5975471802 | Allusion | reference to an important text, work of art, historical event, or person | 0 | |
5975477630 | Parallelism | repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns (saying two different things in same way) | 1 | |
5975492375 | Literal | taking words in their usual most basic sense | 2 | |
5975494643 | Figurative | beyond basic word meaning, typically through comparison, exaggeration, or symbolism | 3 | |
5975500794 | Metaphor | one thing conceived as representing a very different thing | 4 | |
5975503625 | Simile | comparison to words using 'like' or 'as' | 5 | |
5975511285 | Analogy | extended comparison, literal or figurative between two different things | 6 | |
5975518987 | Ethos | - the character and experience of a person -brings up experience, credentials, others' opinion on the speaker | 7 | |
5975530400 | Logos | - logic or reason -point with evidence using facts (and or) statistics | 8 | |
5975536939 | Pathos | -emotion or feeling -figurative language, loaded language -moving anecdotes | 9 | |
5975540860 | Alliteration | repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent connected words | 10 | |
5975550141 | Personification | human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas | 11 | |
5975554312 | Anaphora | repetition of words at the beginning of the successive clauses or phrases | 12 |
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