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Rhetorical Figures10

QuestionAnswer
repetition of the same LETTER Alliteration
repetition of the same WORD Anaphora
inversion of the usual order of words, such as placing a prep. after rather than before Anastrophe
an abrupt pause in a sentence for rhetorical effect Aposiopesis
omission of conjunctions Asyndeton
omission of words necessary to the gramatical structure of the sentence Ellipsis
use of two nouns connected with et (and) instead of a singel modified noun Hendiadys
exaggeration for rhetorical effect Hyperbole
reversal in the natural or logical order of ideas. Putting last things first. Hysteron Proteron
the affirming of something by denying its opposite. a double negative Litotes
Comparison without the use of like or as Metaphor
a comparison that uses LIKE or AS Simile
substitution of one word for another that is suggests Metonymy
the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning Onomatopoeia
the use in combination of apparently contradictory words Oxymoron
attributing human characteristics to inanimate or impersonal things Personification
the use os superfluous words Pleonasm
the use of a word sooner than is logically appropriate Prolepsis
the use of a part of an object to represent the entire object Synecdoche
the separation of a compound word by one or more intervening words Tmesis
the use of a word in two connections, though strictly applicable to one. Zeugma
the arrangment of pairs of words in reverse, or crisscross order Chiasmus
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