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| 265191940 | Allusion | An indirect reference to something with which the reader is supposed to be familiar. | |
| 265191942 | Analogy | A comparison to a directly parallel case. | |
| 265191949 | Colloquial language | Ordinary or familiar type of conversation. | |
| 265191957 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. | |
| 265191959 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | |
| 265191960 | Metaphor | Making an implied comparision, not using "like," "as," or other such words. | |
| 265191961 | Simile | Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things. | |
| 265191964 | Invective | An emotional violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | |
| 265191968 | Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement which is actually true. | |
| 265191970 | Anaphora | Repetition or a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. | |
| 265191975 | Sarcasm | A generally bitter comment that is ironically worded. | |
| 265191976 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect. | |
| 265191977 | Balanced sentence | One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale. | |
| 265191986 | Understatement | the ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | |
| 265191988 | Apophasis | To mention by not mentioning | |
| 265191989 | Chiasmus | inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases | |
| 266255215 | Synecdoche | A whole is represented by naming one of its parts | |
| 266255533 | Syllepsis | When a single word that governs or modifies two or more others must be understood differently with respect to each of those words. | |
| 268637220 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial vowel or consonant sound | |
| 268637221 | Pun | A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. | |
| 268776312 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. |
