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| 7343454873 | Abstract | Not related to the concrete properties of an object; pertaining to ideas, concepts, or qualities, as opposed to physical attributes | 0 | |
| 7343454874 | Appeals to Emotion | Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker attempts to affect the listener's personal feelings | 1 | |
| 7343454875 | Audience | The person(s) reached by a piece of writing | 2 | |
| 7343454876 | Chiasmus | Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second (e.g., "Fair is foul, and foul is fair") | 3 | |
| 7343454877 | Contradiction | A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency | 4 | |
| 7343454878 | Devices | A particular word pattern or combination of words used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader | 5 | |
| 7343454879 | Epitaph | A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person | 6 | |
| 7343454880 | Inference | The process of arriving at a conclusion from a hint, implication, or suggestion | 7 | |
| 7343454881 | Zeugma | Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects. The linking shows a relationship between ideas more clearly. For example: Bob exceeded at sports; Jim at academics; Mark at eating. OR "You held your breath and the door for me." | 8 | |
| 7343454882 | Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause | 9 | |
| 7343454883 | Appeals to Logic | Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker attempts to persuade the listener through the use of deductive reasoning | 10 | |
| 7343454884 | Begging the Question | To sidestep or evade the real problem | 11 | |
| 7343454885 | Claim | An assertion of something as fact; to demand as a right or as a due; a statement that you want your audience to believe | 12 | |
| 7343454886 | Convention | An accepted manner, model, or tradition; a common way of looking at or examining something | 13 | |
| 7343454887 | Diction | An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect | 14 | |
| 7343454888 | Eulogy | A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing; an oration in honor of a deceased person, typically given at a funeral or memorial | 15 | |
| 7343454889 | Litote | Form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve (e.g., Saying "You're not terrible" to express that you did a wonderful job) | 16 | |
| 7343454890 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole, such as "head of cattle" or "hands on deck" | 17 |
