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| 4798104139 | Eulogy | speech in praise of the dead. | 0 | |
| 4798104640 | Elegy | mournful song or poem in praise of the dead. | 1 | |
| 4798105318 | Parable | short allegorical story meant to illustrate a moral or religious principle. | 2 | |
| 4798106828 | Invective | any strong language denouncing something; profanity. | 3 | |
| 4798111183 | Philippic | speech of bitter denunciation. | 4 | |
| 4798111714 | Anaphora | repetition of words or sequence of words at the beginning of subsequent clauses or sentences. | 5 | |
| 4798114243 | Metonomy | use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which is related. | 6 | |
| 4798117668 | Synecdoche | type of metonomy in which a whole is used to describe a part, or a part is used to describe a whole. | 7 | |
| 4798121094 | Oxymoron | contradictory term. | 8 | |
| 4798121555 | Analogy | extended metaphor intended to express similarities between concepts. | 9 | |
| 4798124945 | Conceit | an elaborate extended metaphor, often strained or overused. | 10 | |
| 4798126036 | Allegory | symbolic narrative. | 11 | |
| 4798126445 | Allusion | indirect reference, especially in literature. | 12 | |
| 4798127388 | Digression | section of speech or writing that strays from the central point or theme. | 13 | |
| 4798128782 | Juxtaposition | placing things side by side in order to compare them. | 14 | |
| 4798129787 | Antithesis | type of parallel structure in which an author places a sentence or a part of a sentence against another to create balanced contrast of ideas. | 15 | |
| 4798137762 | Ambiguity | intentionally unclear in meaning; open to multiple interpretations. | 16 | |
| 4798143072 | Jargon | language, especially vocabulary, particular to a specific trade, profession, or hobby. | 17 | |
| 4798144627 | Slang | very informal words and expressions, often figurative in nature, usually associated with a particular cultural group. | 18 | |
| 4798151032 | Vernacular | plain, everyday, ordinary language; informal language. | 19 | |
| 4798153428 | Colloquial | language associated with conversation, rather than written language. | 20 | |
| 4798155721 | Anecdote | short account, usually of an entertaining nature. | 21 | |
| 4798157166 | Idiom | expression whose mean is not predictable based on the meaning of the words. | 22 | |
| 4798159164 | Cliche | trite, overused expression that has long since lost its novelty. | 23 | |
| 4798160916 | Non sequitur | statement having little or no connection with what precedes it. | 24 | |
| 4798162171 | Maxim | short saying that expresses a general truth or principle. | 25 | |
| 4798163767 | Aphorism | short saying that expresses a personal truth or principle. | 26 | |
| 4798164866 | Euphimism | substitution of a mild expression for one that some may consider offensive. | 27 | |
| 4798170148 | Epigram | short, witty expression of wisdom; can be funny. | 28 | |
| 4798172470 | Denotation | dictionary definition of a word. | 29 | |
| 4798173400 | Connotation | feelings or emotions associated with a word. | 30 | |
| 4798181921 | Irony | outcome of events, contrary to what was expected. | 31 | |
| 4798183249 | Sarcasm | verbal irony; saying something, but meaning the opposite. | 32 | |
| 4798184132 | Parody | imitation something to make fun of it. | 33 | |
| 4798185738 | Satire | humorously mocking culture, society, individual, or institution in order to bring about awareness and social change. | 34 | |
| 4798189907 | Motif | recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work. | 35 | |
| 4798191800 | Shift | sudden change of tone or subject in a written work. | 36 | |
| 4798194339 | Rhetoric | language as a means of persuasion. | 37 | |
| 4798194904 | Pathos | emotion, but specifically feelings of pity evoked in a reader. | 38 | |
| 4798200000 | Syntax | manner in which words are arranged into sentences. | 39 | |
| 4798200618 | Periodic sentence | sentence in which the main clause and most important information is withheld until the end of the sentence. | 40 | |
| 4798202362 | Cumulative sentence | sentence in which the main independent clauses is at the beginning and is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases. | 41 | |
| 4798205830 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. | 42 |
