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| 6787134971 | malapropism | incorrect usage of a word | 0 | |
| 6787137489 | denotation | primary or literal significance (apple pie -> apple pie) | 1 | |
| 6787137490 | connotation | vast range of other meanings the word suggests (apple pie -> Thanksgiving) | 2 | |
| 6787148180 | hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement | 3 | |
| 6787149239 | understatement | presentation of something to be much less, worse, or less important than its actual state; used for comic effect | 4 | |
| 6787149240 | litotes | ironic understatement where an affirmative is presented in the form of the negative of its contrary (you won't be sorry) | 5 | |
| 6787149241 | apostrophe | breaking the 4th wall from author to audience, addressing someone who's not present | 6 | |
| 6787162715 | situational irony | a literary device in which the final outcome differs from what is expected | 7 | |
| 6787162716 | cosmic irony | or irony of fate, where extraneous forces toy with human expectations in terms of events that may occur | 8 | |
| 6787164252 | alliteration | occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of several words either right next to or fairly close to one another | 9 | |
| 6787164253 | diction | choice of words to use in speech or writing | 10 | |
| 6787164254 | verbal irony | word play | 11 | |
| 6787164991 | dramatic irony | unexpected events | 12 | |
| 6787182111 | syntax | arrangement of words in a language to form a well-written or spoken sentence; you can manipulate it to enhance the author's meaning, tone, or point of view | 13 | |
| 6787182112 | consonance | the repetition of a consonant at the beginning of several consecutive words, or words that are near one another, in order to form the effect of an echo | 14 | |
| 6787183280 | assonance | the repetition of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables in words close enough to form an echo | 15 | |
| 6787183281 | oxymoron | a figure of speech in which two seemingly contradictory terms appear together | 16 | |
| 6787183282 | paradox | a seemingly self-contradictory statement containing two elements that cannot be true at the same time | 17 | |
| 6787185389 | antithesis | an opposition to a problem | 18 | |
| 6787185390 | allusion | a phrase that is intended to call something to mind without expressing it explicitly | 19 | |
| 6787185391 | metaphor | simile without like or as | 20 | |
| 6787186735 | simile | figure of speech that involves a comparison between two unlike objects, typically including the words 'like' or 'as' to convey a more intense description of an object | 21 | |
| 6787186736 | metonymy | one term is substituted for another with which it is closely related | 22 | |
| 6787189443 | synecdoche | case of metonymy signifying the part that represents a whole | 23 | |
| 6787189444 | circumlocution | meandering in one's presentation of ideas; talking around a subject or word | 24 | |
| 6787190979 | euphemism | words used to avoid employing an unpleasant or offensive term | 25 | |
| 6787190980 | induction | inference of a general law from particular instances | 26 | |
| 6787191671 | deduction | inference of particular instances from a general law | 27 | |
| 6787194241 | anaphora | can be used as a rhetorical device, repeated use of a word at the beginning of a line in a poem | 28 | |
| 6820526786 | anecdote | a short story about a real incident or person | 29 | |
| 6820531512 | onomatopoeia | association of the word with sound - sizzle | 30 | |
| 6820688394 | style | manner of expression; describes how the author uses language to get their point across | 31 | |
| 6820692148 | tone | attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by style - how does the author feel? | 32 | |
| 6820695754 | point of view | stance revealed by style and tone | 33 | |
| 6820704873 | rhetoric | art of speaking or writing effectively | 34 | |
| 6820704903 | figurative language | speech or writing that departs from literal meaning to achieve a particular effect | 35 | |
| 6820707968 | logos | appeal to logic | 36 | |
| 6820707969 | pathos | appeal to emotion | 37 | |
| 6820709562 | ethos | appeal to the author's credibility | 38 | |
| 6820715443 | imagery | figurative language that is used to convey sensory perception | 39 | |
| 6820721462 | extended metaphor | a metaphor that lasts for longer than one phrase or sentence | 40 | |
| 6820733396 | symbol | a word or phrase that represents something other than itself | 41 | |
| 6820734969 | personification | figurative device in which inanimate objects are given human qualities | 42 | |
| 6820751218 | anthropomorphism | where animals are given human qualities | 43 | |
| 6820753415 | rhetorical question | a question whose answer is obvious | 44 | |
| 6820754981 | bombast | language that is overly rhetorical | 45 | |
| 6820773510 | aphorism | concise statement of an opinion or general truth | 46 | |
| 6820776786 | fallacy | false or mistaken idea, trickery | 47 | |
| 6820797397 | ad hominem argument | arguing for something by pointing out something about the person who holds the idea, rather than the idea itself | 48 | |
| 6820800702 | argument from authority | temptation to agree based on a famous person's authority | 49 | |
| 6820805805 | appeal to ignorance | based on the assumption that whatever has not been proven false must be true | 50 | |
| 6820808432 | begging the question | someone assumes that parts of what the person claims to be proving are proven facts | 51 | |
| 6820813348 | hasty generalization | deliberately lead you to a conclusion by providing insufficient evidence | 52 | |
| 6820816131 | non sequitur | a statement that doesn't logically relate to what comes beforehand | 53 | |
| 6820818730 | false dichotomy | consideration of only the two extremes when there are other intermediate possibilities | 54 | |
| 6820821781 | slippery slope | suggest dire consequences from minor causes | 55 | |
| 6820825023 | fault causality | setting up of cause and effect relationship where its nonexistent | 56 | |
| 6820828113 | straw man argument | oversimplification of the argument of another in order to make it easier to attack | 57 |
