7743656973 | idiomatic expression | using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker | 0 | |
7743656974 | imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work | 1 | |
7743656975 | inductive reasoning | logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion | 2 | |
7743656976 | inference | conclusion based on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 3 | |
7743656977 | invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language | 4 | |
7743656978 | irony | opposite of what you expect | 5 | |
7743656979 | isocolon | involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length | 6 | |
7743656980 | juxtaposition | ideas, characters, or places being seen or placed close together that show contrast or comparison | 7 | |
7743656981 | litotes | employs an understatement by using double negatives | 8 | |
7743656982 | logical fallacies | flawed argument or error in reasoning | 9 | |
7743656983 | logos | used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by implying logic or reasoning | 10 | |
7743656984 | malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect | 11 | |
7743656985 | metaphor | a literary tool used to compare two things without the use of like or as | 12 | |
7743656986 | metonymy | substitute of name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 13 | |
7743656987 | motif | can be seen as an image, sound, action, or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme | 14 | |
7743656988 | onomatopoeia | formation of a word from a sound associated with what it names | 15 | |
7743656989 | oxymoron | two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 16 | |
7743656990 | pacing | The speed or tempo of an author's writing. It can be affected by sentence structure. | 17 | |
7743656991 | paradox | contradictory situation which is actually true | 18 | |
7743656992 | parallelism | using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter | 19 |
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