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| 6358947608 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 0 | |
| 6358958917 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 1 | |
| 6358970612 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally,it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 2 | |
| 6358980821 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing, generally not accepted in formal writings. | 3 | |
| 6359010965 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of the words or phrases at the beginning of the successive lines or sentences. Ex. MLK | 4 | |
| 6359025799 | Invective | An emotional violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 5 | |
| 6359031507 | Litotes | A from of understatements that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. | 6 | |
| 6359049317 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 7 | |
| 6359062147 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it. | 8 | |
| 6359076913 | Parallelism | Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 9 | |
| 6485171835 | Allegory | A story in which the people, places, and things represent general concepts or moral qualities. | 10 | |
| 6485185592 | Ancedote | A short entertaining account of some happening, frequently personal or biographical | 11 | |
| 6623443051 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different or the relationship between them | 12 | |
| 6623455335 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 13 | |
| 6623459627 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure | 14 | |
| 6623475581 | Aphorism | A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle | 15 | |
| 6623482797 | Apostrophe | 16 |
