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| 7851855903 | Adage | A saying or proverb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language. | 0 | |
| 7851857910 | Allegory | A story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy. | 1 | |
| 7851859770 | Anthropomorphism | Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people, such as by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human locomotion or other anthropoid form. | 2 | |
| 7851875057 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman. | 3 | |
| 7851886720 | Antithesis | Opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. | 4 | |
| 7851893518 | Conceit | An elaborate, fanciful metaphor. A far-fetched metaphor when the speaker compares two highly dissimilar things. | 5 | |
| 7851898006 | Dominant Impression | The principal effect the author wishes to create for the audience. a descriptive essay has one, clear dominant impression. | 6 | |
| 7851899488 | Farce | A light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character. | 7 | |
| 7851903116 | Foil | A character that contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist and, in so doing, highlights various facets of the main character's personality. | 8 | |
| 7851867910 | Invective | Vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach. an insulting or abusive word or expression. Denunciatory or abusive language. | 9 | |
| 7851884908 | Maxim | a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits. | 10 | |
| 7851912700 | Syllogism | Form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion | 11 | |
| 7851917171 | Pedantic | Ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching | 12 | |
| 7851924683 | Pedestrian | Lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull | 13 | |
| 7851924684 | Esoteric | Understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; private; secret; confidential; belonging to a select few | 14 | |
| 7851861928 | Adage example | "It is always darkest before the dawn." | 15 | |
| 7851869921 | Anthropomorphism example | * The King and Queen of Hearts and their playing-card courtiers in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 16 | |
| 7851876529 | Apostrophe example | "Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us?" | 17 | |
| 7851890696 | Antithesis example | "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -Barry Goldwater | 18 | |
| 7851901108 | Farce example | * A bank robber who mistakenly wanders into a police station to hide | 19 | |
| 7851906733 | Foil example | * Hamlet and Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" | 20 | |
| 7851912701 | Maxim example | "Birds of a feather flock together." | 21 | |
| 7851919477 | Syllogism example | * All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion. Reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction | 22 |
