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| 5873620826 | Synecdoche | A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Example: "bread and butter" (for "livelihood"), "suits" (for "businesspeople"), and "boots" (for "soldiers") | 0 | |
| 5873626414 | Malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect Example: "dance a flamingo" should be "dance a flamenco" | 1 | |
| 5873632295 | Harangue | lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner / a lengthy and aggressive speech. | 2 | |
| 5873635388 | Archetype | A very typical example of a certain person or thing | 3 | |
| 5873636726 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 4 | |
| 5873640482 | Zeugma | The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way Example: On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold. | 5 | |
| 5873642881 | Polysyndeton | A figure of speech in which several conjunctions are used to join connected clauses in places where they are not contextually necessary. Example: I ate the chicken, and the salad, and the turkey, and the wild rice, and the bread, and the mashed potatoes, and the cranberry sauce. | 6 | |
| 5873644212 | Asyndeton | The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence (opposite of Polysyndeton) Example: I came, I saw, I conquered. | 7 | |
| 5873644213 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order. Example: "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country". | 8 | |
| 5873645151 | Diacope | A rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words. Example: "They will laugh, indeed they will laugh," | 9 | |
| 5874268096 | Antithesis | the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in "Give me liberty or give me death." | 10 | |
| 5874278068 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. Example: "passed away" is a euphemism for "he died" | 11 | |
| 5878024415 | Periodic Syntax | A periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end. | 12 | |
| 5878024416 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines E.g. "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." | 13 | |
| 5878055540 | Syllogism | an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions (premises); a common or middle term is present in the two premises but not in the conclusion, which may be invalid e.g. all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs | 14 | |
| 5878056058 | epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 15 | |
| 6073802973 | Metonymy | Replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated Is different from synecdoche since synecdoche refers to a thing by the name of one of its parts while metonymy describe another thing is closely linked to that particular thing, but is not a part of it. E.g. The pen is mightier than the sword. (Pen refers to written words and sword to military force.) | 16 | |
| 6606212284 | Periodic Sentence | A long sentence that has the main point at the end | 17 | |
| 6606213127 | Loose Sentence | A long sentence that has the main point at the beginning | 18 | |
| 6606235302 | Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word | 19 | |
| 6606235716 | Connotation | an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 20 |
