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| 14614852190 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it. Ex:The pen is mightier than the sword | 0 | |
| 14647004660 | non sequitur | an inference that does not follow logically from the premises Ex: People generally like to walk on the beach. Beaches have sand. Therefore, having sand floors in homes would be a great idea | 1 | |
| 14647009418 | pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship Ex: Paul, a professor, was on a guided tour of a museum Several times throughout the tour, Paul interrupted the guide to interject his thoughts and opinions | 2 | |
| 14647016809 | Philippic | a strong verbal denunciation. The term comes from the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedonia in the fourth century. Ex: A protester yelling at someone with opposite views. | 3 | |
| 14647020828 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural Ex: I wore a sweater, and a hat, and a scarf, and a pair of boots, and mittens, | 4 | |
| 14647026007 | Solecism | nonstandard grammatical usage; a violation of grammatical rules Ex:I leaved work 15 minutes late | 5 | |
| 14647030714 | Syllepsis | a construction in which one word is used in two different senses Ex: After he threw the ball, he threw a fit | 6 | |
| 14647031976 | Syllogism | a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise Ex:All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal | 7 | |
| 14647034395 | Synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object Ex: referring to a car as "wheels" | 8 | |
| 14647037864 | Synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another Ex: a loud color | 9 |
