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| 6212468764 | allegory | story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically a moral or political one | 0 | |
| 6212656966 | alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 6212659861 | allusion | indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance | 2 | |
| 6212667615 | anidiplosis | repetition of the last word of a preceding clause | 3 | |
| 6212687607 | analogy | comparison between two things typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation and clarification | 4 | |
| 6212697042 | anaphora | repetition of a phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 5 | |
| 6212699351 | anastrophe | inversion of the usual order of words and clauses | 6 | |
| 6212700838 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 6212703080 | antecedent | expression (word, phrase, clause) that gives meaning to a previous form | 8 | |
| 6212706445 | anthimeria | using one part of speech in place of another | 9 | |
| 6212710875 | antimetabole | a phrase or sentences is repeated, but in reverse order | 10 | |
| 6212713348 | antithesis | opposite person or thing | 11 | |
| 6212715069 | aphorism | statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise manner | 12 | |
| 6212716914 | asyndeton | omission or absence of a conjunction | 13 | |
| 6212719026 | appeals | method of persuasion by using authority, emotion, or logic | 14 | |
| 6212721187 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 15 | |
| 6212726372 | audience | intended reader of a piece of writing | 16 | |
| 6212728188 | cacophony | use of words with harsh, rough, or unmelodious sounds to create a negative response or elicit negative emotions | 17 | |
| 6212731760 | chiasmus | grammatical constructions or concepts are repeated in reverse order | 18 | |
| 6212737488 | coherence | to be logical, or consistent and to make sense as a whole; helps the reader understand the text | 19 | |
| 6212741344 | colloquialism | a saying that expresses something other than the literal meaning | 20 | |
| 6212743958 | concrete terms | refer to objects or events that are available to the senses | 21 | |
| 6212746289 | connotation | refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly; your own definition of a word | 22 | |
| 6212751203 | deductive reasoning | logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true | 23 | |
| 6212757440 | dialect | language used by the people of a specific area, class, or district or any other group of people | 24 | |
| 6212759948 | denotation | literal or primary definition of a word regardless of feelings | 25 | |
| 6212762474 | diction | choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 26 | |
| 6212764812 | didactic tone | inform or instruct reader in moral or political lessons | 27 | |
| 6212769775 | epiplexis | a speaker reproaches the audience through a question in order to incite or convince them | 28 | |
| 6212774639 | epistrophe | repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses | 29 | |
| 6212775961 | erotema | type of rhetorical question | 30 | |
| 6212784562 | ethos | appeal using credibility or authority | 31 | |
| 6212786314 | euphemism | mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 32 | |
| 6212809025 | euphony | quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words | 33 | |
| 6212835264 | extended metaphor | refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 34 | |
| 6212846795 | figurative language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 35 | |
| 6212855696 | generalization | a broad statement or an idea that applies to a group of people or things | 36 | |
| 6212861185 | genre | type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style | 37 | |
| 6212864267 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 38 | |
| 6212865912 | hypophora | an author raises a question, but then immediately answers the question | 39 | |
| 6212868072 | idiomatic expression | using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker | 40 | |
| 6212872359 | imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work | 41 | |
| 6212876281 | 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 | 42 | |
| 6212880823 | inference | conclusion based on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 43 | |
| 6212893032 | invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language | 44 | |
| 6212913847 | irony | opposite of what you expect | 45 | |
| 6212915667 | isocolon | involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length | 46 | |
| 6212919494 | juxtaposition | ideas, characters, or places being seen or placed close together that show contrast or comparison | 47 | |
| 6212923760 | litotes | employs an understatement by using double negatives | 48 | |
| 6212926513 | logical fallacies | flawed argument or error in reasoning | 49 | |
| 6212937111 | logos | used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by implying logic or reasoning | 50 | |
| 6212938827 | malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect | 51 | |
| 6212943878 | metaphor | a literary tool used to compare two things without the use of like or as | 52 | |
| 6212948330 | metonymy | substitute of name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 53 | |
| 6213008083 | motif | can be seen as an image, sound, action, or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme | 54 | |
| 6213011581 | onomatopoeia | formation of a word from a sound associated with what it names | 55 | |
| 6213014369 | oxymoron | two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 56 | |
| 6213016273 | pacing | The speed or tempo of an author's writing. It can be affected by sentence structure. | 57 | |
| 6213021429 | paradox | contradictory situation which is actually true | 58 | |
| 6213025295 | parallelism | using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter | 59 | |
| 6213031443 | parenthetical expression | word or words added to a sentence without changing meaning or grammar of the original sentence and gives extra information that is not essential | 60 | |
| 6213035865 | parody | imitation of the particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comedic effect | 61 | |
| 6213040696 | pathos | appeal to emotions | 62 | |
| 6213040697 | periphrasis | use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form | 63 | |
| 6213043423 | polysyndeton | repetition of conjunctions in close succession | 64 | |
| 6213045696 | satire | use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in politics or other topical issues | 65 | |
| 6213052050 | simile | comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" | 66 | |
| 6213054002 | syllogism | deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and minor premise and a conclusion | 67 | |
| 6214829450 | travesty | a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. | 68 | |
| 6214829451 | trope | a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. | 69 | |
| 6214829452 | zeugma | a figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence | 70 |
