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| 2460952705 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. | 0 | |
| 2460953552 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty"). | 1 | |
| 2460953553 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | 2 | |
| 2460955005 | Anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 3 | |
| 2460956124 | Anathema | (n) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation | 4 | |
| 2460959460 | Parable | A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life and told in a simple story or riddle; it uses comparisons to teach a moral or lesson. | 5 | |
| 2460962066 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 6 | |
| 2460963189 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals. | 7 | |
| 2460964873 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply | 8 | |
| 2460966390 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests; what comes to mind when a word is said. | 9 | |
| 2460966391 | Denotation | Literal meaning of a word; dictionary definitions | 10 | |
| 2460969010 | Inversion | A reversal of the usual order of words. | 11 | |
| 2460990972 | Induction | A method of reasoning by which a writer collects a number of instances and forms a generalization that is meant to apply to all instances. | 12 | |
| 2460990973 | Deduction | A form of reasoning that begins with a generalization, then applies the generalization to a specific case or cases. | 13 |
