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A list by alaskayoung.

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catachresis has been listed 62 times with 2 comments
chiasmus has been listed 71 times with 23 comments
circumlocution has been listed 98 times with 8 comments
ellipsis has been listed 53 times with 5 comments
epiphora has been listed 6 times with 2 comments
euphemism has been listed 61 times with 2 comments
hendiadys has been listed 27 times with 2 comments
hypallage has been listed 16 times with 3 comments
hyperbaton has been listed 12 times with 3 comments
hyperbole has been listed 96 times with 7 comments
litotes has been listed 58 times with 3 comments
metonymy has been listed 109 times with 3 comments
paradox has been listed 113 times with 0 comments
apophasis has been listed 34 times with 3 comments
synecdoche has been listed 171 times with 6 comments
zeugma has been listed 83 times with 27 comments
pleonasm has been listed 75 times with 10 comments
syllepsis has been listed 35 times with 0 comments
tautology has been listed 100 times with 2 comments
privative has been listed 6 times with 2 comments
trivium has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
prolepsis has been listed 26 times with 1 comment
denouement has been listed 87 times with 1 comment
epithet has been listed 59 times with 0 comments
conflation has been listed 8 times with 2 comments

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