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Literary techniques
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Literature; Literary techniques
A shortened version, containing only the most important points as a simple statement that ties together the main facts or ideas.
apostrophe
Literature; Literary techniques
A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.
assonance
Literature; Literary techniques
Repetition of the same sound in words close to each other.
zeugma
Literature; Literary techniques
Two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them.
tautology
Literature; Literary techniques
Repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence.
synecdoche
Literature; Literary techniques
Understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part.
prolepsis
Literature; Literary techniques
The anticipation, in adjectives or nouns, of the result of the action of a verb; also, the positioning of a relative clause before its antecedent.
