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| 6677184390 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem. | 0 | |
| 6677184391 | Allusion | A reference to a person, place or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of that idea. | 1 | |
| 6677184392 | Ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations. | 2 | |
| 6677184393 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things; a passage that points out several similarities between two unlike things is called an extended analogy. | 3 | |
| 6677184394 | Anaphora | A repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. | 4 | |
| 6677184395 | Anecdote | A brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point. | 5 | |
| 6677184396 | Antecedent | A word to which a pronoun refers. | 6 | |
| 6677184397 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement or words, clauses, or sentences, as in the following: | 7 | |
| 6677184398 | Apostrophe | A speech that addresses a person or inanimate object not present. | 8 | |
| 6677184399 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words in prose or poetry. | 9 | |
| 6677184400 | Clause | A structural element of a sentence, consisting of a grammatical subject and a predicate. | 10 | |
| 6677184401 | Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. Contrast with denotation. | 11 | |
| 6677184402 | Consonance | The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a unit of speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 6677184403 | Deductive Reasoning | A method of reasoning by which specific definitions, conclusions, and theorems are drawn from general principles. | 13 | |
| 6677184404 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word. Contrast with connotation. | 14 | |
| 6677184405 | Diction | The choice of words in oral and written discourse. | 15 | |
| 6677184406 | Euphemism | A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term. Example: pass away is a euphemism for die. | 16 | |
| 6677184407 | Extended metaphor | A lengthy comparison between two unlike objects. | 17 | |
| 6677184408 | Fallacy | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. | 18 | |
| 6677184409 | Figure of speech | Figurative language In contrast to literal language, figurative language implied meanings. | 19 | |
| 6677184410 | Genre | A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay. | 20 | |
| 6677184411 | Hyperbole | Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect. | 21 | |
| 6677184412 | Image | A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt; imagery is the use of images in speech and writing. | 22 | |
| 6677184413 | Inductive Reasoning | A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. | 23 | |
| 6677184414 | Irony | A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm | 24 | |
| 6677184415 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects. | 25 | |
| 6677184416 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. Example: "The White House says..." | 26 | |
| 6677184417 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Example: bubbling, murmuring brooks. | 27 | |
| 6677184418 | Oxymoron | A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect. Examples: loud silence, jumbo shrimp. | 28 | |
| 6677184419 | Paradox | A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true. | 29 | |
| 6677184420 | Parallel Structure | Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance | 30 | |
| 6677184421 | Personification | A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics. | 31 | |
| 6677184422 | Pun | A humorous play on words, using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings. | 32 | |
| 6677184423 | Rebuttal or Refutation | The part of discourse wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and answered. | 33 | |
| 6677184424 | Rhetoric | The language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience. | 34 | |
| 6677184425 | Rhetorical Question | A question to which the audience already knows the answer; a question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 35 | |
| 6677184426 | Sarcasm | A sharp, caustic attitude conveyed in words through jibes, taunts, or other remarks; sarcasm differs from irony, which is more subtle. | 36 | |
| 6677184427 | Satire | A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change. | 37 | |
| 6677184428 | Simile | A figurative comparison using the words like or as. | 38 | |
| 6677184429 | Symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object. | 39 | |
| 6677184430 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part | 40 | |
| 6677184431 | Syntax | The organization of a sentence. | 41 | |
| 6677184432 | Tone | The author's attitude toward the subject being written about; the spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence. | 42 |
