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| 10785622898 | Anadipolsis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 0 | |
| 10785622899 | Onomatopeia | words that imitate sounds | 1 | |
| 10785622900 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 2 | |
| 10785622901 | Climax ordering | Listing a series of items from least to greatest impact | 3 | |
| 10785622902 | Anaphora | the repetition of the first part of the sentence | 4 | |
| 10785622903 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 5 | |
| 10785622904 | Litote | a figure of speech that employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, a positive statement expressed by negating its opposite expressions. | 6 | |
| 10785622905 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 7 | |
| 10785622906 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 8 | |
| 10785622907 | Hypophora | raising a question then proceeding to answer it | 9 | |
| 10785622908 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole | 10 | |
| 10785622909 | Isocolon | parallel structure that is made up of words, clauses, or phrases of equal length, sound, meter, and rythem | 11 | |
| 10785622910 | Polysyndeton | several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession (mostly AND and OR) in order to achieve an artistic effect | 12 | |
| 10785622911 | Colloquialism | informal use of words, phrases, and slang in a piece of writing (usually in conversation) | 13 | |
| 10785622912 | Apposition | nouns or noun phrases that follow or come before a noun, and give more information about it | 14 | |
| 10785622913 | Alliteration | the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 15 | |
| 10785622914 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 16 | |
| 10785622915 | Parenthesis | the insertion of words, phrases, or a sentence that is not syntactically related to the rest of the sentence ( marked off with curved brackets, dashes, or commas ) | 17 | |
| 10785622916 | Allusion | An indirect reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 18 | |
| 10785622917 | Antithesis | where 2 opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 19 |