Using Informal Expressions of everyday people

Sequencing Words that Start with The Same Vowel

Finding a Nicer Way to Describe Something

Referring to Something Outside of the Current Story

Using a simpler word or phrase to represent a related thing

Connecting Words that Contradict one Another

Saying the same thing in two different ways

Changing the normal word order of English

Using phrases of equal length together

Using a part to represent a whole

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Using many conjunctions where one would normally be used
Personification
Repitition
Polysyndenton
Simile
2
Colloquialism
Making a Strong Point
Using Highly Descriptive language
Using Informal Expressions of everyday people
3
Assonance
Sequencing Words that Start with The Same Vowel
Sequencing Words that Start with The Same Consonant
4
Euphemism
Finding a Nicer Way to Describe Something
Sequencing Words That Start With The Same Value
Comparison Using Like or As
5
Short, Catchy, Statement
Aphorism
Allusion
Asyndenton
6
Including Words or References that Dont Make Sense With The Timing of A Story
Aphorism
Anachromism
Asyndeton
Anaphora
7
Inserting a word in the middle of another word
Zoomorphism
Paradox
Tmesis
Simile
8
Litotes Example
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
"We are not amused"
"We apologize for the incoherence"
9
2nd Person
"He" or "She"
"I" or "Me"
"You"
10
Allusion
Changing the Normal Word Order of English
Referring to Something Outside of the Current Story
11
Mistakenly Using one word in place of another word that sounds similar
Hypophora
Metonymy
Oxymoron
Malpropism
12
Metonymy
Using a simpler word or phrase to represent a related thing
Building up a sentence by adding phrases or dependent clauses
Creating a truth from two contradictory ideas
13
Answering a question right after posting it
Imagery
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Hypophora
14
Oxymoron
Point of View
Making a Word Out of a Sound
Exaggeration
Connecting Words that Contradict one Another
15
Tautology
Using a part to represent a whole
Saying the same thing in two different ways
Creating a truth from 2 contradictory ideas
16
Chiasmus
Answering a question right after posting it
Using phrases of equal length together
Making a word out of a sound
Reversing a phrase
17
Anastrophe
Telling a story from the point of view of he,she,or they.
Changing the normal word order of English
18
Isocolon
Repeating a word or phrase at the end of a sentence
Strong Contrast
Using phrases of equal length together
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Synecdoche
Making a comparison without using like or as
Using a part to represent a whole
Bestowing human qualities on an animal or inanimate object
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Asyndenton Example
"The Civil War general halted the battle to answer his mobile phone."
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
"Time heals all wounds"

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