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| 6640265973 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent and abstraction in addition to literal meaning. |  | 0 |
| 6640265974 | Antecedent | Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. |  | 1 |
| 6640265975 | Antithesis | Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism. |  | 2 |
| 6640265976 | Aphorism | Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a general truth or moral |  | 3 |
| 6640265977 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. |  | 4 |
| 6640265978 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |  | 5 |
| 6640265979 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |  | 6 |
| 6640265980 | Euphemism | Euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. |  | 7 |
| 6640265982 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. |  | 8 |
| 6640265983 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. |  | 9 |
| 6640265984 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. |  | 10 |
| 6640265985 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |  | 11 |
| 6640265988 | Syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together," a syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. |  | 12 |
| 6640265989 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. |  | 13 |
| 6640265992 | Epigram | A brief witty statement. |  | 14 |
| 6640265995 | Ad Hominem | fallacy of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker |  | 15 |
| 6640265996 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era. |  | 16 |
| 6640265997 | Didactic | Having an instructive purpose; intending to convey information to teach a lesson usually in a dry, pompous manner. |  | 17 |
| 6640265998 | Fallacy | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. |  | 18 |
| 6640265999 | Hubris | Excessive pride that often affects tone. |  | 19 |
| 6640266000 | Inductive Reasoning | A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. |  | 20 |
| 6640266001 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. |  | 21 |
| 6640266002 | Motif | A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse. |  | 22 |
| 6640266003 | Non Sequitur | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. |  | 23 |
| 6640266004 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |  | 24 |
| 6640266005 | Jargon | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. |  | 25 |
| 6640266006 | Diatribe | A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something. |  | 26 |
| 6640266007 | Dogmatic | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. |  | 27 |
| 6640266008 | Pernicious | Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. |  | 28 |
| 6640266009 | Bellicose | Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. |  | 29 |
| 6640266012 | Tacit | Understood or implied without being stated. |  | 30 |
| 6640266013 | Innuendo | An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. |  | 31 |
| 6640266014 | Languid | Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed. |  | 32 |
| 6640266017 | Doggerel | Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm. |  | 33 |
| 6640266018 | Petulant | Childishly sulky or bad-tempered. |  | 34 |
| 6640266020 | Exhort | Strongly encourage or urge someone to do something. |  | 35 |
| 6640266021 | Cloistered | Kept away from the outside world; sheltered. |  | 36 |
| 6640266022 | Vex | Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters. |  | 37 |
| 6640287217 | Ad Populum | bandwagon appeal | 38 | |
| 6640438401 | wit | the use of laughter, humor, irony, and satire in the confirmation or refutation of an argument | 39 | |
| 6640441499 | zeugma | use of two or more different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings. (When you open a book, you open your mind.) | 40 | |
| 6640451248 | SOAPS | Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker | 41 | |
| 6640455895 | satire | the use of irony or sarcasm to critique society or an individual | 42 | |
| 6640460878 | polysyndeton | The deliberate use of multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. "I paid for my plane ticket, and the taxes, and the fees, and the charge for a checked bag, and five dollars for a bottle of water." | 43 | |
| 6640472127 | polemic | an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. | 44 | |
| 6640477715 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 45 | |
| 6640481520 | juxtaposition | placement of 2 things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 46 | |
| 6640486166 | irony | when a speaker says one thing but means something else, or when what is said is the opposite of what was expected. ("Nature has become simply a visual form of entertainment, and it had better look snappy") | 47 | |
| 6640494439 | hortative sentence | sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action. | 48 | |
| 6640498701 | enthymeme | a syllogism with one of the premises implied, and taken for granted as understood. | 49 | |
| 6640502880 | asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words ("We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.") | 50 | |
| 6640517573 | antimetabole | repetition of words in reverse order ("Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.") | 51 | |
| 6640521968 | Analogy | A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. ("As birds have flight, our special gift is reason.") | 52 |
