Rhetorical Devices

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Juxtaposition

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Two ideas, places, or characters placed beside each other for contrasting effect.

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Oxymoron

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The combination of two words of opposite meaning.

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Parallelism

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A repeated grammatical pattern.

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Alliteration

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The recurrence of initial consonant sounds.

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Understatement

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Making an idea seem less important than it really is.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

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Antithesis

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A rhetorical device that contrasts opposing ideas in a balanced way.