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Antithesis
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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
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Many are called, but few are chosen
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Parallelism
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The state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way
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If you dont shoot the ball, you cant make the shot
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Rhetorical Question
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A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
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Is the Pope Catholic?
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Repetition
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The action of repeating something that has already been said or written
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Give me freedom, give me peace, give me liberty or give me death
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Aphorism
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short, true saying offers insight into human nature, Life-
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Its the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
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Alliteration
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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She sales sea shells down by the sea shore.
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Allusion (Biblical Allusion)
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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Don't pee on my head and say it's raining.
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Anaphora
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the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition
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birds fly in the sky, birds make nests, birds are colorful
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