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| 9872315073 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in any sequence of neighboring words | 0 | |
| 9872315074 | Allusion | An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work | 1 | |
| 9872315075 | Analogy | Comparing two things or instances in time often based on their structure and used to explain a complex idea in simpler terms | 2 | |
| 9872315076 | Antithesis | A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence | 3 | |
| 9872315077 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds two or more times in short succession within a sentence or phrase | 4 | |
| 9872315078 | Diction | Refers to the author's word choice | 5 | |
| 9872315079 | Ellipsis | When one or more words are omitted from a sentence | 6 | |
| 9872315080 | Ethos | A characteristic spirit of a given culture, era, or community or its beliefs; Ethos, in purely rhetorical terms, is a label used to identify an appeal to the ethics of a culture or individual | 7 | |
| 9872315081 | Hyperbole | An intentionally exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally but creating a desired humorous effect | 8 | |
| 9872315082 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language | 9 | |
| 9872315083 | Irony | The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite of what the writer intends to achieve a humorous effect or to add emphasis. | 10 | |
| 9872315084 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 11 | |
| 9872315085 | Pathos | A quality that evokes pity or sadness | 12 | |
| 9872315086 | Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to a nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 13 | |
| 9872315087 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for another thing like an object that represents an abstract idea | 14 | |
| 9872766450 | Apt | Having a tendency to do something | 15 | |
| 9872766451 | Refrain | Reoccurring phrase or verse | 16 | |
| 9872766452 | Epilogue | Serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened | 17 | |
| 9872796990 | Assonance | Repetition of the sound of a vowel near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (ex. Penitence, reticence) | 18 | |
| 9872796991 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally | 19 | |
| 9872825821 | Anaphora | Deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence | 20 | |
| 9872825822 | Understatement | Not fully express the extent to which something is true | 21 |
