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| 15024039501 | homonym | a word spelled exactly like another word, but having a different meaning | 0 | |
| 15024039502 | Alagory | A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities | 1 | |
| 15024039503 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 2 | |
| 15024039504 | illusion | (n.) a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware that really does not exist | 3 | |
| 15024039505 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 15024039506 | Anacdote | short story | 5 | |
| 15024039507 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 6 | |
| 15024039508 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 7 | |
| 15024039509 | Antithesis | Direct opposite | 8 | |
| 15024039510 | colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 9 | |
| 15024039511 | connective tissue | A body tissue that provides support for the body and connects all of its parts | 10 | |
| 15024039512 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 11 | |
| 15024039513 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 12 | |
| 15024039514 | Diction | word choice | 13 | |
| 15024039515 | didactic | instructive | 14 | |
| 15024039516 | discourse | conversation | 15 | |
| 15024039517 | Elipisis | deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily impled by the context | 16 | |
| 15024039518 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 17 | |
| 15024039519 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 18 | |
| 15024039520 | Euphany | pleasant sound | 19 | |
| 15024039521 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 20 | |
| 15024039522 | Extended metaphore | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 21 | |
| 15024039523 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 22 | |
| 15024039524 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 23 | |
| 15024039525 | logical fallacy | a mistake in reasoning | 24 | |
| 15024039526 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 25 | |
| 15024039527 | monologe | long speech by one person | 26 | |
| 15024039528 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 27 | |
| 15024039529 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 28 | |
| 15024039530 | Pasing | Speed of writing | 29 | |
| 15024039531 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 30 | |
| 15075868542 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 31 | |
| 15075868543 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 32 | |
| 15075868544 | pedantic | tending to show off one's learning | 33 | |
| 15075868545 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 34 | |
| 15075868546 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 35 | |
| 15075868547 | Pun | A play on words | 36 | |
| 15075868548 | Reductio ad absurdam | a reduction to an absurdity; the refutation of a proposition by demonstrating the inevitably absurd conclusion to which it would logically lead. | 37 | |
| 15075868549 | Retoric | art of skillful speaking | 38 | |
| 15075868550 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 39 | |
| 15075868551 | Stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 40 | |
| 15075868552 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 41 | |
| 15075868553 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 42 | |
| 15075868554 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 43 | |
| 15075868555 | Synthesis | combination | 44 | |
| 15142396705 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 45 | |
| 15142396706 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 46 | |
| 15142396707 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 47 |
