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| 5626198914 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning "Cleveland's baseball team"). | 0 | |
| 5626228751 | Ellipsis | Ellipsis is the omission of a word or series of words. There are two slightly different definitions of ellipsis which are pertinent to literature. The first definition of ellipsis is the commonly used series of three dots, which can be place at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a sentence or clause. | 1 | |
| 5626242875 | Parody | Parody is an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect. The humorous effect in parody is achieved by imitating and overstressing noticeable features of a famous piece of literature, as in caricatures, where certain peculiarities of a person are highlighted to achieve a humorous effect. | 2 | |
| 5626250913 | Antithesis | 2 words with opposite meaning in the same sentence to contrast | 3 | |
| 5626261042 | Inversion | Inversion, also known as anastrophe, is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. | 4 | |
| 5626268520 | Chiasmus | Chiasmus is the reversing the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases. This rhetorical device is also referred to as reverse parallelism, antimetabole or syntactical inversion | 5 | |
| 5626277960 | Paradox | Paradox Definition. The term Paradox is from the Greek word "paradoxon" that means contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. | 6 | |
| 5626296900 | Inductive reasoning | Inductive reasoning takes a specific representative case or facts and then draws generalizations or conclusions from them | 7 | |
| 5626305901 | Deductive reasoning | Deductive reasoning begins with a generalization and then applies it to a specific case | 8 | |
| 5626317566 | Satire | Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles. | 9 | |
| 5626329146 | Abhor | v: to regard with horror or loathing: hate deeply | 10 | |
| 5626335488 | Ascertain | v: to find out | 11 | |
| 5626338739 | Chastise | v: to inflict physical punishment as means of correction, scold severely | 12 | |
| 5626346891 | discrepancy | n: difference; lack of agreement | 13 | |
| 5626351748 | Flippant | adj: lacking seriousness; disrespectful, saucy | 14 | |
| 5626357847 | Ingenuous | adj: innocent, simple, frank, sincereq | 15 | |
| 5626368965 | Meticulous | adj: extremely careful; particular about details | 16 | |
| 5626377703 | Pretext | n: false reason; deceptive excuse | 17 | |
| 5626383479 | Revile | v: to attack with words; call bad names | 18 | |
| 5626390431 | Truculent | adj: fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly; destructive; scathing; harsh | 19 | |
| 5626400531 | Voluminous | adj: great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length | 20 | |
| 5626412263 | Assimilate | v: absorb fully; adopt as one's own; adapt fully | 21 | |
| 5626421773 | Complacent | adj: self-satisfied; overly content | 22 | |
| 5626427254 | Divulge | v: to tell or reveal | 23 | |
| 5626431681 | Grotesque | adj: unnatural, distorted, bizarre | 24 | |
| 5626435859 | Inundate | v: to overflow, flood, or overwhelm | 25 | |
| 5626441237 | Morose | adj: gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | 26 | |
| 5626448686 | Proponent | n: one who puts forward a proposal; supports a cause or belief | 27 | |
| 5626458120 | Sardonic | adj: grimly or scornfully mocking; sarcastic | 28 | |
| 5626470535 | Venomous | adj: poisonous; spiteful; mean | 29 | |
| 5626475265 | Zealous | adj: Eager, earnest, devoted | 30 |
