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| 3925256907 | non sequitur | an inference that does not follow logically from the premises (literally "does not follow") | 0 | |
| 3925262701 | omniscient narrator | a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all (including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters) | 1 | |
| 3925266648 | onomatopoeia | a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds | 2 | |
| 3925269846 | oxymoron | an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined | 3 | |
| 3925272731 | parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson | 4 | |
| 3925275639 | paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 5 | |
| 3925279093 | parallelism | the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms | 6 | |
| 3925282322 | paraphrase | a restatement of a text in a different form or in different words, often for the purpose of clarity | 7 | |
| 3925286995 | parody | a humorous imitation of a serious work | 8 | |
| 3925289066 | parenthetical | a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain | 9 | |
| 3925295710 | pathos | the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity | 10 | |
| 3925298868 | pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship | 11 | |
| 3925306022 | personification | endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics | 12 | |
| 3925311049 | philippic | a strong verbal denunciation (the term comes from the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedonia in the fourth century) | 13 | |
| 3925318137 | plot | the action of a narrative or drama | 14 | |
| 3925320071 | point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told | 15 | |
| 3925322574 | polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 16 | |
| 3925327814 | pun | a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings | 17 | |
| 3925331548 | resolution | the falling action of a narrative (the events following the climax) | 18 |
