anaphora: the REPETITION of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.
asyndeton: the omission of conjunction between related clauses-for example, "I came, I saw, I conquered."
antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, oten in parallell structure-for example, "Place your virtues on a pedestal; put your vices under a rock."
polysyndeton: The interruption of lists by using and.
personification: The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects.
allusion: A reference in a written or spoken text to another text or to some particular body of knowledge.
hyperbole: An EXAGGERATION for effect.
simile: A type of comparison that uses the word like or as.
metaphor: An implied comparison that does not use the word like or as-for example, "His voice was a cascade of emotion"; the most important of all the TROPES.
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