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| 12189306104 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 0 | |
| 12189310051 | Parrallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 1 | |
| 12189315135 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 2 | |
| 12189319718 | Oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') | 3 | |
| 12189321857 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 4 | |
| 12189324204 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 5 | |
| 12189326429 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 6 |