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7341698077AllusionA reference contained in a work.0
7341698078AntithesisThe presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause or paragraph.1
7341699708ConnotationThe interpretive level or a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning.2
7341699709DenotationThe literal or dictionary meaning of a word.3
7341702140Ethosan appeal based on the character of the speaker.4
7341702141HyperboleA figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration of overstatement.5
7341705203ImageryThe sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level.6
7341705204LogosAn appeal based on logic or reason.7
7341707376Metaphora direct comparison between dissimilar things.8
7341707377PathosAn appeal based on emotion.9
7341708824PersonificationThe assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts.10
7341708825SimileFigure of speech comparing one thing thing to another thing (As brave as a lion). Indirectly.11
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