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Alliteration
repetition of a sound at the start of each word in a sentence
allusion
Refers to a well-known story event person or object to show comparison analogue
Analogy
Comparison for two things by showing similarities
Anaphora
Repetition of words after each phrase
anecdote
Spell interesting story about a real life incident
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for statement
Irony verbal
Sarcasm to express humour
juxtaposition
Uses to ideas, places, character, characters, side-by-side to show contrast or comparison
Metaphor
Uses two things to show contrast without like or as
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound the same as the spelling
Oxymoron
Two opposite words used together
Personification
Adding human like creatures to something to express emotions
Rhetorical questions
Questions not meant to be answered
Simile
Comparison by using two ideas with like or as
anadiplosis
using the last word of a sentence to start a new one
anatanclasis
Using word twice, but having different meanings in sentence
antithesis
Two opposite ideas put together to contrast
chiasmus
Repeating the same phrase, but then flipping a keyword
epistrophe
Repeating the same words at the end of each phrase/statement
irony dramatic
When the viewers know more than people in the situation
irony situational
Something that is expected to happen, but something else happens
Parallel structure
Use phrases/causes together in order to make good balance
Paradox
Statement that means opposite showing the truth in parallel structure
synecdoche
Part of a word used to be used to represent the whole or the opposite
syllepsis
Use a word applied to two other senses
Understatement
Something being worse than expect
zeugma
A word that is used to two other meanings, but is different for both and unlogical