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| Alliteration | Repetition of the same letter or sound. (Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered) |
| Analogy | Comparison between two things that are actual quite different. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. |
| Anecdote | A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point. |
| Antithesis | Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. |
| Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses. |
| Verbal Irony | Use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. |
| Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. |
| Paradox | Self-contradictory statement but may include a latent truth. |
| Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows more about the situations |
| Situational Irony | When one's efforts produces the opposite results of what was expected. |
| Flashback | Interruptions that writers do to insert past events |
| Foreshadowing | A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. |
