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| 10437295309 | alliteration | The same letter is repeated several times. "She sells sea shells by the seashore." | 0 | |
| 10437295310 | analogy | Comparison between two things to further a line/ draw inference "In is to Out as Up is to Down" "Baby is to Adult as Puppy is to Dog" | 1 | |
| 10437295920 | anesis | When an object is given praise or held high end then a statement at the end diminishes the previuos statements. "Now Naaman, captain of the host of the King of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was a mighty man in valor, but he was a leaper." | 2 | |
| 10437296087 | antithesis | Contrast between two ideas with the same general words being used, Complete opposites. "Write quickly and you will never write well, write well and you'll soon write quickly" | 3 | |
| 10437298385 | apposition | A noun that follows after another noun to describe the first noun. "I saw your brother, the plumber, yesterday..." | 4 | |
| 10437298596 | climax | Words in an arranged order of increasing intensity. "And fire-eyed fury be my contact now! Now Tybalt, take the villain back again that late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads." | 5 | |
| 10437299191 | distinctio | When a word goes into further detail/explanation. "Now, first I should define my terms: 'Man' and 'God'. By man, of course, I mean society—social man..." | 6 | |
| 10437301607 | epizeuxis | When a word or phrase is repeated several times in a row. "I'm having spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam..." | 7 | |
| 10437302707 | hyperbole | An overstatement/exaggeration "I had to wait in the station for ten days—an eternity." | 8 | |
| 10437302708 | irony | An expression that is the opposite of the intended meaning "Water, water, everywhere. And all the boards did shrink. Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." | 9 | |
| 10437303175 | metaphor | An expression used to describe an event but it does not literally mean it. "The English test last week was a nightmare." | 10 | |
| 10437303677 | paronomasia | Play on words where the words that sound the same or that are the same have different meanings. "It is no matter if the tied were lost, for it is the unkindest tied that ever any man tied." | 11 | |
| 10437303678 | polyptoton | When the same root word has different endings is repeated. "With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder." | 12 | |
| 10437304861 | rhetorical question | A question is asked but an answer isn't expected. "Does Spring come after Winter?" | 13 | |
| 10437305472 | synecdoche | When a specific portion of an expression is used to stand for the whole thing. "Lend me your ears." (Listen to me) | 14 |
