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4969646315AlliterationRepetition of initial consants in 2 or more adjacent words0
4969646316AnadiplosisRepetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause1
4969646317AnaphoraRepetition of same words/groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses2
4969646318AnastropheInversion of the natural or usual word order3
4969646319AntithesisThe juxtaposition of contrasting ideas4
4969646320AntaclanasisRepetition of a word in 2 different senses5
4969646321AnthimeriaThe substitution of one part of speech for another6
4969646322AntimetaboleRepetition of words, in succesive clauses, in reverse grammatical order7
4969646323ApposistionPlacing side by side the coordinate elements. The second of which serves as an explanation of modification of the first8
4969646324AssonanceRepetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words9
4969646325AsyndetonDeliberate omission of comjunctions between a series of related clauses10
4969646326ClimaxArranagement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing inportance11
4969646327EllipsisThe deliberite omission of a word or words that are readily implied by the context.12
4969646328EpanelipsisRepetition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the same clause.13
4969646329EpistropheRepetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses14
4969646330IronyUse of a word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the word15
4969646331IsocolonScheme of parallel structure that occurs whem parallels are similar not only in structure but in length16
4969646332LitotesDeliberate use of understatement17
4969646333MetaphorImplied comparison between 2 things of unlike nature18
4969646334MetonymySubstitution of some attributive or siggestive words for what is actually meant19
5743066810ChiasmusWords, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in the same or modified form20

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