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| 7438523675 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning, such as hiss, snap, bark, or bang. | 0 | |
| 7438523676 | Overstatement | Exaggeration in the service of truth for an effect. | 1 | |
| 7438523677 | Rhetorical | Classically it refers to the art of using language to its best possible effect. However, during the 20th century it has become known as a style of Language more glittering and high flown that its substance warrants designed to deceive and confuse the reader. | 2 | |
| 7438523678 | Metonomy | The use of a closely related idea for the idea itself. It is closely related to the figure of speech known as synecdoche. | 3 | |
| 7438523679 | Rhetoric | In classical oratory it refers to the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience and the art of making persuasive speeches. It is the art of prose in general as opposed to verse. | 4 | |
| 7438523680 | Imagery | The use of language that appeals to the senses and/ or paints a mental image for the reader. | 5 | |
| 7438523681 | Hyperbole | The use of exaggeration to express strong emotion or comic effect. It is also known as overstatement. | 6 | |
| 7438523682 | Denotation | The literal, dictionary definition of a word. | 7 | |
| 7438523683 | Connotation | The suggested meanings, associations, emotions of a word that go beyond its denotation. | 8 | |
| 7438523684 | Concrete Language | Words or phrases whose meanings are directly seen or experienced by the senses, such as split-level house and waddling penguin. | 9 | |
| 7438523685 | Audience | Refers to the writers intended readers | 10 | |
| 7438523686 | Assertion | Refers to the thesis of an argumentation-persuasion essay. The assertion or proposition is a point of view or opinion on a controversial issue or topic, it cannot merely a statement of a fact. | 11 | |
| 7438523687 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked for an effect and not actually requiring an answer | 12 | |
| 7438523688 | Abstract Language | Words and phrases that convey concepts, qualities, emotions, and ideas that we can think and talk about, but not actually see or experience directly such as conservatism, courage, joy and hatred | 13 | |
| 7438523689 | Argumentation | Writing in which a writer uses objective reasoning, facts, and hard evidence to demonstrate the soundness of a position | 14 |
