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| 11351916313 | Irony | Words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning | 0 | |
| 11351916314 | Oxymoron | Words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other | 1 | |
| 11351916315 | rhetorical question | A question designed not to secure an answer but to move the development of an idea forward and suggest a point | 2 | |
| 11351916316 | Hyperbole | overstatement | 3 | |
| 11351916317 | Litotes | understatement | 4 | |
| 11351916318 | Onomatopoeia | Sounds of the words are related to their meaning | 5 | |
| 11351916319 | Anthimeria | one part of speech, usually a verb, substitutes for another, usually a noun | 6 | |
| 11351916320 | Periphrasis | A descriptive word or phrase is used to refer to a proper name | 7 | |
| 11351916321 | Personification | Inanimate objects are given human characteristics | 8 | |
| 11351916322 | Metonymy | an entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations | 9 | |
| 11351916323 | Synecdoche | A part of something is used to refer to a whole | 10 | |
| 11351916324 | Climax | Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing number or importance | 11 | |
| 11351916325 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 12 | |
| 11351916326 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the same group of words at the end of successive clauses | 13 | |
| 11351916327 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 14 | |
| 11351916328 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words | 15 | |
| 11351916329 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 16 | |
| 11351916330 | Asyndeton | an omission of conjunctions between related clauses | 17 | |
| 11351916331 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 18 | |
| 11351916332 | Ellipsis | any omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the overall context of the passage | 19 | |
| 11351916333 | Parenthesis | An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence. | 20 | |
| 11351916334 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 21 | |
| 11351916335 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 22 | |
| 11351916336 | Zeugma | more than one item in a sentence is governed by a single word, usually a verb | 23 | |
| 11351916337 | scheme | any artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence | 24 | |
| 11351916338 | Trope | any artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed | 25 | |
| 11351916339 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 26 | |
| 11351916340 | Connotation | An association, that the word evokes | 27 | |
| 11351916341 | slang | informal language | 28 | |
| 11351916342 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. | 29 | |
| 11351916343 | simple sentence | has one independent clause | 30 | |
| 11351916344 | compound sentence | Two clauses, each of which could exist as a simple sentence if you removed the conjunction connecting them | 31 | |
| 11351916345 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 32 | |
| 11351916346 | compound-complex sentence | Has the defining features of both a compound sentence and a complex sentence | 33 | |
| 11351916347 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 34 | |
| 11351916348 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 35 | |
| 11351916349 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 36 | |
| 11351916350 | partition | divide into parts | 37 | |
| 11351916351 | Refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 38 | |
| 11351916352 | Confirmation | proof; evidence; verification | 39 | |
| 11351916353 | peroration | the concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience | 40 | |
| 13600167152 | Juxtaposition | Placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. | 41 |
