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14746096262Alliterationthe repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words0
14746096263Allusionbrief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art1
14746096264Rhetoricthe use of language with the intent to persuade or argue2
14746096265Antithesisopposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction3
14746096266archaicold fashioned or outdated choice of words4
14746096267cumulative sentencesentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on5
14746096268imperative sentencesentence used to command or enjoin6
14746096269JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts7
14746096270Metaphora figure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison8
14746096271Oxymoronparadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another9

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