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| 4254065895 | sermon which can include a moral, serious talk, speech of lecture | homily | 0 | |
| 4254065896 | literal, dictionary definition of a word | denotation | 1 | |
| 4254065897 | drawing of a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | inference | 2 | |
| 4254065898 | an implied, direct comparison | metaphor | 3 | |
| 4254065899 | refers to grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, etc that show structural similarity | parallelism | 4 | |
| 4254065900 | repetition of initial consonant sounds | alliteration | 5 | |
| 4254065901 | an emotionally violent verbal attack using abusive language | invective | 6 | |
| 4254065902 | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy, where a clever but unusual comparison is made | conceit | 7 | |
| 4254065903 | teaching | didactic | 8 | |
| 4254065904 | a figure of speech which names one object as a substitute for another closely related | metonymy | 9 | |
| 4254065905 | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | clause | 10 | |
| 4254065906 | a device used to produce figurative language | figure of speech | 11 | |
| 4254065907 | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory but on closer inspection contains some degree of truth | paradox | 12 | |
| 4254065908 | a form of understatement that affirms the point by denying the opposite | litotes | 13 | |
| 4254065909 | the word or phrase referred to by a pronoun | antecedent | 14 | |
| 4254065910 | where natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of the words | onomatopoeia | 15 | |
| 4254065911 | a major category in to which a literary work fits | genre | 16 | |
| 4254065912 | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | colloquial | 17 | |
| 4254065913 | a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word or concept | euphemism | 18 | |
| 4254065914 | where an author groups appraently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | oxymoron | 19 |
