 31246534 | Climax | Figure of repetition in which words or phrases or sentences are arranged in order of increasing intensity or importance, often in parallel construction; words or phrases arranged by degrees of increasing significance. | |
| 31246535 | Epistrophe | Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases | |
| 31246536 | Epizeuxis | Figure of emphasis in which the same word is repeated two or more times over in immediate succession; repetition of the same word, word, word | |
| 31246537 | Expletive | Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the expletive. Typical examples include: in fact, of course, to be sure, indeed, I suppose, I hope, you know, you see, clearly, in any event, in effect, certainly, remarkably. | |
| 31246541 | Epithet | A term used to characterize a person or thing | |
| 31768891 | Apostrophe | A direct address of an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction | |
| 81745280 | Animalification | Attributing animal characteristics to non-animals | |
| 81745281 | Eponym | a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great | |
| 81745282 | Hypotaxis | using subordination to show the relationship between clauses or phrases (and hence the opposite of parataxis) | |
| 81746150 | Diction | the author's deliberate choice of words |
