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- Euphemism
- the use of decorous language to express vulgar or unpleasent i deas events of actions
- Metonymy
- the substitution of one term for another that generally is assocociated with it.
- Parallelism
- the use of similar grammactical structures or word order in two sentences or phrases to sugest a comparison or contast between them,
- Synecdouche
- a form of metonymy in whih a part of an entry is used to refer to the whole of the wholes is used to
- Allusion
- an implicit references with in a literary work to a historical or literary person place or event
- Oxymorn
- the association of two contradictory terms
- Enthymemes
- a shhortened syllogism the serves the prupose os a more practical an expedient way to argue
- Syllogism
- a chain of reasooning moving from general , universal principles to specific instance.
- Metaphor
- simile without using like or as
- Antithesis
- the juxaposition of contrasting words or ideas often in paraellel structure
- Paradox
- a statement that seems absurd or even contradictory on itf face but often expresses a deeper truth
- Analogy
- a resemblance of relation:and agreement or likeness between thing in certain circumstances when the things are otherwise enterily different.
- Anaphora
- the repition of a group pf words at the beginning of sucessive clauses
- Periodic Sentence
- a veery long sentence that is not grammatically compplete until the end of the sentence
- Simile
- a comparison of two things through the use of 'lke or as"