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| 4439223409 | Diction | Word choice | 0 | |
| 4439223410 | Syntax | The ordering of words in a sentence, describing sentence structure. Can enhance author's meaning, tone, or point of view. | 1 | |
| 4439223411 | Style | The manner of expression | 2 | |
| 4439223412 | Tone | Attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by the style. | 3 | |
| 4439223413 | Point of view | Stance revealed by the style and the tone of the writing. | 4 | |
| 4439223414 | Logos | Appeal to reason and logic. | 5 | |
| 4439223415 | Ethos | An appeal to the speaker's credibility. | 6 | |
| 4439223416 | Pathos | Appeal to emotions, values, or desires of the audience. | 7 | |
| 4439223417 | Imagery | Used to convey a sensory perception. | 8 | |
| 4439223418 | Hyperbole | An overstatement or exaggeration. | 9 | |
| 4439223419 | Understatement | Presents facts in a way that makes them appear much less significant than they really are. | 10 | |
| 4439223420 | Simile | Comparison between to unlike objects connected with like or as. | 11 | |
| 4439223421 | Metaphor | A simile without a connecting term such as like or as. | 12 | |
| 4439223422 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that lasts for longer than just one phrase of sentence. | 13 | |
| 4439223423 | Symbol | A word that represents something other than itself. | 14 | |
| 4439223424 | Denotation | A word's primary or literal significance. | 15 | |
| 4439223425 | Connotation | Refers to the vast range of other meanings that a word suggests. | 16 | |
| 4439223426 | Oxymoron | An apparent contradiction of terms. | 17 | |
| 4439223427 | Paradox | An apparent contradiction of ideas or statements, an oxymoron on a larger scale. | 18 | |
| 4439223428 | Personification | Inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities. | 19 | |
| 4439223429 | Rhetorical question | A question whose answer is obvious, do not need to be answered. | 20 | |
| 4439223430 | Bombast | Language that is overly rhetorical. | 21 | |
| 4439223431 | Metonymy | One term substituted for another term with which it is closely associated. | 22 | |
| 4439223432 | Synecdoche | A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole. | 23 | |
| 4439223433 | Theme | General idea contained in a text. May be stated explicitly or only suggested. | 24 | |
| 4439223434 | Aphorism | A concise statement of an opinion or a general truth. | 25 | |
| 4439223435 | Malapropism | Unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning. | 26 | |
| 4439223436 | Circumlocution | "Talking around a subject" or "Talking around a word" | 27 | |
| 4439223437 | Euphemism | A word or words that are used to avoid an unpleasant or offensive term. | 28 | |
| 4439223438 | Verbal Irony | Process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated | 29 | |
| 4439223439 | Situational Irony | Refers to a situation that is contrary to what was expected. | 30 | |
| 4439223440 | Satire | Something that is portrayed in a way that deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect | 31 | |
| 4439223441 | Alliteration | Repetition of phonetic sounds | 32 | |
| 4439223442 | Allusion | Reference that recalls another work, another time, another person, etc. | 33 | |
| 4439223443 | Analogy | A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects of ideas. | 34 | |
| 4439223444 | Apostrophe | Prayer-like direct address to someone who is not present to a deity or muse, or to some other power. | 35 | |
| 4439223445 | Deductive | Form of logical argumentation that uses claims or premises. | 36 | |
| 4439223446 | Gerund | Verb ending in "int" that serves as a noun. | 37 | |
| 4439223447 | Inductive | A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples. | 38 | |
| 4439223448 | Juxtaposition | Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite | 39 | |
| 4439223449 | Parallelism | A pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repition | 40 |
