4979235486 | Ad hominem | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 0 | |
4979235487 | Allegory | The literary work in which characters, object, or actions representation abstraction | 1 | |
4979235488 | Anecdote | A brief narrative which focuses on a particular incident or event | 2 | |
4979235489 | Antithesis | A statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 3 | |
4979235490 | Aphorism | A concise statement which expresses a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balanced | 4 | |
4979235491 | Asyndenton | An expression in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 5 | |
4979235492 | Bathos | Insecure or overly sentimental pathos | 6 | |
4979235493 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel Parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 7 | |
4979235494 | Cliché | An expression that has been overused to an extent that its freshness has worn off | 8 | |
4979235495 | Colloquialism | Informal words or Expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 9 | |
4979235496 | Conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | 10 | |
4979235497 | Connotation | Implied or associative meaning of a word | 11 | |
4979235498 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 12 | |
4979235499 | Diction | The word choices made by a writer | 13 | |
4979235500 | Didactic | Having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing | 14 | |
4979235501 | Ellipses | The omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context | 15 | |
4979235502 | Epiphany | Moment of sudden realization Revelation or insight | 16 | |
4979235503 | Equivocation | informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense | 17 | |
4979235504 | Ethos | appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader | 18 | |
4979235505 | Euphemism | Indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 19 | |
4979235506 | Homily | A sermon, or a moralistic lecture | 20 | |
4979235507 | Invective | An intensely vehement highly emotional verbal attack | 21 | |
4979235508 | Jargon | The specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession | 22 | |
4979235509 | Juxtaposition | Placing two elements side-by-side to present a comparison or contrast | 23 | |
4979235510 | Litotes | A type of understatement in which something is expressed by indicating its opposite It was not a pretty picture | 24 | |
4979235511 | Logos | an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason. | 25 | |
4979235512 | Metonymy | Substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 26 | |
4979235513 | Motif | EastEnders theme, element, or dramatic situation that recur in various works | 27 | |
4979235514 | Non sequitur | Things that does not follow logically from the premises | 28 | |
4979235515 | Paradox | An apparently contradictory statement which actually contains some truth | 29 | |
4979235516 | Pathos | an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response | 30 | |
4979235517 | Pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or. bookish. | 31 | |
4979235518 | Polysyndeton | The uses more conjunctions than is necessary or natural for rhetorical effect | 32 | |
4979235519 | Red herring | kind of fallacy that is an irrelevant topic introduced in an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from the original issue. In literature, this fallacy is often used in detective or suspense novels to mislead readers or characters or to induce them to make false conclusions. | 33 | |
4979235520 | Syllepsis | A construction in which one word is used in two different senses She lost her wallet and her temper | 34 | |
4979235521 | Syllogism | A logical argument in which conclusion is based on a major premise and minor premise | 35 | |
4979235522 | Synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another A loud color A Sweet Sound | 36 | |
4979235523 | Synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object | 37 | |
4979235524 | Tautology | needless repetition which adds no meeting or understanding Widow woman free gift | 38 | |
4979235525 | Satire | the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions | 39 |
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