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| 7242580361 | Balanced Sentence | Phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness, of structure, meaning, or length. | 0 | |
| 7242590496 | Bathos | An abrupt change from the lofty to the ordinary or trivial in writing or speech; anticlimax. | 1 | |
| 7242595410 | Blank Verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. | 2 | |
| 7242597169 | Cacophony | Harsh sounding, jarring sound; dissonance. | 3 | |
| 7242599656 | Caesura | A pause or break in the middle of a line of poetry. | 4 | |
| 7242601157 | Chiasmus | Similar to antimetabole, but reversing the grammatical elements rather than just words, for emphasis. | 5 | |
| 7242603864 | Clause | A grammatical unit containing both a subject and a verb. | 6 | |
| 7242607403 | Cliche' | An overused, worn-out, hackneyed expression that used to be fresh but is no more. | 7 | |
| 7242610009 | Climax | Arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of their importance, the least forcible coming first and the others rising in power until the last. | 8 | |
| 7242615102 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 9 | |
| 7242616971 | Complex Sentence | A sentence that contains one or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. | 10 | |
| 7242620799 | Compound Sentence | A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction (and, but, or) or by a semicolon. | 11 | |
| 7242695147 | Compound-complex Sentence | A sentence that contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. | 12 | |
| 7242695148 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 13 | |
| 7242696922 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word,; the implied, suggested meaning. | 14 | |
| 7242701036 | Consonance | The repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect. | 15 | |
| 7242704171 | Cumulative Sentence | Sentence that begins with the main idea and adds additional information, usually for description. | 16 |
