simile - He is as brave as a lion., metaphor - Time is a thief., personification - The stars danced through the moonlit sky., rhetorical question - inquiry used to create thought, doubt, emphasis, allusion - reference to a historical, literary, biblical, event, person, object, or occurrence to create connection, imagery, or imply judgement, anaphora - the consistent repetition of specifically organized words/phrases , anecdote - a brief story, narrative to illustrate a point, emphasis a feeling, connect with the audience, create common ground; often personal or biographical, antithesis - comparison of two opposing ideas, paradox - seemingly a contradiction that contains some truth; often used to show complexity, elevated language - use of specific jargon, "big words", hyperbole - exaggeration; overstatement of idea, feeling, etc. often for emphasis or comparison, loaded language - words chosen to specifically elicit emotional reactions or build emotions in the audience , parallelism - repetition of grammatical syntax or structures to induce memory, create feeling, emphasis point, repetition - use and re-use of ideas, feelings, images; not necessarily the same wording, pronouns - professional nouns; can "stand in" for nouns; create a sense of collective feeling or ownership, understatement - opposite of hyperbole, diction - the words an author, poet, writer, speaker uses to communicate, imagery - descriptions that appeal to the 5 senses, irony - the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect., alliteration - repetition of similar or the same sounds; most often at the beginning of words; sound device, tone - attitude of author or speaker created over the course of a work, common ground - the point at which people in general disagreement can agree, mood - feeling (atmosphere) of moment, description; often used to build suspense,

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