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| 13975812259 | dicton | word choice | 0 | |
| 13975812260 | syntax | ordering of words in a sentence; describes sentence structure | 1 | |
| 13975812261 | rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively | 2 | |
| 13975812262 | logos | an appeal to reason and logic | 3 | |
| 13975812263 | ethos | an appeal to the speaker's credibility | 4 | |
| 13975812264 | pathos | an appeal to the emotions, values, or desires of the audience | 5 | |
| 13975812265 | imagery | a figurative language that is used to convey a sensory perception (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, or gustatory) | 6 | |
| 13975812266 | hyperbole | overstatement or exaggeration | 7 | |
| 13975812267 | understatement | a figurative language that presents the facts in a way that makes them appear much less significant than they really are | 8 | |
| 13975812268 | simile | a comparison between two unlike objects using like or as | 9 | |
| 13975812269 | metaphor | a simile without a connecting term such as "like" or "as" | 10 | |
| 13975812270 | extended metaphor | a metaphor that lasts for longer than just one phrase or sentence | 11 | |
| 13975812271 | symbol | a word that represents something other than itself | 12 | |
| 13975812272 | denotation | refers to a word's primary or literal significance | 13 | |
| 13975812273 | connotation | refers to the vast range of other meanings that a word suggests | 14 | |
| 13975812274 | oxymoron | two contradictory words are paired together | 15 | |
| 13975812275 | paradox | contains two elements which cannot both be true at the same time | 16 | |
| 13975812276 | personification | inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities | 17 | |
| 13975812277 | anthropomorphism | a specific type of personification wherein animals are given human qualities | 18 | |
| 13975812278 | rhetorical question | a question whose answer is obvious | 19 | |
| 13975812279 | bombast | language that is overly rhetorical, especially when considered in context | 20 | |
| 13975812280 | pun | a play on words, either plays on the multiple meanings of a word or replace one word with another that is similar in sound but very different in meaning | 21 | |
| 13975812281 | metonymy | one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated | 22 | |
| 13975812282 | synecdoche | a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases in which a part is used to signify the whole | 23 | |
| 13975812283 | theme | a theme is a general idea contained in a text; the theme may be stated explicitly or only suggested. an idea that is developed over the course of a chapter or an entire book | 24 | |
| 13975812284 | aphorism | a concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth | 25 | |
| 13975812285 | malapropism | the unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning | 26 | |
| 13975812286 | circumlocution | talking around a subject or talking around a word | 27 | |
| 13975812287 | euphemism | a word or words that are used to avoid employing an unpleasant or offensive term | 28 | |
| 13975812288 | verbal irony | refers to the process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated | 29 | |
| 13975812289 | sarcasm | a verbal irony used with the intent to injure | 30 | |
| 13975812290 | situational irony | refers to a circumstance that runs contrary to what was expected | 31 | |
| 13975812291 | satire | something is portrayed in a way that's deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect | 32 | |
| 13975812292 | parody | imitation for comedic effect | 33 | |
| 13975812293 | lampoon | sharp ridicule of the behavior or character of a person or institution | 34 | |
| 13975812294 | caricature | a ludicrous exaggeration of the defects of persons or things | 35 |
