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Figures of speech (2/6) - Metaplasmic figures (moving/adding/removing letters or syllables)
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antisthecon
Substitution of a letter or sound for another within a word.
aphaersis
Omission of letters from the beginning of a word.
apocope
Omission of letters from the end of a word.
epenthesis
Addition of letters to the middle of a word.
metathesis
Transposition of a letter out of its normal order in a word.
paragoge
Addition of letters to the end of a word.
prosthesis
Addition of letters to the beginning of a word.
syncope
Omission of letters from the middle of a word.
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