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hyperbole   exaggeration for emphasis  
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hendiadys   use of 2 words connected by a conjungtion  
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euphemism   substitution of an agreeable or at least non offensive expression  
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hysteron-proteron   inversion of the natural sequence of events  
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irony   expression of something which is contrary to intended meaning  
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litotes   understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed  
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metaphor   comparison  
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metonymy   substitution of one word for another which it suggests  
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nosism   the royal WE  
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onomatopeia   use of words to imitate natural sounds  
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oxymoron   apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another  
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pleonasm   use of superfluous words, redundant  
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polysyndeton   repeating conjunctions in a series of words  
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preterition   saying something by stating you won't mention it  
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similie   comparison using like or as  
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rhetorical question   asked to lead/persuade someone  
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syllepsis   use of word w/ 2 others, which each of which is understood differently  
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symmetry   balanced  
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synedoche   use of part of object to represent whole  
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tmesis   seperation of compound word by inverting another word  
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triad   group of 3  
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zeugma   2 different words lined to a verb or an adj which is strictly appropriate to only one of them  
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alliteration   serious of words starting with the same letter  
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anadiplosis   double back words, at the end of clause used in the next begginning  
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anaphora   repeating a word for emphasis at the beginning of continued phrases  
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anastrophe   catastrophe of normal word order  
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antistrophe   repitition of same word or phrase at the end of a successive clause  
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aporia   expression of doubt by which a speaker appears uncertain  
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aposiopesis   form of ellipse by which a speaker comes to aburpt halt  
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asyndeton   lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases  
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chiasmus   2 corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels but in inverted order  
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climax   arrangement of words for ascending power  
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