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| Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence |
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| Brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious or to a work of art |
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| Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines |
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| Repetition of words in reverse order |
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| Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction |
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| Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words |
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| Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words |
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| Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on |
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| Sentece that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action |
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| Sentence used to command or enjoin |
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| Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of subject-verb-object) |
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| Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities |
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| Figure of speech the compares two things without using like or as |
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| Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another |
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| Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |
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| Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end |
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| Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea |
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| Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer |
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| Figure of speech that uses a part to represetn a whole |
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| Use of two different words in grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongrous meanings |
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