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| 3624893937 | Abstraction | A concept or idea without a specfic example; idealized generalization | 0 | |
| 3624893938 | Analogical comparison | Another way to say the author has used an analogy | 1 | |
| 3624893939 | Anecdote | Short narrative or interesting, unusual, etc. event. Used to clarify abstract points, create memorable image | 2 | |
| 3624893940 | Anecdotal | Evidence that relies on observations, presented in narrative | 3 | |
| 3624893941 | Antithesis | Opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point | 4 | |
| 3624893942 | Balanced antithesis | Figure in speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase | 5 | |
| 3624893943 | Apostrophe | Speaker directly addresses something, someone that cannot answer back | 6 | |
| 3624893944 | Appeal to authority | Writer refers to expert opinion | 7 | |
| 3624893945 | Burlesque | Comic tool of satire, ridiculous exaggeration and distortion | 8 | |
| 3624893946 | Circumlocution | To write around a subject, evasively | 9 | |
| 3624893947 | Colloquial | Regional language or behavior | 10 | |
| 3624893948 | Counterexample | Exception to a proposed general rule | 11 | |
| 3624893949 | Damn with faint praise | Offering praise too moderate or marginal to actually be considered praise | 12 | |
| 3624893950 | Diatribe | Rant | 13 | |
| 3624893951 | Concrete diction | Writer chooses language that is concrete, based on facts, understood | 14 | |
| 3624893952 | Digress | To move off point | 15 | |
| 3624893953 | False dilemma | Simplifying a complex problem into an either/or dichtomy | 16 | |
| 3624893954 | Discretion | Refined taste; tact or the ability to avoid embarrassment or distress | 17 | |
| 3624893955 | Double entendre | Phrase that has two meanings, one being sexual or provocative | 18 | |
| 3624893956 | Empirical | Knowledge based on experience | 19 | |
| 3624893957 | Episodic | Long string of short individual sections | 20 | |
| 3624893958 | Epigram | Short poetic nickname (Grey-eyed Athena) Substitute for name or title of person (The Great Emancipator-Abe Lincoln) | 21 | |
| 3624893959 | Exemplar | Example | 22 | |
| 3624893960 | Fact versus fiction | Facts can be verified, fiction cannot | 23 | |
| 3624893961 | Hypothetical example | Example based on uncertainty | 24 | |
| 3624893962 | Concrete imagery | Imagrey relying on concrete language | 25 | |
| 3624893963 | Induction | Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples | 26 | |
| 3624893964 | Ironic commentary | Writer's point is meant to be taken ironically | 27 | |
| 3624893965 | Juxtapose | To place side by side to compare, reveals irony | 28 | |
| 3624893966 | Maxim | Saying or expression to teach a truth | 29 | |
| 3624893967 | Musing | Quiet reflection, pondering | 30 | |
| 3624893968 | Naïveté | Innocence in perception, lack of worldly knowledge | 31 | |
| 3624893969 | Negation | Negative statement | 32 | |
| 3624893970 | Over generalization | Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence | 33 | |
| 3624893971 | Parallel structure | Parallel elements in structure of a passage | 34 | |
| 3624893972 | Refutation | Attack on opposing view to make less credible | 35 | |
| 3624893973 | Rebuttle | Dismantle opponent's argument showing flaws | 36 | |
| 3624893974 | Syllogism | Deductive argument formula: major premise, minor, conclusion | 37 | |
| 3624893975 | Syntax | Order of words in a sentence, type, structure | 38 | |
| 3624893976 | Tongue-in-cheek | Humorous, ironic statement, not taken literally | 39 | |
| 3624893977 | Truism | Statement that is obviously true, says nothing interesting or new | 40 |
