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4818411622ConnotativeContaining suggested meaning0
4818411623MonosyllabicOne syllable in length1
4818411624ColloquialSlang2
4818411625PolysyllabicMore than one syllable in length3
4818411626FormalLiterary4
4818411627DenotativeContaining an exact meaning5
4818411628ConcreteSpecific6
4818411629AbstractGeneral , or conceptual7
4818411630EuphoniousPleasant sounding8
4818411631CacophonousHarsh, unpleasing sound9
4818411632TriteCommon, banal, stereo-typed10
4818411633BombasticHigh sounding, pompous, ostentatious11
4818411634VulgarCoarse, indecent, tasteless12
4818411635PendanticDidactic, scholastic, bookish13
4818411636PretentiousPompous, guady inflated14
4818411637AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses15
4818411638PolysyndetonSeveral conjuctions in n close succession16
4818411639AntithesisTwo contrasting ideas put together17
4818411640Rhetorical QuestionA question that doesn't expect an answer18
4818411641AsyndetonThe omission if conjuctions19
4818411642ChiasmusReversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases20
4818411643LitotesUnderstatement; affirmative is expresses by the negative21
4818411644ParallelismShow equal ideas22
4818411645ZeugmaWord modifies two or more words23
4818411646AllusionDirect or indirect reference to something that is commonly known24
4818411647ImageryLanguage that appeals to the five senses25
4818411648ParadoxStatement that appears to be contradictory but contains truth26
4818411649SynedocheFigure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole27
4818411650ApostropheAddressing an absent or imaginary person or object28
4818411651IronyContrast to what is stated and what is meant29
4818411652OxymoronGrouping of contradictory terms30
4818411653HyperboleUsing exaggeration or overstatement31
4818411654PersonificationGiving objects animal-like characteristics32
4818411655MetonymyAp languageA figure of speech in which the name of an object is substituted fot another closely associated with it33

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