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| 9958695828 | ethos | a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader | 0 | |
| 9958703313 | situational irony | a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected | 1 | |
| 9958707394 | polysyndeton | the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted | 2 | |
| 9958714208 | allusion | a reference, either directly or indirectly, to something historical, biblical, or to a work of art or literature | 3 | |
| 9958727983 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 4 | |
| 9958731622 | parallelism | the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | 5 | |
| 9958739725 | parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | 6 | |
| 9958743584 | analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 7 | |
| 9958750858 | euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 8 | |
| 9958757523 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language; word order | 9 | |
| 9958782765 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration used to make a point; the opposite of understatement | 10 | |
| 9958786521 | oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 11 | |
| 9958789989 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 12 | |
| 9958794126 | diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; word choice | 13 | |
| 9958799376 | juxtaposition | two things are placed side by side, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts | 14 | |
| 9958804466 | paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true | 15 | |
| 9958811422 | connotation | the feelings and associations that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 16 | |
| 9958811423 | denotation | a word's literal or dictionary definition | 17 | |
| 9958835796 | apostrophe | a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present, such as an abstract concept like love, a person (dead or alive), a place, or even a thing, like the sun or the sea. | 18 | |
| 9958841184 | epistrophe | the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses | 19 | |
| 9958856845 | asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 20 | |
| 9958875939 | logos | a means of convincing an audience by the use of logic or reason | 21 | |
| 9958878912 | pathos | a means of convincing an audience by appealing to their emotions | 22 | |
| 9958903281 | antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with each other | 23 | |
| 9958910544 | imagery | language that appeals to any of the five senses | 24 | |
| 9958918413 | dramatic irony | a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character | 25 | |
| 9958922974 | verbal irony | in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning | 26 | |
| 9958964590 | detail | facts, observations, and incidents used to develop a topic and impart voice | 27 | |
| 9959000508 | tone | the writer or narrator's implied attitude toward his or her subject and audience; sets the relationship between reader and writer; the hallmark of the writer's personality | 28 | |
| 9959054847 | rhetoric | the use of spoken or written words (or a visual medium) to convey ideas and convince an audience | 29 |
