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| 10239307307 | Allusion | An indirect reference to a well known person, place, thing, or idea | 0 | |
| 10239311553 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 10239313399 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness | 2 | |
| 10239313400 | Analogy | Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple. | 3 | |
| 10239314626 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 4 | |
| 14740715809 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 5 | |
| 14740718510 | Antecedent | an earlier clause, phrase or word to which a pronoun, another word or a noun refers back to | 6 | |
| 14740718511 | Antithesis | two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 7 | |
| 14740718512 | Aphorism | a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner | 8 | |
| 14740720047 | Chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases | 9 | |
| 14740720048 | Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 10 | |
| 14740722270 | Connotation | implied meaning of a word | 11 | |
| 14740722271 | Cynical (tone) | having or showing the attitude that is distrustful of human nature and motives | 12 | |
| 14740723538 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 13 | |
| 14740723539 | Diction | word choice: style of language used | 14 | |
| 14740725087 | Epiphora | a word or a phrase is repeated at the end of successive clauses | 15 | |
| 14740765884 | Ethos | credibility of the speaker | 16 | |
| 14740767754 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 17 | |
| 14740767755 | Hypophora | raising a question then proceeding to answer it | 18 | |
| 14740769420 | Imagery | language that appeals to the senses | 19 | |
| 14740769421 | Inclusive Language | The emphasis on common beliefs, actions, and emotions to invoke and invite all members (including enemies) of an audience to consider the author's message | 20 | |
| 14740771221 | Irony | words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words | 21 | |
| 14740771222 | Jargon | use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade | 22 | |
| 14740771223 | Juxtaposition | Placing two very different things together for effect. | 23 | |
| 14740771224 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 24 | |
| 14740772291 | Metaphor | implied comparison between two things of unlike nature | 25 | |
| 14740772292 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 26 | |
| 14740773737 | Oxymoron | two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 27 | |
| 14740773738 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 28 | |
| 14740775661 | Parallelism | Repeated structural elements in a sentence. | 29 | |
| 14740800635 | Parody | Using the form of something to mimic and make fun of it. | 30 | |
| 14740802679 | Pathos | appealing to emotions | 31 | |
| 14740803756 | Pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship | 32 | |
| 14740806752 | Personification | giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 33 | |
| 14740810180 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions (i.e. and, but, or) | 34 | |
| 14740814803 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical structure | 35 | |
| 14740818331 | Purpose | author's persuasive intention | 36 | |
| 14740821492 | Rhetoric | The use of spoken or written word to convey your ideas and convince an audience. | 37 | |
| 14740826919 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 38 | |
| 14740829242 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 39 | |
| 14740831520 | Semantics | Interpretation and meaning of words, sentence structure, and symbols | 40 | |
| 14740842767 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 41 | |
| 14740844649 | Style | The author's own personal approach to rhetoric in the piece; similar to voice. | 42 | |
| 14740848802 | Symbol/Symbolism | an object or action that suggests, in addition to itself, a further meaning | 43 | |
| 14740852578 | Synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 44 | |
| 14740852703 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 45 | |
| 14740854173 | Synthesis | combing sources or ideas in a coherent way in the purpose of a larger point | 46 | |
| 14740857747 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 47 | |
| 14740859452 | Tricolon | three parallel elements of the same length occurring together in a series | 48 | |
| 14740862011 | Understatement | Deliberately minimizing something, usually for humorous effect. | 49 |
