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| 6764307107 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 0 | |
| 6764307108 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event | 1 | |
| 6764307109 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 6764309482 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 6764309483 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event | 4 | |
| 6764316249 | Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers | 5 | |
| 6764319542 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 6 | |
| 6764319543 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 7 | |
| 6764321308 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth | 8 | |
| 6764321309 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 9 | |
| 6764323350 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 10 | |
| 6764323351 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 11 | |
| 6764326159 | Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language | 12 | |
| 6764329797 | Complex Sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause an and at least one dependent clause | 13 | |
| 6764329798 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding | 14 | |
| 6764331535 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation) | 15 | |
| 6764331536 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 16 | |
| 6764333220 | Cumulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 17 | |
| 6764333221 | Declarative Sentence | A sentence that makes a statement | 18 | |
| 6764337030 | Deduction/Deductive | Reasoning from general to specific | 19 | |
| 6764337031 | Diction | word choice | 20 | |
| 6764337032 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone | 21 | |
| 6764338980 | Epigram | A brief witty statement | 22 | |
| 6764338981 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos) | 23 | |
| 6764341009 | Figurative Language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | 24 | |
| 6764341010 | Hortatory | Urging, or strongly encouraging | 25 | |
| 6764344786 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 26 | |
| 6764373128 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) | 27 | |
| 6764373129 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence that requests or commands | 28 | |
| 6764373130 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | 29 | |
| 6764374562 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result | 30 | |
| 6764374563 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 31 | |
| 6764374564 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos) | 32 | |
| 6764374565 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison | 33 | |
| 6764376646 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | 34 | |
| 6764376647 | Modifier | A word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause | 35 | |
| 6764376648 | Narration | Retelling an event or series of events | 36 | |
| 6764377990 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. | 37 | |
| 6764377991 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 38 | |
| 6764377992 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 39 | |
| 6764377993 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule | 40 | |
| 6764379607 | Pathos | A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos) | 41 | |
| 6764379608 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that builds toward and ends with the main clause. | 42 | |
| 6764379609 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 43 | |
| 6764381781 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 44 | |
| 6764381782 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | 45 | |
| 6764383403 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | 46 | |
| 6764383404 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things | 47 | |
| 6764384715 | Straw Man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position | 48 | |
| 6764384716 | Subordinate Clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause | 49 | |
| 6764384717 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major and minor) | 50 | |
| 6764387111 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 51 | |
| 6764387112 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech | 52 | |
| 6764387113 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect | 53 | |
| 6764387488 | Zeugma | A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs - often in different, sometimes in-congruent ways - two or more words in a sentence | 54 |
