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English rhetorical terms

Alliteration
Anacoluthon
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Anastrophe
Antistrophe
Antithesis
Aporia
Aposiopesis
Apostrophe
Archaism
Assonance
Asyndeton

Brachylogy

Cacophony
Catachresis
Chiasmus
Climax
 

Euphemism

Hendiadys
Hypallage
Hyperbaton
Hyperbole
Hysteron-Proteron

Irony

Litotes

Metaphor
Metonymy

Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

Paradox
Paraprosdokian
 

Paronomasia
Personification
Pleonasm
Polysyndeton
Praeteritio
Prolepsis

Simile
Syllepsis
Synchysis
Synecdoche
Synesis

Tautology

Zeugma

  

 

 

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