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6386540980Logoslogical reasoning0
6386543806synecdochetaking a part for a whole substitution for a word1
6386545147metonymytaking a whole for a whole substitution for a word2
6386548658Pathosemotional reasoning3
6386550206Chiasmusreversing syntax and words in a sentence for effect4
6386553366Allusionreference to a significant person, place, thing, or idea5
6386556257Antithesiscontrasting words or phrases for effect6
6386559979Antiphrasisone-word irony7
6386564044Ethosethical reasoning8
6386567235Metaphorcomparing two or more unlike things without using like, as, or than9
6386568779Similecomparing two or more unlike things using like, as, or than10
6386571142Personificationgiving human qualities to inanimate objects11
6386574271Settingtime, place, and context of story12
6386576574Foilcharacter who possesses opposite characteristics from another main character13
6386581359Archetypepattern or typical storyline or character14
6386584988Litotesunderstatement15
6386586245Hyperboleexaggeration16
6386589581Paradoxseemingly untrue statement that is true17
6387964894Verbal Ironysarcasm18
6387971012Zeugmaliteral and figurative objects placed together for effect19
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