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Antithesis
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Joining ideas to show an obvious contrast
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To err is human; to forgive is divine
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Repetition
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The repeating of a word(s) for effect
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“A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.” |
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Parallelism
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Equal grammatical stucture
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To survive you need: water, food and shelter.
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Rhetorical Question
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A figure of speech in the order of a question that you already know the answer to.
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Are we supposed to just lay here and die?
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Anaphora
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Repeating a word in the beginning of a sentence for effect.
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I have a dream that one day...
I have a dream that one day... I have a dream that one day... |
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Aphorism
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Short, true saying- offers insight into human nature and life
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Pride hath fall
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Alliteration
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Saying words with the same letter for affect
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Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August
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Allusion
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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
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“I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.”
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