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| 6585280030 | allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 0 | |
| 6585280031 | apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply | 1 | |
| 6585280032 | 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, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins" | 2 | |
| 6585280033 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 3 | |
| 6585280034 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 4 | |
| 6585280035 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory (smell), and gustatory(taste) | 5 | |
| 6585280036 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 6 | |
| 6585280037 | juxtaposition | Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 7 | |
| 6585280038 | litotes | A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | 8 | |
| 6585280039 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 9 | |
| 6585280040 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 10 | |
| 6585280041 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 11 | |
| 6585280042 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 12 | |
| 6585280044 | Simile | comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" | 13 | |
| 6585280045 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 14 | |
| 6585280046 | rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 15 | |
| 6585280047 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 16 | |
| 6585280048 | rhetorical devices | literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression | 17 | |
| 6585280049 | ethos | Appeals to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the speaker's position. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. | 18 | |
| 6585280050 | pathos | Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with an appeal to emotion. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. | 19 | |
| 6585280051 | logos | An appeal to reason or logic. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. | 20 | |
| 6585280052 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 21 | |
| 6585280053 | anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 22 | |
| 6585280054 | assonance | when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds | 23 | |
| 6585280055 | asyndeton | a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy | 24 | |
| 6585280056 | cacophonous language | In literature, the term refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results | 25 | |
| 6585280057 | colloquial language | In literature, it is the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing | 26 | |
| 6585280058 | connotation | a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings in addition to their literal meanings or denotations. | 27 | |
| 6585280059 | diction | style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer | 28 | |
| 6585280060 | consonance | repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession. | 29 | |
| 6585280061 | denotation | literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings | 30 | |
| 6585280062 | euphonious language | the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in the sounds they create. It gives pleasing and soothing effects to the ears due to repeated vowels and smooth consonants. It can be used with other literary devices like alliteration, assonance and rhyme to create more melodic effects. | 31 | |
| 6585280063 | inversion | a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter | 32 | |
| 6585280064 | syntax | a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought | 33 | |
| 6585280065 | parallelism | the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter | 34 | |
| 6585280066 | polysyndeton | The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed. The effect is to render the reader somewhat breathless. He was overwhelmed, as is by a tsunami, and by the fishes, and by the seaweed, and by the salt spray from the heavens. | 35 |
