Rhetorical devices

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aphorism

wise saying

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euphemism

polite understatement

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chiasmus

word order reversal (Ask not what your country can do for you, but for what you can do for your country.)

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synedoche

using a part to refer to a whole (wheels-car)

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metonymy

using a related object to refer to something (crown-royal family)

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allusion

reference to another literary story

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anecdote

a short, personal story

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anaphora

repetition at the beginning of clauses

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apostrophe

addressing someone or something that’s unable to respond

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epistrophe

repetition of a phrase at the end of sentences

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antithesis

place two contrasting ideas next to one another