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| 7253720870 | Abstruse | difficult to understand | 0 | |
| 7253722383 | Artificial | a language invented for a specific purpose and based on a set of prescribed rules; not genuine or natural | 1 | |
| 7253725228 | Bombastic | speech or writing marked by an extravagance or affectation of style that the content does not warrant; grandiloquent or pompous | 2 | |
| 7253729979 | Colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal | 3 | |
| 7253733918 | Concrete | of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular | 4 | |
| 7253735839 | Cultured | educated, polished, and refined | 5 | |
| 7253738109 | Connotative | suggest or imply in addition to a literal meaning; words with suggested or associated meanings | 6 | |
| 7253741034 | Detached | marked by an absence of emotional involvement, and an impersonal objectivity | 7 | |
| 7253744137 | Diatribe | a bitter, abusive denunciation | 8 | |
| 7253745342 | Eloquence | a form of persuasion involving word choices based on moving an audience | 9 | |
| 7253747715 | Emotional | a strong feeling that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort | 10 | |
| 7253750662 | Esoteric | intended for or understood by only a particular group, restricted number of people | 11 | |
| 7253753000 | Euphemistic | substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive | 12 | |
| 7253757196 | Exact | strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from the truth or reality | 13 | |
| 7253759734 | Figurative | based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical | 14 | |
| 7253761508 | Grotesque | characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion as of appearance or manner | 15 | |
| 7253764527 | Homespun | simple and homely; unpretentious | 16 | |
| 7253766430 | Idiomatic | peculiar to or characteristic of a given language or particular group of people | 17 | |
| 7253770253 | Incongruous | lacking in harmony; incompatible and inconsistent | 18 | |
| 7253772525 | Insipid | lacking flavor or zest; dull | 19 | |
| 7269001861 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively; uses speech, writing, and compositional methods | 20 | |
| 7269001862 | Visual Rhetoric | uses images to establish tone and mood; appeals to emotions OPTIC | 21 | |
| 7269001863 | Diction | word choice | 22 | |
| 7269001864 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 23 | |
| 7269001865 | Details | information the author includes, or does not include | 24 | |
| 7269001866 | Language | the entire body of words/style; formal, informal, or slang | 25 | |
| 7269001867 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 26 | |
| 7269001868 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 27 | |
| 7269001869 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 28 | |
| 7269001870 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 29 | |
| 7269001871 | Syntax: Sentence Length | Staccato: 1-2 abrupt words (Emphatic) Telegraphic: <5 words Short: 5-12 words Medium: 13-20 words Long: >20 words | 30 | |
| 7269001872 | Syntax: Word Order | Loose: main point at beginning Periodic: main point at end Interrupted: subordinate clause in middle for anticipation and emphasis | 31 | |
| 7269001873 | Syntax: Sentence Type | declarative, interrogative (rhetorical or hypophora), imperative (demand or horative), exclamatory | 32 | |
| 7269001874 | Hypophora | A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question. | 33 | |
| 7269001875 | Horative | meant to express strong encouragement | 34 | |
| 7269001876 | Tropes | the use of a word in a way not intended by its normal signification | 35 | |
| 7269001877 | Schemes | A change in standard word order or pattern. | 36 | |
| 7269001878 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 37 | |
| 7269001879 | Isocolon | Use of parallel elements similar not only in structure, but in length | 38 | |
| 7269001880 | Tricolon | 3 parallel clauses, phrases, or words used in quick succession without interruption | 39 | |
| 7269001881 | Ellipsis | deliberate omission of a word or words | 40 | |
| 7269001882 | Asyndeton | Deliberate omission of conjunctions | 41 | |
| 7269001883 | Polysyndeton | deliberate use of many conjunctions | 42 | |
| 7269001884 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 43 | |
| 7269001885 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 44 | |
| 7269001886 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 45 | |
| 7269001887 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 46 | |
| 7269001888 | Epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause | 47 | |
| 7269001889 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 48 | |
| 7269001890 | Climax | the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance | 49 | |
| 7269001891 | Antimetabole | repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order | 50 | |
| 7269001892 | Chiasmus | reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses | 51 | |
| 7318947789 | Metaphor | an implied comparison between two unlike things that have something in common | 52 | |
| 7318947790 | Simile | An explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature that have something in common, using "like" or "as" | 53 | |
| 7318947791 | Synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object | 54 | |
| 7318947792 | Metonymy | substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant | 55 | |
| 7318947793 | Zeugma | using a word, typically a verb, in two different ways in one sentence | 56 |
