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6745718967AlliterationRepeated sounds at the beginning of words0
6745720278AllusionReference to history, literature or well-known events1
6745722631AntecedentWord a pronoun refers to2
6745723335AnaphoraRepetition at the beginning of a sentence/clause3
6745724868AnalogyComparison/"catch-all" term4
6745727705AmbiguityMultiple meanings to a word or phrase5
6745730007ConnotationImplied meaning6
6745730665DictionWords that reflect tone/"really-loaded words"7
6745732881EuphemismLess offensive word/phrase8
6745734119Figurative LanguageWords/phrases with a hidden meaning9
6745735074HyperboleExaggeration10
6745736250IronySarcasm/Event you don't expect11
6745737745MetaphorImplied comparison12
6745739286MetonymyWhen a noun represents a group13
6745740354MoodEmotional effect on the reader14
6745741309OnomatopoeiaWhen words imitate sounds15
6745743234Oxymoron2 Side-by-Side words that contradict (pretty ugly)16
6745744545ParadoxContradiction17
6745745952Parallelismthe use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.18
6745746648PersonificationDescribing non-human things with human qualities.19
6745748947RhetoricThe study of how effective communication is20
6745749666SatireRidicules human nature/society21
6745750808SymbolObject representing itself or something else22
6745751866ToneAuthors Attitude23
6745752513TropeCommon element in literature (damsel in distress)24
6745754156LitotesUnderstatement25
6745755030UndertoneSubtle tone in literature26
6745756153SyntaxSentence structure (Ex: simple, compound, complex, compound/complex)27
6745756635ImageryDescriptive language appealing to the senses.28
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