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| 6668552648 | Litotes | a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions | 0 | |
| 6668559972 | Loose Sentence | begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause | 1 | |
| 6668566927 | Metaphor | a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics | 2 | |
| 6668569089 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 3 | |
| 6668571849 | Mood | a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | 4 | |
| 6668575381 | Narrative | a report of related events presented to the listeners or readers in words arranged in a logical sequence | 5 | |
| 6668577671 | Onomatopoeia | a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing | 6 | |
| 6679915377 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 7 | |
| 6679917783 | Paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth | 8 | |
| 6679919957 | Parallelism | the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. | 9 | |
| 6679922034 | Parody | a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation | 10 | |
| 6679924503 | Pedantic | someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning. He could be a writer, a character, feelings, tone or words | 11 | |
| 6679926042 | Periodic Sentence | has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made | 12 | |
| 6679927939 | Personification | a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes | 13 | |
| 6679930358 | Polysyndeton | a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect | 14 | |
| 6679932550 | Point of View | the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation | 15 | |
| 6679934577 | Predicate Adjective | modifies the subject of the sentence, and is connected to the subject by a linking verb | 16 | |
| 6679937206 | Predicate Nominative | a subject complement, a word or group of words that follows a linking verb or verb phrase such as is, are, was, has been, and can be | 17 | |
| 6679939143 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. | 18 | |
| 6679940056 | Repetition | a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer | 19 |
