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| 14673043323 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 0 | |
| 14673051877 | Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 1 | |
| 14673058158 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 2 | |
| 14673064205 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 3 | |
| 14673069533 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 4 | |
| 14673072200 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 5 | |
| 14673076530 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 6 | |
| 14673082450 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 7 | |
| 14673087879 | inverted syntax | A sentence constructed so that the predicate comes before the subject (ex: In the woods I am walking.) | 8 | |
| 14673095128 | Litotes | A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | 9 |