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| 14738679787 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words. (Ex: "Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets." > "Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying drawers and taking things off the shelves of cabinets." How does the meaning change? Diction) | 0 | |
| 14738695809 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.(sentence structure). (Ex: "The boy jumped happily. The boy happily jumped. Happily, the boy jumped.") | 1 | |
| 14738708488 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. (Ex: "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her. This like a Garden of Eden.") | 2 | |
| 14739407251 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). (Sound: The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.) | 3 | |
| 14739409386 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. (Ex: "Beauty and ugliness" "Belief and denial" "Fact and fiction") | 4 | |
| 14739419122 | Irony | The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 5 | |
| 14739432549 | Verbal Irony | Occurs when a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he/she is saying. (Ex: A character stepping out into a hurricane and saying "What nice weather we're having.") | 6 | |
| 14739443357 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something that a character does not. (Ex: Let s say you're watching Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die.") | 7 | |
| 14739450742 | Situational Irony | The difference between what is expected to happen in a story or play, and what actually occurs. (Ex: "A fire station burns down." "A pilot has a fear of heights.") | 8 | |
| 14739469595 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer. (Ex: "Is rain wet?" "Can birds fly?") | 9 | |
| 14739471574 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration. (Ex: "He's running faster than the wind." "My dad will kill me when he comes home.") | 10 | |
| 14739486759 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. (Ex: "She likes cooking, jogging, and to read." > "She likes cooking, jogging, and reading." and "She likes to cook, jog, and read.") | 11 | |
| 14739493407 | Repetition | The recurrence of an action or event. (Ex: "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.") | 12 | |
| 14739502196 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. (Ex: "Lightning danced across the sky." "The wind howled in the night.") | 13 | |
| 14739505505 | Pun | A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. ("What did one plant say to another? What's stomata?") | 14 | |
| 14739511612 | Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. (Ex: "Do you want help?" "No thanks. I'm really enjoying the challenge.") | 15 | |
| 14739518010 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. (Ex: "Act naturally." "Alone together." "Bittersweet") | 16 | |
| 14739521073 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. (Ex: "Your enemy's friend is your enemy." "Truth is honey, which is bitter.") | 17 | |
| 14739522465 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. ("I'm all ears" - You have my full attention. "It cost an arm and a leg" - It was expensive. "It's raining cats and dogs" - It's raining a lot.) | 18 |
