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Section 1

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anastrophe

Front

"He spoke of times past and future, and dreamt of things to be."

Back

parenthesis

Front

"This continued for many year - some say longer than it should have - before a new brand of leader put an end to it."

Back

paradox

Front

"I can resist anything but temptation." - Oscar Wilde

Back

hyperbole

Front

"There are more reasons for NASA to fund a trip to Jupiter than there are miles in the journey."

Back

metonymy

Front

"The brass showed up unexpectedly and performed a surprise inspection."

Back

parallelism

Front

"To err is human, to forgive divine."

Back

allusion

Front

"He hammered the ball in the same way Babe Ruth did."

Back

alliteration

Front

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." - from James Joyce's "The Dead"

Back

simile

Front

"The shower room, steamy like a Louisiana summer, rang with the athlete's jubilant laughter."

Back

synecdoche

Front

"The captain shouted, 'All hands on deck.'"

Back

personification

Front

"The cool wind bathed the runner's hot and tired body."

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

"The cat's meows woke me in the middle of the night."

Back

pun

Front

"A happy life depends on a liver."

Back

polysyndeton

Front

"His hair and face and eyes and mouth combined to form an image of absolute power."

Back

oxymoron

Front

"The comedian was seriously funny."

Back

metaphor

Front

"She had the smile of a Cheshire Cat."

Back

elipsis

Front

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth...the proposition that all men are created equal."

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asyndeton

Front

"Jockeying for room on the table were turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, pies, rolls, butter, cranberry sauce, a cornucopia of vegetables."

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apostrophe

Front

"Critics, beware. There is a new film maker in town."

Back

litotes

Front

"A cup of coffee would not be unwelcome."

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