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| 8338526544 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same letter or sound |  | 0 |
| 8338526545 | Analogy | A pragmatic, down-to-earth comparison of two unlike things |  | 1 |
| 8338526546 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple clauses or phrases |  | 2 |
| 8338526547 | Anecdote | A short and amusing story about a real incident or person |  | 3 |
| 8338526548 | Antithesis | Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect |  | 4 |
| 8338526549 | Connotation | An idea or feeling commonly associated with a word |  | 5 |
| 8338526550 | Diction | Choice of words, which influence mood, attitude, dialect, and style of writing |  | 6 |
| 8338526552 | Hyperbole | exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 7 |
| 8338526553 | Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses |  | 8 |
| 8338526554 | Irony | Use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |  | 9 |
| 8338526555 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts |  | 10 |
| 8338526556 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 11 |
| 8338526557 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 12 |
| 8338526558 | Paradox | Self-contradictory statement but may include a latent truth |  | 13 |
| 8338526559 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other Example: "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." JFK | 14 | |
| 8338526560 | Personification | A nonhuman object being given human qualities; similar to metaphor |  | 15 |
| 8338526562 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer |  | 16 |
| 8338526564 | Simile | Makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things, using like or as |  | 17 |
| 8338526565 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 18 |
| 8338526566 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. the Bible uses extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy" |  | 19 |
| 8338526567 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. |  | 20 |
| 8338526568 | Understatement | A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration. |  | 21 |
| 8338526569 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). | 22 | |
| 8338526574 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. For example, a news release that claims "the White House declared" | 23 | |
| 8338526578 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. The reference can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. |  | 24 |
| 8338526579 | hyphophora | when a speaker raises a question and then immediately provides an answer. | 25 | |
| 8396204238 | Anadiplosis | a method that takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it near the beginning of the next sentence or phrase. | 26 | |
| 8396216818 | Epistrophe | a word or phrase that is repeated at the end of multiple clauses or sentences. | 27 | |
| 8396231450 | Litotes | a device that emphasizes its point by using a word opposite to the condition | 28 | |
| 9587954131 | Aphorism | A terse, concise, pithy statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. | 29 | |
| 9587959324 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech and/or writing. | 30 | |
| 9587963236 | Denotation | The literal dictionary definition of a word | 31 | |
| 9587964026 | Ethos | An appeal to a speaker's credibility | 32 | |
| 9587967140 | Logos | An appeal to reason and logic | 33 | |
| 9587970164 | Pathos | An appeal to emotions, values, or desires | 34 | |
| 9587970849 | Pun | A humorous play on words, using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings. | 35 | |
| 9587974078 | Wit | In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. | 36 |
