15394373575 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 0 | |
15394373576 | Bathos | Anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from serious to ridiculous | 1 | |
15394373577 | didactic | intended to teach and tell what's right and what's wrong | 2 | |
15394373578 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission (leaving out) of a word or words replaced by three periods | 3 | |
15394373579 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 4 | |
15394373580 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 5 | |
15394373581 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 6 | |
15394373582 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. | 7 | |
15394373583 | philippic | a bitter verbal attack | 8 | |
15394373584 | Syllogism | A>B, B>C, A>C | 9 | |
15394373585 | caustic | sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way (ex=dark humor) | 10 | |
15394373586 | pedantic | Makes a big display of knowing obscure facts and details (well, technically...) | 11 | |
15394373587 | obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action | 12 | |
15394373588 | imperceptive | lacking in perception (being aware, understanding) or insight | 13 | |
15394373589 | archaic | very old or old-fashioned | 14 | |
15395221312 | Exodus | The final scene | 15 | |
15395221313 | Ode | A formal, lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject (person, place, thing) and celebrates the subject | 16 | |
15395947054 | Choragus | leader of the chorus, group, or movement | 17 | |
15395947055 | Parados | entrance song of the chorus | 18 | |
15395947056 | Hubris | excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy | 19 | |
15395947057 | Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 20 | |
15395947058 | Archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 21 | |
15395947059 | Conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor (far-fetched) | 22 | |
15395947060 | Epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | 23 | |
15395947061 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 24 | |
15396006422 | Tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character | 25 | |
15396006423 | Catharsis | An emotional purging that makes you feel better in the end. The character feels pity and fear | 26 | |
15396006424 | Peripeteia | a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances | 27 | |
15396006425 | Hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall | 28 | |
15396021941 | Agnagnorisis | The point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protaginist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation | 29 | |
15398310410 | non sequitur | An inference that does not follow logically from evidence | 30 | |
15398310411 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 31 | |
15398310412 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 32 |
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