7723320779 | Allegory | A work that functions on a symbolic level | 0 | |
7723329816 | Allusion | A n indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 1 | |
7723343397 | Ethos | ethical appeal/credibility | 2 | |
7723346666 | Logos | logical appeal | 3 | |
7723351718 | Pathos | appeal to emotion | 4 | |
7723353961 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 5 | |
7723357649 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 6 | |
7723360653 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 7 | |
7723376471 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 8 | |
7723379722 | Apostrophe | A direct address to an absent listener or to the reader | 9 | |
7723395175 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 10 | |
7723395176 | Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech | 11 | |
7723400979 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 12 | |
7723403475 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 13 | |
7723405678 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 14 | |
7723412439 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 15 | |
7723420256 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 16 | |
7723425460 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 17 | |
7723429790 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 18 | |
7723432085 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 19 | |
7723434874 | Parallelism (Parallel Structure) | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 20 | |
7723437410 | Parody | a satirical imitation | 21 | |
7723454732 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 22 | |
7723454733 | Pun | A play on words | 23 | |
7723471280 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 24 | |
7723476318 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 25 | |
7723476319 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 26 | |
7723483977 | Simile | a comparison using like or as | 27 | |
7723496485 | Syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion | 28 | |
7723532622 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. | 29 | |
7723541548 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant | 30 | |
7723541549 | Zeugma | verb or an adjective applies to more than one noun | 31 | |
7723544705 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 32 | |
7723547157 | Anastrophe | the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses | 33 | |
7723592396 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 34 | |
7723597511 | Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 35 | |
7723618922 | Asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions | 36 | |
7723636260 | Chiasmus | an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 37 | |
7723641827 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word | 38 | |
7723643459 | Polysyndeton | the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses | 39 |
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