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| 8485630776 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics. | 0 | |
| 8485630777 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 1 | |
| 8485630778 | Analogy | A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. | 2 | |
| 8485630779 | Personification | A figure of speech in which a thing - an idea or an animal - is given human attributes. | 3 | |
| 8485630780 | Simile | A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things with the help of the words "like" or "as." | 4 | |
| 8485630781 | Enumeration | A rhetorical device used for listing details, or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. | 5 | |
| 8485630782 | Parallelism | The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. | 6 | |
| 8485630783 | Narration | 7 | ||
| 8485630784 | Description | 8 | ||
| 8485630785 | Cause and effect | 9 | ||
| 8485630786 | Definition | 10 | ||
| 8485630787 | Comparison and contrast | 11 | ||
| 8485630788 | Process analysis | 12 | ||
| 8485630789 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. "England decides to keep check on immigration." | 13 | |
| 8485630790 | Synecdoche | A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. ""Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." | 14 | |
| 8485630791 | Epistrophe | (Epiphora) The repetition of phrases or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences. ""Where now? Who now? When now?" | 15 | |
| 8485630792 | Asyndeton | A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy. "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?" | 16 | |
| 8485630793 | Polysyndeton | A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. "And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had." | 17 | |
| 8485630794 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence. "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." | 18 | |
| 8485630795 | Climax | A particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point - the decisive moment or turning point. | 19 | |
| 8485630796 | Antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 20 | |
| 8485630797 | Understatement | The presentation of a situation or thing as if it is less important or less serious than it is in reality. | 21 | |
| 8485630798 | Counterargument | 22 | ||
| 8485630799 | Claim | 23 | ||
| 8485630800 | Evidence | 24 | ||
| 8485630801 | Warrant | 25 | ||
| 8485630802 | Logical fallacy | 26 | ||
| 8485630803 | Anecdote | A short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh. | 27 | |
| 8485630804 | Adage | A short, pointed, and memorable saying that is based on facts, and which is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people. | 28 | |
| 8485630805 | Simple sentence | 29 | ||
| 8485630806 | Sentence fragment | 30 | ||
| 8485630807 | Complex sentence | 31 | ||
| 8485630808 | Compound sentence | 32 | ||
| 8485630809 | Compound-complex sentence | 33 | ||
| 8485630810 | Imperative | 34 | ||
| 8485630811 | Interrogative | 35 | ||
| 8485630812 | Colloquialisms | The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. | 36 | |
| 8485630813 | Figurative language | Language that goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to give readers new insights. | 37 | |
| 8485630814 | Emphatic punctuation | 38 | ||
| 8485630815 | Syntactical inversion | 39 | ||
| 8485630816 | Apposition | 40 | ||
| 8485630817 | Alliteration | A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. | 41 | |
| 8485630818 | Rhetorical question | 42 | ||
| 8485630819 | Parenthetical statement | 43 | ||
| 8485630820 | Periodic sentence | 44 | ||
| 8485630821 | Cumulative | 45 | ||
| 8485630822 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. "I must be cruel to be kind." | 46 | |
| 8485630823 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. "Open secret" | 47 | |
| 8485630824 | Allegory | 48 | ||
| 8485630825 | Parallel structure | 49 | ||
| 8485630826 | Provocative statements | 50 | ||
| 8485630827 | Exclamatory remarks | 51 | ||
| 8485630828 | Irony | 52 | ||
| 8485630829 | Qualifier | 53 | ||
| 8485630830 | Rebuttal | 54 | ||
| 8485630831 | Ethos | 55 | ||
| 8485630832 | Logos | 56 | ||
| 8485630833 | Pathos | 57 | ||
| 8485630834 | Archaic diction | A figure of speech in which a used phrase or word is considered very old fashioned and outdated. It can be a word, a phrase, a group of letters, spelling, or syntax. "And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye..." | 58 | |
| 8485630835 | Dialect | The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, or any other group of people. | 59 | |
| 8485630836 | Syllogism | A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific. (Deductive logic) | 60 | |
| 8485630837 | Juxtaposition | A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. | 61 | |
| 8485630838 | Absolute phrase | Consists of a noun, pronoun, participle, and associated modifiers. They are also known as nominative phrases. They modify or provide information about an entire sentence. Absolute phrases look like clauses, yet they lack a true finite verb. They are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. "Her arms folded across her chest, Professor Hill warned the class about the penalties of plagiarism." | 62 | |
| 8485630839 | Prepositional phrase | Contains a preposition, an object of preposition (pronoun or noun) and related modifiers. It mostly starts with a preposition and ends with an object of a preposition. It serves as an adjective, or adverb within a sentence. | 63 | |
| 8485630840 | Participial Phrase | Contain a present participle, which is (verb+ing), a past participle, modifiers, or other associated words. They are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. A participle phrases act as an adjective within a sentence. | 64 | |
| 8485630841 | Exclamation | 65 | ||
| 8485630842 | Conjunction | 66 | ||
| 8485630843 | Appositive | 67 | ||
| 8485630844 | Imperative sentence | 68 | ||
| 8485630845 | Cumulative sentence | 69 | ||
| 8485630846 | Litotes | A figure of speech that employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, a positive statement expressed by negating its opposite expressions. "The ice cream was not too bad." | 70 | |
| 8485630847 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. | 71 | |
| 8485630848 | Symbolism | 72 | ||
| 8485630849 | Jargon | A literary term that is defined as the use of specific phrases and words in a particular situation, profession, or trade. | 73 | |
| 8485630850 | Polemic | 74 | ||
| 8485630851 | Satire | A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. | 75 | |
| 8485630852 | Tirade | 76 | ||
| 8485630853 | Concrete diction | 77 | ||
| 8485630854 | Allusive reflection | 78 | ||
| 8485630855 | Hyphen | 79 | ||
| 8485630856 | Dash | 80 | ||
| 8485630857 | Shift in pronoun | 81 | ||
| 8485630858 | Tone | An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. | 82 | |
| 8485630859 | Data | 83 | ||
| 8485630860 | Inductive reasoning | 84 | ||
| 8485630861 | Deductive reasoning | 85 | ||
| 8485630862 | Caricature | A device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect. | 86 | |
| 8485630863 | Clause | 87 | ||
| 8485630864 | Literary conceit | A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. They have a surprising or shocking effect on the readers because they are novel comparisons unlike the conventional comparisons made in similes and metaphors. | 88 | |
| 8485630865 | Didactic | The idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions along with pleasure and entertainment. | 89 | |
| 8485630866 | Pedantic | Writing or writer concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, and minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning. | 90 | |
| 8485630867 | Connotation | 91 | ||
| 8485630868 | Denotation | 92 | ||
| 8485630869 | Euphemism | Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant. | 93 | |
| 8485630870 | Genre | 94 | ||
| 8485630871 | Homily | A sermon or speech that a religious person or priest delivers before a group of people to offer them moral correction. | 95 | |
| 8485630872 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. "Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You." | 96 | |
| 8485766771 | Exemplum | A rhetorical device that is defined as a short tale, narrative, or anecdote used in literary pieces and speeches to explain a doctrine, or emphasize a moral point. | 97 | |
| 8524344486 | Anthimeria | One part of speech, usually a verb, that substitutes for another, usually a noun. | 98 | |
| 8524365365 | Anadiplosis | A repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. "Mental preparation leads to training; training builds tone and coordination; tone and coordination produce athletic excellence." | 99 | |
| 8524383694 | Trope | Any artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed. | 100 | |
| 8524385802 | Scheme | Any artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence. | 101 |
