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| 8715322618 | Hyperbole | Over-Exaggeration (ex. There are more reasons for NASA to fund a trip to Jupiter than there are miles in the journey) | 0 | |
| 8715322619 | Understatement | Under-exaggeration (ex. The Middle East is currently having a few squabbles) |  | 1 |
| 8715325504 | Litotes | Using the word opposite of the actual condition of something (ex. A cup of coffee would not be unwelcome) |  | 2 |
| 8715325505 | Antithesis | Use of contrast in language to bring out contrast in ideas (ex. Life can be kind and cruel, full of hope and heartache) |  | 3 |
| 8715330336 | Hypophora | Asking a question, then answering it (ex. How do we know this to be true? We've observed it in the lab) |  | 4 |
| 8715356386 | Rhetorical Question | A question where the answer is merely implied, one that gives the writer the opportunity to highlight something the readers know (ex. In this age of modernity, can we really condone such a horrific act?) |  | 5 |
| 8715358195 | Procatalepsis | Addressing objections, use of counterargument (ex. It may be pointed out that the proposed tax plan adds a burden to a small number of families in upper income brackets. While this may be true, benefits to those in need outweigh the drawbacks.) |  | 6 |
| 8715358196 | Distinctio | Elaborating on a definition (ex. At this point we have a short time left--a short time being less than 50 years) |  | 7 |
| 8715361520 | Simile | Comparison between two normally unrelated things, using like or as, for sake of creating imagery (ex. The shower room, steamy like a Louisiana summer, rang with the athletes' jubilant laughter) |  | 8 |
| 8715361521 | Metaphor | Comparison speaking of one thing as though it actually were another (ex. Dr. King was truly a king among men.) |  | 9 |
| 8715366213 | Analogy | A comparison that makes use of something already well-known to explain something that is less well-known (ex. When your enemy comes to you in pain, you must do everything in your power to help. For when a child comes to you in pain, do you not do everything you can?) |  | 10 |
| 8715366214 | Allusion | Reference to fairly well-known event, place, person, or cultural item (ex. Scientists have reached further and further to unlock the secrets of the universe, but there are those who argue that, like Icarus, science ignores the sun at its own peril.) |  | 11 |
| 8715369503 | Eponym | Reference to a famous person to link his/her attributes with someone else (ex. She ran frantically, Alice chasing the rabbit.) |  | 12 |
| 8715373499 | Aphorism | A wise saying, also called sententia (Ex. We will do well to remember that all is fair in love and war.) |  | 13 |
| 8715375656 | Exemplum | Use of example to support a point (Ex. The US government gives its citizens freedom; one illustration of this is that we have the right to criticize our leaders) | 14 | |
| 8715375657 | Climax | Organization that goes from least to most important, slowly building up to a state of excitement to deliver the "crowning" statement (ex. Caution can be a useful human emotion. Fear tends to cloud our better judgement. Anger turns us away from what we know to be right. Hate overwhelms us and eventually devours us.) |  | 15 |
| 8715377798 | Parallelism | Use of the same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence, or for multiple sentences, in order to link them all (ex. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessing; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.) |  | 16 |
| 8715377799 | Chiasmus | A special form of parallelism that flips the original form around (ex. He smiled happily and joyfully laughed.) |  | 17 |
| 8715377800 | Anadiplosis | Taking the last word of a sentence and placing it near the beginning of the next sentence (In education we find the measure of our own ignorance; in ignorance, we find the beginning of wisdom) |  | 18 |
| 8715380199 | Conduplicatio | Takes an important word from one sentence and including it in the next (ex. Seeing that they hear, do we not ask if they speak? Seeing that they speak, do we not ask if they reason? Seeing that they reason, do we not question whether we are more alike than not?) |  | 19 |
| 8715380200 | Metabasis | Summing up what comes before in order to move on to a new point (ex. The previous passages explain when they got here and who brought them. In the next section, we will focus on how and why they made the journey.) | 20 | |
| 8715383310 | Parentheses | An aside (can use actual parentheses) (ex. This continued for many years--some would say longer than it should have--before a new brand of politician put an end to it.) |  | 21 |
| 8715383311 | Apostrophe | Breaking the flow of writing to directly address a person or object (Ex. Oh brave new world that has such people in it!) | 22 | |
| 8715383312 | Enumeratio | Supplying a list of details about something (ex. He started in the produce aisle, moving to the dairy section, before picking up bread in the bakery aisle, and finally stopping in the liquor section for wine.) |  | 23 |
| 8715387033 | Antanagoge | Ordering points to downplay the negative, done by placing a negative point next to a positive (ex. While cutting auto pollution may cause automakers to lose money in the short term, the benefits of clean air and decrease in deaths by respiratory disease are worth the risk to business) |  | 24 |
| 8715387034 | Epithet | Attaching a (usually unexpected) adjective next to a noun (ex. The clear-eyed pilot safely landed the plane.) |  | 25 |
| 8715387035 | Asyndeton | Lack of conjunctions in a list (ex. He was tall, dark, handsome.) |  | 26 |
| 8715391131 | Polysyndeton | Use of multiple conjunctions in a list (ex. He was tall and dark and handsome.) |  | 27 |
| 8715391132 | Zeugma | Unexpected items in a sentence linked by a shared word (ex. The runner lost the race and his scholarship.) |  | 28 |
| 8715395066 | Synecdoche | Using part of something to refer to the whole (ex. He purchased 3 head of cattle.) |  | 29 |
| 8715395067 | Metonymy | Using a related object to refer to a larger whole (ex. The decision will be left to the crown.) |  | 30 |
| 8715398317 | Hyperbaton | Arranging words in an unexpected order (Ex. It was a long year, but bearable. [places adjective bearable after what it describes]) |  | 31 |
| 8715398318 | Aporia | Device used to express doubt about an idea (Ex. There are those who say creating wealth, no matter who profits from it immediately, ultimately helps everyone--an idea that, while I have yet to be persuaded, seems convincing to me.) |  | 32 |
| 8715398319 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple clauses or sentences (ex. We fight for liberty. We fight for justice. We fight for equality.) |  | 33 |
| 8715401710 | Epistrophe | Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of multiple clauses or sentences (ex. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child.) |  | 34 |
| 8715401711 | Symploce | Combines repetition of the beginning word or phrase and ending word or phrase in a sentence (ex. We enjoy life when we know ourselves to be free of temptation and sin, but we enjoy life also when we give ourselves completely to temptation and sin.) | 35 | |
| 8715401712 | Amplification | Repetition of what a writer has just said, adding more detail (ex. It was a cold day, a wicked day, a day of biting winds and bitter frost.) |  | 36 |
| 8715405151 | Personification | Giving human attributes to something non-human (ex. I like my steak so raw it gets up and tries to walk away.) |  | 37 |
| 8715405266 | Parataxis | Listing a series of clauses with no conjunctions (Ex. My dad went to Las Vegas, he lost his money, he came home.) |  | 38 |
