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  • Ad Hominem
  • Adage
  • Allegory
  • Alliteration
  • Allusion
  • Ambiguity
  • Anachronism
  • Anagram
  • Analogy
  • Anapest
  • Anaphora
  • Anecdote
  • Antagonist
  • Antecedent
  • Antimetabole
  • Antithesis
  • Aphorism
  • Aposiopesis
  • Apostrophe
  • Archaism
  • Archetype
  • Argument
  • Assonance
  • Biography
  • Cacophony
  • Cadence
  • Caricature
  • Catharsis
  • Characterization
  • Cliché
  • Climax
  • Colloquialism
  • Comparison
  • Conflict
  • Connotation
  • Consonance
  • Denotation
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Dialect
  • Dialogue
  • Diction
  • Didacticism
  • Discourse
  • Doppelganger
  • Double Entendre
  • Ellipsis
  • Epiphany
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  • Essay
  • Ethos
  • Eulogy
  • Euphemism
  • Evidence
  • Exposition
  • Fable
  • Fallacy
  • Flash Forward
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Haiku
  • Half Rhyme
  • Hubris
  • Hyperbaton
  • Hyperbole
  • Idiom
  • Imagery
  • Induction
  • Inference
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  • Internal Rhyme
  • Irony
  • Jargon
  • Juxtaposition
  • Limerick
  • Line Break
  • Logos
  • Meiosis
  • Memoir
  • Metaphor
  • Meter
  • Mood
  • Motif
  • Narrative
  • Nemesis
  • Non Sequitur
  • Ode
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Oxymoron
  • Palindrome
  • Parable
  • Paradox
  • Parallelism
  • Parataxis
  • Parody
  • Pathetic Fallacy
  • Pathos
  • Pentameter
  • Persona
  • Personification
  • Plot
  • Poem
  • Poetic Justice
  • Point of View
  • Portmanteau
  • Propaganda
  • Prose
  • Protagonist
  • Pun
  • Red Herring
  • Repetition
  • Rhetoric
  • Rhyme
  • Rhythm
  • Sarcasm
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  • Simile
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  • Style
  • Superlative
  • Syllogism
  • Symbolism
  • Synecdoche
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  • Tautology
  • Theme
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  • Tone
  • Tragedy
  • Tragicomedy
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  • Transition
  • Utopia
  • Verisimilitude

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