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| 7632883194 | Cumulative Sentence (strung-along) | phrases and clauses extend the sentence BEFORE or AFTER the S&V | 0 | |
| 7632883195 | Periodic Sentence | phrases & clauses interrupt the S&V | 1 | |
| 7632883196 | Parallelism | repeating a grammatical structure | 2 | |
| 7632883197 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 7632883198 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 4 | |
| 7632883199 | Chiasmus | reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses | 5 | |
| 7632883200 | Abstract Language | Language describing ideas and qualities, not concrete things | 6 | |
| 7632883201 | Concrete Language | describes specific, observable things rather than ideas or qualities | 7 | |
| 7632883202 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 8 | |
| 7632883203 | Metaphor | comparison not using like or as | 9 | |
| 7632883204 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing | 10 | |
| 7632883205 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 11 | |
| 7632883206 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 12 | |
| 7632883207 | Pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun | 13 | |
| 7632883208 | understatement | deliberately representing something as much less than it really is | 14 | |
| 7632883209 | syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion | 15 | |
| 7632883210 | Ad hominem argument | attacking the character of the arguer rather than the argument itself | 16 | |
| 7632883211 | inverted syntax | sentence structure that places the verb before the subject | 17 | |
| 7632883212 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 18 | |
| 7632883213 | appeal to authority | calling on an expert to give validity to an argument | 19 | |
| 7632883214 | paradox | A statement that seems true but at the same time seems to also have an opposite truth | 20 | |
| 7632883215 | digression | a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing | 21 | |
| 7632883216 | ellipsis | omission of essential words (replaced by ... or by a comma) | 22 | |
| 7632883217 | subordinate clause | dependent clause (usually begins with when, while, before, after, if, as, because, since, although, until and contains an S&V) | 23 | |
| 7632883220 | Effusive | Overflowing with words or feelings; gushing | 24 | |
| 7632883221 | allusive | suggestive, hinting OR contains lots of allusions | 25 | |
| 7632883222 | disjointed | not connected; having no flow in thinking | 26 | |
| 7632883223 | pedantic | tending to show off one's learning or knowledge | 27 | |
| 7632883224 | terse | brief and to the point | 28 | |
| 7632883225 | transient | temporary, fleeting | 29 | |
| 7632883226 | discerning | Having keen insight | 30 | |
| 7632883227 | idealism | pursuit of noble goals | 31 |
