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| 14546395878 | infer/inference | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 0 | |
| 14546414615 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 1 | |
| 14546417024 | irony/ironic | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 2 | |
| 14546423174 | juxtaposition | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side in order to show a contrast. | 3 | |
| 14546428454 | litotes | from the Greek word for "simple" or "plain," a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite; a special form of understatement where the surface denial serves (through ironic contrast) to reinforce the underlying assertion | 4 | |
| 14546436992 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 5 | |
| 14546439635 | metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity | 6 | |
| 14546441807 | metonomy | from the Greek word meaning "changed label" or "substitute name," a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 7 | |
| 14546443501 | mood | This term has two distinct technical meanings in English writing. The first meaning is grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude. The second meaning is literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. | 8 | |
| 14546451817 | narration | in essays, one of the four chief types of composition in which the purpose is to tell a story or account of an event or series of events | 9 | |
| 14546460718 | onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 10 | |
| 14546461882 | oxymoron | from the Greek for "pointedly foolish," a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms | 11 | |
| 14546465848 | paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 12 | |
| 14546467457 | parallelism | from the Greek roots meaning "beside one another," the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural balance | 13 |
