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7216659809litoteunderstatement in which the negative is used to achieve emphasis0
7216662516logicsupport for a claim that is appropriate, believable, and consistent1
7216666133metaphora figure of speech using implied comparison of the seeminly unlike things2
7216667344metonymyfigure of speech in which the name of one object substituted for that of another closely associated with it3
7216671074moodthe prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of work4
7216799546motifa standard theme or dramatic situation5
7216825165narrativethe telling of a story or an account of an event or series of an event6
7216825603onomatopoeiaa figure of speech in which natural sounds are inmitated in sounds of words7
7216834630oxymorona figure of speech which the author groups apparently contradictory terms8
7216835926paradoxa statement that appears to be self contradictor or oppose to common sense9
7216836826pathosthe quality in work that prompts the reader to feel itty10
7216842845pedanticdescribes words that is overly scholar11
7216845966proseONE OF THE MAJOR DIVISIONS OF GENRE12
7216846971RHETORICDESCRIBES THE PRINCIPLE OF WRITTING EFFECTIVELY13

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