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| 3541540649 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to light without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference i.e. Achilles heel | 0 | |
| 3541540650 | Ambiguity | A word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways | 1 | |
| 3541540651 | Metonymy | The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, track for horse racing | 2 | |
| 3541540652 | Zeugma | A word applies to two other words in different senses | 3 | |
| 3541540653 | Wit | A quick remark, a natural sense in using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor | 4 | |
| 3541540654 | Extended metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 5 | |
| 3541540655 | Apostrophe | Author detaches them self from reality and addresses an imaginary character, Thing, abstract idea; i.e. Twinkle twinkle little star... Like a diamond in the sky | 6 | |
| 3541540656 | Ad Hominem | Responding to arguments by attacking a person's character, rather than addressing the content of the argument | 7 | |
| 3541540657 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or the whole for a part | 8 | |
| 3541540658 | Syllogism | An argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusions about something more specific; three parts: major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion | 9 | |
| 3541540659 | Conceit | A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 10 | |
| 3541540660 | Litote | A figure of speech where a understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive | 11 | |
| 3541540661 | Periphrasis | The term for using many more words than needed to describe a situation or object | 12 | |
| 3541540662 | Allegory | Complete narrative which involves characters and events that stand for an abstract idea or event; a symbol on the other hand is an object that stands for another object giving it a particular meaning | 13 | |
| 3541540663 | Climax vs. Anticlimax | C: the most intense, exciting, or important point of something A: a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events | 14 | |
| 3541540664 | Asyndeton | List or a series in which no conjunction is used at all, rather all items are separated by commas | 15 | |
| 3541543444 | Polysyndeton | literary technique in which conjugations are used repeatedly in quick successions | 16 | |
| 3541540665 | Polyptoton | The rhetorical repetition of words, but in different forms I.e. Irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired | 17 | |
| 3541540666 | Anastrophe | Usual word order of a phrase or sentence is reversed I.e. Yoda | 18 | |
| 3541540667 | Chiasmus | Figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point | 19 | |
| 3541540668 | Parataxis | The arranging of phrases and clauses without the use of coordinating conjunctions | 20 | |
| 3541540669 | Parallelism | The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | 21 | |
| 3541540670 | Loose Sentence | : the main point is at the beginning of the sentence and is easy to identify | 22 | |
| 3541540671 | Periodic sentence | main point doesn't come until the end; used to create suspense | 23 | |
| 3541540672 | Procatalepsis | A figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his/her own argument and then answers it immediately | 24 | |
| 3541540673 | Antithesis | A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 25 | |
| 3541540674 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences or clauses | 26 | |
| 3541540675 | Anaphora | The use of a word referring to or replacing another word used earlier in the sentence | 27 | |
| 3541558456 | Aphorism(epigram) | A short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea | 28 | |
| 3541565533 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 29 | |
| 3549393551 | Trope | Literary device | 30 | |
| 3549393552 | Schemes | Syntax | 31 |
