What do these words mean?!?!?

Question

rhetorical devices!!

1)allusion

2)epithet

3)imagery

4)apposotive

5)understatement

6)hyperbole

7)metaphor

8)alliteration

9)repition

10)parallelism

11)asyndeton or polysyndeton

12)rhetorical question

13)similie

14)oxymoron or paradox

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help!!!

thanks!

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Answer 1

check dictionary.com

Answer 2

You seem to be learning literature. Lol.

Answer 3

1)allusion-a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication

2)epithet-any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality

3)imagery-the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectivel

4)apposotive-a word or phrase in apposition

5)understatement

6)hyperbole-obvious and intentional exaggeration

7)metaphor-a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”

8)alliteration-the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration)

9)repition

10)parallelism-agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel

11)asyndeton or polysyndeton-polysyndeton:the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession

12)rhetorical question:a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?”

13)similie:an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it

14)oxymoron or paradox-paradox:a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth