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3844927024Periodic sentencesA sentence that by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense0
3844927025MetonymyFigure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concepts for that of another to which its related1
3844927026NomenclatureTerminology used in a particular science, art, activity2
3844927027ObjectiveNot influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice3
3844927028SubjectivePlacing excessive emphasis on ones own moods, attitudes, opinions etc4
3844927029OverstatementTo state to strongly, exaggerate5
3844927030PedanticOverly concerned with minute details6
3844927031Periodic structureThe main idea of peace of writing especially an argument, is left until the very end for effect or emphasis7
3844927032SyllogismConclusion is drawn8
3844927033OmniscientThe narrator knows the thoughts of all the characters in the story9
3844927034Prepositional phrasePart of speech that indicates the relationship often spatial, of one word to another10
3844927035Rhetorical modesA strategy... A way or method of presenting a subject-- through writing or speech11
3844927036Rhetorical questionA question asked solely to produce an affect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply12
3844927037SynecdocheFigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole13
3844927038TransitionChange from one position to another14
3844927039Passive voiceWhen the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb15
3844927040ZeugmaUse of two different words in grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings16
3844927041Ad hominem argumentSwitching from the argument at hand to the character opponent17
3844927042AnachronismSomething or someone who is not in its correct chronological opponent18
3844927043AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines19
3844927044AstropheInversion of the usual order of words20
3844927045AntecedentA word (usually a proper noun) that is replaced by a pronoun later in a sentence21
3844927046AntithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction22
3844927047AphorismA terse saying embodying a general truth23
3844927048ApostropheA digression in the form of an address to someone not present24
3844927049AssonanceVowel rhyme, the same vowel sound is used within the same stressed syllables of different words25
3844927050AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases clauses or word26
3844927051ChaismusReversal in order of words in otherwise two parallel phrases27
3844927052ClauseCollection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb.28
3844927053PhraseCollection of words that may have nouns or verbs, but it does not have a subject doing a verb29
3844927054ConsonanceThe correspondence of a constants, especially those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose30
3844927055SoliloquyDiscourse by a person who is talking to himself31
3844927056EllipsisThe omission of one or more words from q sentence that would clarify construction; sometimes marks as "..."32
3844927057ConceitAn elaborate, fancil metaphor, especially of far fetched nature33
3844927058FallacyA logically unsound argument34
3844927059InvectiveAn insulting or abusive word or expression35
3844927060LitotesFigure of speech in which something is presented as less important, dire, good, etc. an understatement36
3844927061Looses sentencesA sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continue with one or more subordinate clauses37

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