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9833725221Anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses0
9833725222ConnotationsAll the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests1
9833822295SyntaxArrangement of words in phrases and sentences2
9834024948DictionThe choice and use of words and phrases in writing3
9834024949ArchetypeTypical example of certain person or thing4
9834024950ParallelismUse of successive verbal constructions that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meaning5
9834024951ApostropheExclamatory passage addressed to a person (typically absent)6
9834024952SyllogismConclusion drawn from assumed propositions7
9834024953ColloquialismWord or phrase that is not formal8
9834024954JuxtapositionTwo things being seen together with contrasting effect9
9834024955AnalogyComparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification10
9834024956EpistropheRepetition of a word at the end of successive sentances11
9834024957AntecedentWord that pronoun refers to12
9834024958AsyndetonOmission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence13
9834024959ThemeSubject of talk, piece of writing, topic (moral)14
9834024960SynedochePart is made to represent whole or vice versa15
9834024961AnadiplosisRepetition of last word of a preceding clause16
9834024962ParadoxSelf contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true17
9834024963DenotationLiteral or primary meaning of a word18
9834024964AllegoryStory that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically moral or political one19
9834024965ImageryVisually descriptive20
9834024966OxymoronContradictory terms appear together21
9834024967MetaphorComparing without like or as22
9834024968EthosTrust the writer23
9834024969Rhetorical questionAsked but doesn't require an answer24
9834024970Figurative languageUses words or expressions with a meaning thats different from literal interpretation25
9834024971PathosEmotions26
9834024972AllusionExpression to call something to mind without mentoring explicitly27
9834024973LogosLogic28
9834024974PersonificationNonhuman thing has human characteristics29
9834024975ChiasmusWords are repeated in reverse order or modified form30
9834024976Antistropherepetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses31
9880317537cumulative sentencean independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail32
9880317538AntithesisPerson or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else33
9880317539Metonymythe substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant34
9880317540AnathemaAn object of intense dislike35
9880317541MotifA recurring theme, subject or idea36
9880317542Periodic sentenceSentence whose main clause is withheld until the end37
9880317543PolysyndetonDeliberate use of many conjunctions38

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