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| alliteration | the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of successive words or syllables. |
| allegory | a narrative in which the abstract ideas figure as circumstances, events or persons |
| anaphora | the repetition of a word, for emphasis, at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses. |
| anastrophe | inversion of the usual order of words, such as placing a preposition after, instead of before, the word it governs. |
| antithesis | opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction |
| aposiopesis | A sudden breaking off in mid sentence, as though the speaker were unable or unwilling to continue. |
| apostrophe | addressing someone/thing not physically present. |
| assonance | repetition of the same sound in words close to each other. |
| asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions where one would normally expect them. |
| chiasmus | the arrangement of pairs of words in reverse, or crisscross, order.(ABBA) |
| ellipsis | the omission of words necessary to the grammatical structure of the sentence and easily supplied from context |
| enjambment | continuing a thought to beginning of the next line. |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing (glorified nickname) |
| transferred epithet | application of an adjective to one noun when it properly applies to another |
| euphemism | a more pleasant way to say something |
| hendiadys | the use of 2 nouns connected by et instead of a single modified noun |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration for rhetorical effect. |
| hysteron proteron | a reversal of the natural or logical order of ideas |
