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| 13607769171 | Allegory | A fig. of speech that can be employed in prose that tells a story with the intent to teach; a narrative that involves characters and events that start for a certain thing | 0 | |
| 13607769172 | Conceit | A fig. of speech that links two very different things together with metaphors or similes | 1 | |
| 13607771185 | Apostrophe | A fig. of speech that is present when a character/speaker directly talks to someone who is dead or not present | 2 | |
| 13607771186 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion that is expressed in a concise and witty manner; brief and cleverly worded | 3 | |
| 13607773935 | Euphemism | Downsizing something bad; polite, indirect comment that replaces an impolite phrase that suggests something unpleasant | 4 | |
| 13607773936 | Homily | A sermon/speech that a religious person gives to offer moral correction | 5 | |
| 13607773937 | Colloquialism | Use of informal words, phrases, or slang | 6 | |
| 13607776714 | Pedantic | Someone concerned with precision, formalism, and accuracy; likes showing off their knowledge | 7 | |
| 13607776715 | Figurative Language | Writing not meant to be taken literally; includes such things as similes, metaphors, allusions, etc. | 8 | |
| 13607779078 | Metonymy | A fig. of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 9 | |
| 13607779079 | Villanelle | A dance song with pastoral themes and has a total of 19 lines; five tercets (first 15 lines), a quatrain (last four lines), and a couplet at the end of the quatrain | 10 | |
| 13607780873 | Antithesis | Opposite; an opposite opinion, concept, or characteristic | 11 | |
| 13607780874 | in media res | starting in the middle of a story | 12 | |
| 13607785926 | Cacophony | The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds (consonants) | 13 | |
| 13607785927 | Euphony | The use of words and phrases that include melody or loveliness in the sounds created; pleasing and soothing | 14 | |
| 13607787938 | Understatement | Making things seem less important than they really are | 15 |
