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| 5170519868 | Alliteration | repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequences | 0 | |
| 5170523550 | Allusion | brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art | 1 | |
| 5170528055 | Amplification | a literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability | 2 | |
| 5170534490 | Analogy | a comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things, often uses something simple or familiar to explain something unfamiliar or complex. | 3 | |
| 5170544166 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 4 | |
| 5170551220 | Antecedent | a literary device in which a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word | 5 | |
| 5170555387 | Antithesis | opposition, or contrast, of ideas and words in a parallel construction | 6 | |
| 5170560698 | Appositive | a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it, can be long or short | 7 | |
| 5170596828 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech where the writer or speaker detaches herself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in her speech | 8 | |
| 5170601201 | Assonance | the repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase (repetition of only vowel sounds) | 9 | |
| 5170606177 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 10 | |
| 5170631130 | Cacophony | the use of words and phrases that imply strong, harsh sounds within the phrase (jarring, dissonant sounds that create a disturbing, objectionable atmosphere) | 11 | |
| 5170685140 | Chiasmus | a figure of speech containing two phrases that are parallel but inverted to each other | 12 | |
| 5170720399 | Colloquial Diction | uses words common in everyday speech, informal words, phrases, even slang. influenced by the way people speak | 13 | |
| 5170731228 | Dramatic Irony | irony where the audience is aware of and knows more about situations, causes of conflicts and their resolutions before leading characters/actors | 14 | |
| 5170741722 | Ethos | speakers appeal to to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. Established by both who you are and what you say | 15 | |
| 5170752035 | Euphemisms | using a comparatively milder or less abrasive form of a negative description instead of its original, unsympathetic form, and mask the harshness | 16 | |
| 5170757972 | Euphony | the use of phrases and words that are noted for possessing an extensive degree of notable loveliness or melody, in the sound they create | 17 | |
| 5170764101 | Formal diction | dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language, follows rules of syntax exactly and often has complex words and a lofty tone | 18 | |
| 5170781432 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect; an overstatement to make a point | 19 | |
| 5170788806 | Informal diction | used in informal situations, relaxed or conversational | 20 | |
| 5170795322 | Jargon | the use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession, or trade. used to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field | 21 | |
| 5170800527 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 22 | |
| 5170806989 | Logos | speakers appeal to reason by offering clear and rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up | 23 | |
| 5170820060 | Loose sentence | states the point exactly and directly then elaborates (opposite of periodic sentence) | 24 | |
| 5170826757 | Metaphor | figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as | 25 | |
| 5170830220 | Metonymy | figure of speech in which something is represented by another thing that is related to it or emblematic of it | 26 | |
| 5170838724 | Onomatopoeia | words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict | 27 | |
| 5170841605 | Oxymoron | a paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words | 28 | |
| 5170845093 | Paradox | a statement of situation that is seemingly contradictory on the surface, but delivers an ironic truth | 29 | |
| 5170853552 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 30 | |
| 5170857159 | Pathos | speakers appeal to to emotionally motivate their audiences, play on audience's values, desires, hopes, fears and prejudices | 31 | |
| 5170871228 | Periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the very end | 32 | |
| 5170874499 | Personification | attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea | 33 | |
| 5170878981 | Pun | a word is used in a manner to suggest two or more possible meanings (humor, irony, wryness) | 34 | |
| 5170883633 | Rhetorical question | figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer | 35 | |
| 5170890981 | Simile | a figure of speech used to explain or clarify an ida by comparing it explicitly to something else, using the words "like" "as" or "as though" | 36 | |
| 5170897691 | Situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected | 37 | |
| 5170908599 | Symbol | literary device that contains several layers of meaning (often hidden at first sight) and represents of several other aspects, concepts or traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone. Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. | 38 | |
| 5170922932 | Synecdoche | figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole | 39 | |
| 5170926883 | Tone | a speaker's attitude toward the subject conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices | 40 | |
| 5170930566 | Understatement | a figure of speech in which something is presented as less important, dire, urgent, good than it actually is, often for satiric or comical effect. (opposite of hyperbole) | 41 | |
| 5170940490 | Verbal irony | a figure of speech where the speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what she says | 42 |
