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7723320779AllegoryA work that functions on a symbolic level0
7723329816AllusionA n indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art1
7723343397Ethosethical appeal/credibility2
7723346666Logoslogical appeal3
7723351718Pathosappeal to emotion4
7723353961AnalogyA comparison of two different things that are similar in some way5
7723357649AnecdoteA brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.6
7723360653Antithesisa person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else7
7723376471AntecedentThe word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.8
7723379722ApostropheA direct address to an absent listener or to the reader9
7723395175AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds10
7723395176Elegya sorrowful poem or speech11
7723400979Epistrophethe repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences12
7723403475EuphemismAn indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant13
7723405678Hyperboleextreme exaggeration14
7723412439IronyA contrast between expectation and reality15
7723420256JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts16
7723425460MetaphorA comparison without using like or as17
7723429790OxymoronA figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.18
7723432085Paradoxa statement that seems contradictory but is actually true19
7723434874Parallelism (Parallel Structure)similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses20
7723437410Parodya satirical imitation21
7723454732Personificationthe giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea22
7723454733PunA play on words23
7723471280RepetitionRepeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis24
7723476318Rhetorical QuestionA question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer25
7723476319SatireA literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness26
7723483977Similea comparison using like or as27
7723496485Syllogisma form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion28
7723532622SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole.29
7723541548UnderstatementA statement that says less than what is meant30
7723541549Zeugmaverb or an adjective applies to more than one noun31
7723544705Anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses32
7723547157Anastrophethe inversion of the usual order of words or clauses33
7723592396AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order34
7723597511Aphorisma concise statement of a truth or principle35
7723618922Asyndetonthe omission of conjunctions36
7723636260Chiasmusan inversion in the second of two parallel phrases37
7723641827MetonymyA figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word38
7723643459Polysyndetonthe repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses39

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