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| 7723939816 | Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 0 | |
| 7723939817 | Invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 1 | |
| 7723942074 | Irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens | 2 | |
| 7723942075 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 3 | |
| 7723943865 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; from the Greek meaning "simple" or "plain" | 4 | |
| 7723943866 | Loose Sentence | one in which the main clause comes first, followed by further dependent grammatical units; creates an informal, relaxed, conversational style | 5 | |
| 7723945838 | Metaphor | a comparison stating that one thing is another suggesting some sort of similarity | 6 | |
| 7723945839 | Metonymy | from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name"; a figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word | 7 | |
| 7723945840 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader; the emotional atmosphere of a work; | 8 | |
| 7723948032 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 9 | |
| 7723948033 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 10 | |
| 7723948034 | Oxymoron | It is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect; from the Greek for "pointedly foolish" | 11 | |
| 7723952198 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but is actually valid or true | 12 | |
| 7723955455 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses; from the Greek roots meaning "beside one another" | 13 | |
| 7724346012 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant; sarcasm | 14 | |
| 7724346013 | Situational Irony | a contrast between what the audience and a character expect and what actually happens | 15 | |
| 7724349063 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something that the characters do not | 16 |
