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Figures of speech: Reference

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There is a family of figures of speech where a key element is reference to some other item. Here they are:

Accismus: Feigned refusal of that which is desired.
Adianoeta: Expression that has second, subtle meaning.
Allusion: Indirect reference.
Antiptosis: Two logical, but contradicting, arguments.
Apophasis: Talking about something without mentioning it.
Apostrophe: An 'aside', to others.
Illeism: Referring to oneself in the third person.
Merism: Combining words for meaning beyond normal combination.
Praeteritio: Mentioning something that is against the rules.

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