Terms : Hide Images
| 6637268654 | allusion | reference; or casual or indirect reference | 0 | |
| 6637273714 | analogy | comparison | 1 | |
| 6637276413 | denotation | literal meaning | 2 | |
| 6637279536 | connotation | the idea or notion associated with or suggested by a particular word, phrase, image | 3 | |
| 6637283476 | antecedent | that which comes before | 4 | |
| 6637288496 | syllogism | argument or form of reasoning in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion drawn from them | 5 | |
| 6637297677 | ad hominem argument | appealing to one's emotion, rather than reason, as in attacking one's opponent rather than debating the issue | 6 | |
| 6637302286 | anaphora | repetition of words at the start of a sentence | 7 | |
| 6637308840 | epistle | a letter, especially a long, formal instructive letter | 8 | |
| 6637311169 | epithet | an adjective, noun, or phrase used to characterize some person or thing | 9 | |
| 6637314558 | begging the question | to use an argument that assumes as proved the very thing that is being proved | 10 | |
| 6637319691 | ellipsis | omission of words or word | 11 | |
| 6637326365 | archaism | use of archaic words or techniques | 12 | |
| 6637327868 | epigram | short, witty, pointed statement | 13 | |
| 6637329845 | invective | verbal insult | 14 | |
| 6637331306 | platitude | commonplace or trite remark; truism | 15 | |
| 6637337133 | non-sequitur | conclusion or inference which does not follow from the premises; illogical conclusion; remark that has no bearing on what has just been said | 16 | |
| 6637346526 | riposte | sharp, swift response or retort | 17 | |
| 6637382643 | panegyric | a formal, public praise | 18 | |
| 6637384258 | screed | a long, tiresome speech or writing; a harangue | 19 | |
| 6637390110 | antipathy | strong dislike; aversion | 20 | |
| 6637395714 | allegorical | using allegory; describes when ideas are presented through symbolic stories | 21 | |
| 6637399148 | discourse | conversation, a long and formal treatment of a subject in a speech or in writing, to speak or write in some length | 22 | |
| 6637411540 | pedantic | overly learned; too focused on arbitrary | 23 | |
| 6637415781 | sardonic | scornfully humorous; bitterly sarcastic | 24 | |
| 6637425421 | didactic | instructive | 25 | |
| 6637428413 | colloquial | conversational | 26 | |
| 6637431935 | brash | hasty and reckless | 27 | |
| 6637437099 | esoteric | beyond the understanding of most people | 28 | |
| 6637439915 | expository | explanatory | 29 | |
| 6637503974 | lampoon | ridicule | 30 | |
| 6637512020 | recapitulate | to repeat, as a summary, to summarize | 31 | |
| 6637531728 | euphemism | a less offensive substitute for a phrase | 32 | |
| 6637538742 | nebulous | cloudy; vague, unclear | 33 | |
| 6637568464 | ethos | appeals to ethics or morals | 34 | |
| 6637569810 | logos | appeals to reason | 35 | |
| 6637572208 | pathos | appeals to emotion | 36 | |
| 6637576003 | metonymy | figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated | 37 | |
| 6637582877 | synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole | 38 |
