GROUP LITERARY FIGURE 1 SUBgroup DICTION FIGURES 1 . 1 Transformation figures or metaplasm, consisting of 16 figures, namely : 1 . 1 . 1 ANAGRAM 1 . 1 . 2 APHERESIS 1 . 1 3 SYNCOPATION 1 . 1 . 4 . ]APOCOPE 1 . 1 . 5 BATOLOGY 1 . 1 6 PROSTHETICS 1 . 1 7 EPÉNTESIS 1 . 1 . 8 PARAGOGE 1 . 1 . 9 TELL HIM 1 . 1 . 10 SISTOLE 1 . 1 . 11 DIALEFA . 1 . 1 . 12 SYNERESIS 1 . 1 . 13 SINALEFA 1 . 1 . 14 ECTHLISIS 1 1 . 15 METASTESIS 1 . 1 . 16 BARTER . The apocope consists of removing the last letters of a word.