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| 7452552175 | parallelism | the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter ex: like father, like son | 0 | |
| 7452552176 | paraprosdokian | figure of speech in which the later part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected ex: god didn't give me a bike, so i stole a bike and asked for forgiveness | 1 | |
| 7452552177 | parody | a satirical imitation of another work | 2 | |
| 7452552178 | participial phrase | verb ending in -ing or in -en ex: "planning to graduate in june" | 3 | |
| 7452552179 | passive voice | subject of sentence is acted on by the verb ex: the ball was thrown by the pitcher | 4 | |
| 7452552180 | pathos | appeal to emotion | 5 | |
| 7452552181 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic or bookish | 6 | |
| 7452552182 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end ex: suddenly, for no reason, they started arguing | 7 | |
| 7452552183 | periphrasis | one substitutes a descriptive word or phrase for a proper noun ex: the big man upstairs hears your prayers | 8 | |
| 7452552184 | personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 9 | |
| 7452552185 | petitio principii | a fallacy in which a conclusion is taken for granted in the premises; begging the question | 10 | |
| 7452552186 | point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told | 11 | |
| 7452552187 | polemic | controversy; argument; verbal attack | 12 | |
| 7452552188 | polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 13 | |
| 7452552189 | predicate adjective | an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject ex: the shoes look exspensive | 14 | |
| 7452552190 | predicate nominative | a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject ex: the new secretary is you | 15 | |
| 7452552191 | presopopoeia | abstract thing is personified | 16 | |
| 7452552192 | pun | play on words | 17 | |
| 7452552193 | quibbling | a type of arguing where you avoid the main point by bringing up petty details | 18 | |
| 7452552194 | red herring | something that draws attention away | 19 |
