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| 4715293965 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 4715293966 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 1 | |
| 4715294953 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 2 | |
| 4715294954 | Ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language. | 3 | |
| 4715295615 | Anaology | a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 4 | |
| 4715299591 | Anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they. | 5 | |
| 4715301004 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 6 | |
| 4715301623 | Antecedent | a word, phrase, clause, or sentence to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers. | 7 | |
| 4715301869 | Antithesis | a contrast or opposition between two things | 8 | |
| 4715301870 | Aphorism | pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 9 | |
| 4715302390 | Apostrophe | a punctuation mark ( ' ) used to indicate either possession (e.g., Harry's book ; boys' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can't ; he's ; class of '99 ). | 10 | |
| 4715302932 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 11 | |
| 4715302933 | Atmosphere | the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art. | 12 | |
| 4715316380 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.' | 13 | |
| 4715316381 | Clause | a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate. | 14 | |
| 4715318223 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing | 15 | |
| 4715319699 | Coherance | the quality of being logical and consistent. | 16 | |
| 4715321084 | Conciet | a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 17 | |
| 4715321800 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 18 | |
| 4715322467 | Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. | 19 | |
| 4715347877 | Diacope | a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words. | 20 | |
| 4715347878 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 21 | |
| 4715348352 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. | 22 | |
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| 4715349075 | Expletive | 24 | ||
| 4715349795 | Euphemism | 25 | ||
| 4715350202 | Exposition | 26 | ||
| 4715351155 | Extended Metaphor | 27 | ||
| 4715351701 | Figurative Language | 28 | ||
| 4715351981 | Figure of Speech | 29 | ||
| 4715352419 | Generic Conventions | 30 | ||
| 4715354953 | Genre | 31 | ||
| 4715354954 | Homily | 32 | ||
| 4715355178 | Hyperbole | 33 | ||
| 4715357726 | Hypophora | 34 | ||
| 4715357727 | Imagery | 35 | ||
| 4715357994 | Inference/Infer | 36 | ||
| 4715358192 | Invective | 37 | ||
| 4715358193 | Irony/Ironic | 38 | ||
| 4715359527 | Juxtaposition | 39 |
