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10563814073alliterationrepetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence0
10563821078allusionbrief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art1
10563826247anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
10563850124antimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order3
10563865306antithesisopposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction4
10563870249archaic dictionold fashioned, outdated choice of words5
10563875863asyndetonomission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words6
10563879671cumulative sentencesentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on7
10564735505hortative sentencesentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action8
10564739350imperative sentencesentence used to command or enjoin9
10564744183Inversioninverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)10
10564747976juxtapositionplacement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences11
10564749153metaphorA comparison without using like or as12
10564752891oxymoronparadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another13
10564759046parallelismsimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses14
10564764849periodic sentencesentence whose main clause is withheld until the end15
10564767069Personificationattribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea16
10564770591rhetorical questionA question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.17
10564777163synedochefigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole18
10564778398zeugmause of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings19

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