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Epithet |
Attaching a descriptive adjective to a noun to bring a scene to life or evoke a particular idea or emotion. "On the day of the historic battle, the ferocious sun rose early and looked bloody." |
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Asyndeton |
Leaving out conjunctions in a list or between clauses. "He was tall, dark, handsome." |
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Polysyndeton |
Putting a conjunction between every item. "We have an army and soldiers and tanks and planes." |
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Zeugma |
Unexpected items in a sentence are linked together by a shared word. "The runner lost the race and his scholarship." |
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Synecdoche |
The use of a part of something to represent the whole. "The captain shouted, 'All hands on deck.'" |
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Metonymy |
Referring to something by naming something closely related to the actual object. "The White House answered its critics." |
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Hyperbaton |
Arranging the words in a sentence in an unexpected order. "She wouldn't, for any reason whatsoever, to the smelly, foul, unlikable man, be married." |
