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10587545819AnaphoraThe use of the same word at the begining of several lines.0
10587545820SynesthesiaRhetorical device, the description of one kind of sense perception like "sweet music."1
10587545821Colloquialisminformal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing "hit me up"2
10587545822Tautologyneedless repetition which adds no meaning or significance "free gifts "3
10587545823cacophonyunpleasant combination of noise "girls' screaming "4
10587545824Portmanteaua new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings "hangry"5
10587545825Malapropismthe mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one " I went a nice lunch restroom"6
10587545826inverctiveAbusive and violent language "****"7
10587545827PolysyndetonDeliberate use of many conjunctions "we laughed and loved and eat and jumped "8
10587545828HyperboleIntensional exaggeration "the line took forever "9
10587545829ChiasmusInverted sentence structure "I am Sam, Sam am I"10
10587545830SatireSmart humor that hold something up to mock it, "Family guy "11
10587545831MetonymySomething closely associated with something represents the whole "go see the track"12
10587545832EllipsesIndicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted....13
10587545833Anachronismsomething out of place in time " Abraham Lincoln plays his PS4"14

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