The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive clause. Ex: "I want my money right here, right now, all right?"
Anaphora
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... [Show More] representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or
imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as
liberty or love. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. Ex: Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee."
Apostrophe
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. (If the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb. Can be a memorable summation of the author's point
Aphorism
A figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of
ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced
grammatical structure. The resulting parallelism serves to emphasise opposition of ideas. Ex: "Man proposes God disposes"; Ex: Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell.
Antithesis
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. They can explain
something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
Analogy
A direct or indirect reference to something that is
presumable commonly known, such as an event, book,
myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical,
(like referring to Hitler), literary (like referring to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness), religious (like referring to Noah and the flood), or mythical (like referring to Atlas).
Allusion
The device of using character and/or story elements
symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence. Ex: Benjamin stands for intellectuals.
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