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| Anaphora | A series of sentences or prhases begun with the same word or grou of words to build tension or emphasize a point |
| Loaded words | words or phrases that carry a strong emotional overtone or connotatin that goes well beyond the dictionary denotation. |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison between two dissimilar things without using "like" or "as" |
| Repetition | the repeated use of a word or phrase to emphasize an idea or image |
| Rhetorical question | a question without the expectation of an answer, often because the answer should be obvious |
| Simile | a comparison between two dissimilar objects using "like" or "as" |
| Asyndeton | a list of items, one after another, without placing conjunctions between them. Reading the list without pause gives a dramatic tone to the list. |
| Metonym | A form of metaphor. It uses one part of an object to stand i for the whole. It is a very common rhetorical device in English. |
| Stereotype | A generalization about a graoup of people, objects or situations that may or may not have some basis in fact, but certainly does not apply equally to every member of the group. |
