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| 10900734036 | abstract | existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. | 0 | |
| 10900735902 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 1 | |
| 10900743120 | cacaphony | Harsh clashing, or dissonant sounds, often produced by combinations of words that require a clipped. Opposite of Euphony | 2 | |
| 10900754240 | coinage | the invention of new words | 3 | |
| 10900757284 | Conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | 4 | |
| 10900766716 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 5 | |
| 10900770024 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 6 | |
| 10900775129 | deux ex machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel. | 7 | |
| 10900781393 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 8 | |
| 10900784317 | didactic | intended to teach | 9 | |
| 10900790030 | Dystopia | an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. | 10 | |
| 10900801892 | epigram | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation, was popular in Latin, European and English literature | 11 | |
| 10900819569 | Epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme | 12 | |
| 10900822797 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 13 | |
| 10900835330 | Paraleipsis or Preterition | an apparent omission by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really emphasizes | 14 | |
| 10900839970 | Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 15 | |
| 10900842659 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 16 | |
| 10900850702 | Procatalepsis | by anticipating an objection and answering it, permits an argument to continue moving forward | 17 | |
| 10900857088 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 18 | |
| 10900860024 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 19 | |
| 11128098925 | amplification | involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over | 20 | |
| 11128103085 | apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation | 21 | |
| 11128113442 | bathos | insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity | 22 | |
| 11128118795 | centered sentence | the main clause is in the center of the sentence | 23 | |
| 11128122718 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 24 | |
| 11128126014 | loose sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows | 25 | |
| 11128129252 | dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 26 | |
| 11128133434 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sounds often proposed in literary works | 27 | |
| 11128144931 | expletive | meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word | 28 | |
| 11128152971 | exposition | Background information presented in a literary work. | 29 | |
| 11128159243 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 30 | |
| 11128162508 | motif | the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters | 31 | |
| 11128181632 | parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 32 | |
| 11128194476 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 33 | |
| 11128197493 | parody | a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner | 34 | |
| 11128204369 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 35 | |
| 11128211846 | reductio ad absurdum | the Latin for "to reduce to the absurd." This is a technique useful in creating a comic effect and is also an argumentative technique. | 36 | |
| 11128215613 | syntax | the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language | 37 | |
| 11128221765 | understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 38 | |
| 11128230731 | zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 39 | |
| 11128239614 | allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 40 | |
| 11128243859 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 41 | |
| 11128248638 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 42 | |
| 11128252168 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause | 43 | |
| 11128256156 | anastrophe | Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion. | 44 | |
| 11128266905 | antistrophe | repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses | 45 | |
| 11128272420 | antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 46 | |
| 11128280865 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 47 | |
| 11128285276 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 48 | |
| 11128290866 | aporia | questioning oneself (or rhetorically asking the audience), often pretending to be in doubt | 49 | |
| 11128297774 | catachresis | a harsh metaphor involving the use of a word beyond its strict sphere | 50 | |
| 11128301272 | trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech. | 51 | |
| 11128309564 | aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 52 | |
| 11128309565 | Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | 53 | |
| 11128316038 | auxesis | A gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance. | 54 | |
| 11128321828 | asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 55 | |
| 11128329830 | catharsis | a release of emotional tension | 56 | |
| 11128329831 | pleonasm | use of superfluous or redundant words, often enriching the thought | 57 | |
| 11128337323 | chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases | 58 | |
| 11128347434 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 59 | |
| 11128357915 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 60 | |
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