4981199015 | allegory | The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe | 0 | |
4981199016 | alteration | Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore | 1 | |
4981199017 | allusion | "Don't act like a Romeo" | 2 | |
4981199018 | antithesis | "It was the best of times, it was the worse of times" | 3 | |
4981199019 | anaphora | "I want my money, right here, right now" | 4 | |
4981199020 | aphorism | "Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret" | 5 | |
4981199021 | appeals to...emotion | "Donating one penny a day can feed a poor child for a year" | 6 | |
4981199022 | appeals to...logic | "Boys are stupid, therefore Will is stupid" | 7 | |
4981199023 | appeals to...authority | "If you want ladies to be crazy for you, dance" | 8 | |
4981199024 | attitude | "I shall be telling this with a sigh" | 9 | |
4981199025 | asyndeton | "I came. I saw. I conquered." | 10 | |
4981199026 | begging the question | "paranormal activity is real because i have experienced what can only be described as paranormal activity" | 11 | |
4981199027 | canon | Shakespeare Plays | 12 | |
4981199028 | assonance | "Men sell the wedding bells" | 13 | |
4981199029 | chiasmus | "Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you" | 14 | |
4981199030 | apostrophe | "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" | 15 | |
4981199031 | colloquial | "ya'll" "wanna" "gonna" | 16 | |
4981199032 | conceit | "love is a rollercoaster" | 17 | |
4981199033 | connotation | Wall Street (wealth, power, glory) | 18 | |
4981199034 | consonance | "the ship has sailed to far off shores" | 19 | |
4981199035 | dialect | "I jis knows it" | 20 | |
4981199036 | deductive reasoning | All dolphins are mammals. All mammals have kidneys. Dolphins have kidneys. | 21 | |
4981199037 | didactic | Morality Plays; Everyman | 22 | |
4981199038 | elegy | Gloomy, Stillness; "O Captain, My Captain" | 23 | |
4981199039 | epistrophe | Where now; When now; Who now; "The rebel" | 24 | |
4981199040 | epitaph | RIP; In loving memory.. | 25 | |
4981199041 | ethos | "4 out of 5 dentists recommend this toothpaste" | 26 |
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