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| 7636561082 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to light without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference i.e. Achilles heel | 0 | |
| 7636561083 | Ambiguity | A word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways | 1 | |
| 7636561084 | 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 | |
| 7636561085 | Zeugma | A word applies to two other words in different senses | 3 | |
| 7636561086 | Wit | A quick remark, a natural sense in using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor | 4 | |
| 7636561087 | Extended metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 5 | |
| 7636561088 | 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 | |
| 7636561089 | Ad Hominem | Responding to arguments by attacking a person's character, rather than addressing the content of the argument | 7 | |
| 7636561090 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or the whole for a part | 8 | |
| 7636561091 | 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 | |
| 7636561092 | Conceit | A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 10 | |
| 7636561093 | Litote | A figure of speech where a understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive | 11 | |
| 7636561094 | Periphrasis | The term for using many more words than needed to describe a situation or object | 12 | |
| 7636561095 | 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 | |
| 7636561096 | 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 | |
| 7636561097 | Asyndeton | List or a series in which no conjunction is used at all, rather all items are separated by commas | 15 | |
| 7636561098 | Polysyndeton | literary technique in which conjugations are used repeatedly in quick successions | 16 | |
| 7636561099 | Polyptoton | The rhetorical repetition of words, but in different forms I.e. Irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired | 17 | |
| 7636561100 | Anastrophe | Usual word order of a phrase or sentence is reversed I.e. Yoda | 18 | |
| 7636561101 | 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 | |
| 7636561102 | Parataxis | The arranging of phrases and clauses without the use of coordinating conjunctions | 20 | |
| 7636561103 | Parallelism | The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | 21 | |
| 7636561104 | Loose Sentence | : the main point is at the beginning of the sentence and is easy to identify | 22 | |
| 7636561105 | Periodic sentence | main point doesn't come until the end; used to create suspense | 23 | |
| 7636561106 | Procatalepsis | A figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his/her own argument and then answers it immediately | 24 | |
| 7636561107 | Antithesis | A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 25 | |
| 7636561108 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences or clauses | 26 | |
| 7636561109 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | 27 | |
| 7636561110 | Aphorism(epigram) | A short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea | 28 | |
| 7636561111 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 29 | |
| 7636561112 | Trope | Literary device | 30 | |
| 7636561113 | Schemes | Syntax | 31 |
