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| 3285644957 | colloquial | A term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area. |  | 0 |
| 3285649172 | conceit | A comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem |  | 1 |
| 3285649173 | connotation | The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase |  | 2 |
| 3285676670 | consonance | The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels |  | 3 |
| 3285681464 | critique | An assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for determining what it is, what its limitations are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre |  | 4 |
| 3285689202 | dialect | The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group |  | 5 |
| 3285693933 | diction | The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect |  | 6 |
| 3285699356 | deductive reasoning | The method or argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement for the general to the specific |  | 7 |
| 3285709273 | didactic | Writing or speech that has an instructive purpose or a lesson; often associated with a dry, pompous presentation |  | 8 |
| 3285717069 | elegy | A poem or prose that laments, or meditates upon the death of a person |  | 9 |
| 3285725109 | epistrophe | In rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences |  | 10 |
| 3285729775 | epitaph | Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone |  | 11 |
| 3285736955 | ethos | In rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator |  | 12 |
