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7410177903Hyperbolefigurative language that is an exaggeration0
7410179824ironythe opposite of the literal meaning, sarcasm1
7410181558imageryreating an visual image using the five senses2
7410184212aristotelian appealsethos, pathos, logos3
7410184803analogycomparison between two things4
7410190475rhetoricthe art of effective persuasive writing writing or speaking5
7411556986repititionthe repeat of something6
7411557981stylecomparison between two things7
7411560626syntaxthe arrangement of words in a sentence or phrase that keeps a well formed sentence8
7411560627themethe moral of the story9
7411561259anecdotea short or interesting story about an real incident or person10
7411561727parallelismparts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or similar in construction11
7411561728paradoxa statement that contradicts itself and seems somehow true12
7411564106sarcasmnot meaning what is said using irony13
7411564663understatementfigurative of speech the writer uses to intentionally make a situation less important than what it is14
7411564664dictionstyle of writing or speaking, the choice of words the author use15
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