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| 6431851153 | Connotation | An additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry, apart from its literal dictionary definition | 0 | |
| 6431851154 | Diction | Word choice or vocabulary | 1 | |
| 6431851155 | Denotation | The literal, dictionary meaning of a word | 2 | |
| 6431851156 | Metaphor | Figure of speech which states one thing is something else, which literally, is not | 3 | |
| 6431851157 | Simile | A figure of speech explicitly comparing two objects or beings using the words like or as | 4 | |
| 6431851158 | Analogy | A comparison between two things that helps explain or illustrate one or both of them | 5 | |
| 6431851159 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an animal or inanimate object is endowed with human qualities | 6 | |
| 6431851160 | Apostrophe | A direct address to an abstract thing (like time); am inanimate object (like wind); am animal; a spirit; or an imaginary absent person | 7 | |
| 6431851161 | Apostrophe | Oh homework, why do you exist? | 8 | |
| 6431851162 | Rhetorical question | A question asked for stylistic effect and emphasis to make a point rather than to solicit an answer | 9 | |
| 6431851163 | Juxtaposition | Placing two things side by side for the sake of comparison or contrast | 10 | |
| 6431851164 | Understatement | An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the true case | 11 | |
| 6431851165 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic/ironic effect. Overstatement to make a point | 12 | |
| 6431851166 | Cliché | A phrase or expression that has been repeated so often that it has lost its significance | 13 | |
| 6431851167 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth | 14 | |
| 6431851168 | Oxymoron | A paradox make up of two seemingly contradictory words | 15 | |
| 6431851169 | Oxymoron | Organized mess | 16 | |
| 6431851170 | Parallel structure | The repeated use of similar grammatical structures for the purpose of emphasis | 17 | |
| 6431851171 | Antithesis | Words, phrases, clauses, or sentences set in deliberate contrast to one another. It balances contrasting ideas, tones, or structures, usually not heighten the effect of a statement | 18 | |
| 6431851172 | Chiasmus | A verbal pattern which occurs when the order of words is reversed in the second half of a parallel expression | 19 | |
| 6431851173 | Chiasmus | Nows the time to answer questions and question answers | 20 | |
| 6431851174 | Malapropism | Absurd of humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound | 21 | |
| 6431851175 | Symbol | A person, place, or thing in narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense | 22 | |
| 6431851176 | Didactic attitude | Intended to instruct a specific moral lesson, impart knowledge, or provide a model for proper behavior; can moralize excessively | 23 | |
| 6431851177 | Satire | Literary work that uses irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to critique society, an individual, or human weaknesses | 24 | |
| 6431851178 | Caricature | Description that exaggerates the peculiarities or defects of persons or things | 25 | |
| 6431851179 | Parody | A comic or satiric imitation of a particular literary work or style | 26 | |
| 6431851180 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 27 | |
| 6431851181 | Genre | General category that a literary work falls into, or more subsequently a subset | 28 |
