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Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Allusion

An indirect reference to a person, event, or text.

Anaphora

Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Antimetabole

Repeating a phrase in reverse order.

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds within words.

Asyndeton

Omission of conjunctions while maintaining grammatical accuracy.

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds, often in close succession.

Epistrophe

Repetition of words at the end of successive clauses.

Parallelism

Using similar grammatical structure for clarity and rhythm.

Polysyndeton

Repeated use of conjunctions for emphasis.

Anadiplosis

Repeating the last word of one clause at the start of the next.

Anthimeria

Using one part of speech as another (usually a noun as a verb).

Aphorism

A short, witty statement revealing a truth about life.

Conceit

An extended, unusual comparison between very different things.

Litotes

Affirming something by negating the opposite (understatement).

Metonymy

Something referred to by something closely related.

Periphrasis

Using more words than needed to express something simple.

Polyptoton

Repeating the same root word in different forms.

Synecdoche

A part represents the whole.

Synesthesia

Describing one sense in terms of another.

Understatement

Making something seem less important than it is.