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Rhetorical Devices
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Rhetorical Devices

This is not a complete list, but it is a pretty decent one.  

Alliteration

Allusion

Analogy

Ambiguity

Antithesis

Apostrophe

Assonance

Cliché

Colloquialism

Conceit

Connotation

Consonance

Controlling metaphor

Denotation

Epistle

Essay

Euphemism

Expository essay

Extended metaphor

Figurative

Figure of speech

First-person

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Hyperbole

Imagery

Imply

Infer

Irony

Literal

Litotes

Metaphor

Metonymy

Narrative

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Paradox

Parallelism

Parody

Pastoral

Personification

Point of view

Protagonist

Pun

Refrains

Repetend

Rhetorical question

Rhyme

Rhythm/meter

Sarcasm

Satire

Simile

Symbol

Synecdoche

Theme

Third-person

Tone