Polysyndeton - Repetition of conjunctions within a sentence. E.g. He was hungry and tired and saddened and depressed with nobody to care for him., Asyndeton - Omission of conjunctions within a sentence. E.g. The man bought apples, oranges, bananas, Kool-Aid, chocolate, jellies and onions., Homeoteluton - The repetition of words with a similar ending. E.g. She swiftly, slyly, suavely, silently tip-toed across the room., Synaesthesia - Mixture of two senses. E.g. The smell was oozing rapidly from the bus., Litotes - Making something appear as if it is not as bad as it actually is with negating the contrary. E.g. I am not as young as I used to be., Anaphora - Repetition of words at the beginning of a sentence or clause. E.g. Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo., Epanadiplosis - The repetition of a word at the beginning and end of a sentence. E.g. Nice to see you, to see you nice., Anadiplosis - The word that is used to end a sentence/ clause is used in the beginning of the next sentence/clause. E.g. I see happiness, happiness in totality., Zeugma - The same attributes to describe two things. E.g. John's milk and passport expired last week.,

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