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| 9607339015 | Epistrophe | repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect | 0 | |
| 9607346534 | Epistrophe Example | Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people | 1 | |
| 9607355120 | Polysyndeton | using conjunctions to emphasize rhythm, and therefore emphasize a certain point | 2 | |
| 9607361916 | Polysyndeton Example | In years gone by, there were in every community men and women who spoke the language of duty and morality and loyalty and obligation | 3 | |
| 9607368066 | Paralipsis | pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it | 4 | |
| 9607378943 | Paralipsis Example | A politician saying: "I will not even mention the fact that my opponent was a poor student." | 5 | |
| 9607390860 | Euphemism | a substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may come across as rude or offensive | 6 | |
| 9607398168 | Euphemism Example | He passed away, rather than, He died | 7 | |
| 9607405318 | Asyndeton | the absence of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 8 | |
| 9607413959 | Asyndeton Example | Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,/ Shrunk to this little measure? | 9 | |
| 9607432472 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines | 10 | |
| 9607439823 | Anaphora Example | Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! | 11 | |
| 9607444134 | Chiasmus | Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second. | 12 | |
| 9607453827 | Chiasmus Example | "Has the Church failed mankind, or has mankind failed the Church?" | 13 |
