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| 5856663248 | pleonasm | use of redundant words to enhance a sentence I.E. "I know no stronger man in my life." | 0 | |
| 5856820589 | archaism | use of an older, obsolete form of a word I.E. "O woe arte thou." "Thou arte most studious." | 1 | |
| 5856835421 | aporia | an expression of doubt that shows uncertainty I.E. I closed the door and said to myself, "What have I done?" "Whatever can I do?" | 2 | |
| 5856862000 | paronomasia | use of similar sounding words I.E. "Ask for me and you shall find me." | 3 | |
| 5856880130 | hendiadys | use of two words separated by a conjunction to express a single, complex idea I.E. "John is happy and energetic today." | 4 | |
| 5856902477 | hyperbaton | change in the normal order of words to give emphasis I.E "A villain, I must be." "Run, you must." | 5 | |
| 5856917927 | antithesis | contrast of words and ideas in a parallel structure I.E. "I did not love her more, but I loved money less." | 6 | |
| 5856947788 | euphemism | substitution of an inappropriate or offensive word for a more appropriate, non-offensive word I.E. "We all know how I feel about those... people." "Those... friends of yours are disgusting." | 7 | |
| 6016995426 | anacoluthon | lack of grammatical sequence; a change in grammatical construction within the same sentence I.E. "I know of many men -- Are you not a dragon?" | 8 | |
| 6017022494 | anadiplosis | the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next I.E. "Humanity is a virus: a virus of hate, a virus of destruction, a virus of sadness." "He is a man: a man of hatred, a man of death, a man of eternal suffering." | 9 | |
| 6017049671 | assonance | repetition of two similar sounding words next to each other I.E. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done." | 10 | |
| 6017062825 | cacophony | harsh joining of sounds I.E. "Peter's pickled sausage was seen most marvellously." | 11 | |
| 6017085204 | hyperbole | exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect I.E. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should got to praise Thine eyes and on thine forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest. Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" *Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, Dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, Deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum. Catullus, to his. "His eyes like moons and his teeth like tombstones." | 12 | |
| 6017096760 | litotes | understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed I.E. "A few unannounced quizzes are not inconceivable." | 13 | |
| 6017111950 | metonymy | substitution of one word for another which it suggests I.E. "The pen is mightier than the sword." | 14 | |
| 6017126158 | synesis | the agreement of words according to logic, and not by the grammatical form; a kind of anacoluthon I.E. "For the wages of sin is death." | 15 | |
| 6017146704 | tautology | repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence I.E. "*With malice toward none, with charity for all. " | 16 | |
| 6017162371 | zeugma | two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them I.E. "Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn the living record of your memory." "Nor man, nor woman should be allowed to kill unjustly." | 17 | |
| 6017186225 | polysyndeton | the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses I.E. "I said, "Who killed him?" and he said, "I don't know who killed him but he's dead all right," and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights and windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Bay and she was all right only she was full of water. Hemingway, After the Storm" | 18 | |
| 6017199887 | praeteritio | pretended omission for rhetorical effect I.E. "That part of our history detailing the military achievements which gave us our several possessions ... is a theme too familiar to my listeners for me to dilate on, and I shall therefore pass it by. " | 19 | |
| 6017215237 | synecdoche | understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part. I.E. "Give us this day our daily bread." | 20 | |
| 6027763666 | anecdotal evidence | telling a story that highlights your point I.E. "Murder is common. One day a man killed..." | 21 | |
| 6027796214 | allegory | an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story I.E. "All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others." | 22 | |
| 6030512185 | colloquialism | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing I.E. "You have been bamboozled." "I will not be splamed by these hooligans." | 23 | |
| 6030562663 | antimetabole | repeating a phrase in reverse order I.E. "Eat to live, not live to eat." | 24 | |
| 6086997278 | rhetorical triangle | how a speaker perceives the relationships among the speaker, audience, and subjects | 25 | |
| 6087004380 | SOAPS | Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker | 26 | |
| 6252137828 | Suspense | building up on intensity through the essay, speech, etc. I.E. Hitler's speeches built suspense as the subject became for important and inspiring | 27 | |
| 6252462143 | auxesis | varying forms of increase: hyperbole (overstatement): intentionally overstating a point, its importance, or its significance. climax (ascending series): a series of clauses of increasing force. I.E. I will not be treated like a dog! (starting calm and ending with force.) | 28 | |
| 6386924571 | Elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead (usually sad) I.E. Elegy | 29 | |
| 6386943225 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of the line | 30 | |
| 6386962811 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having a moral I.E. Being angry in life is not the way to live. (purpose) Aesop's Fables | 31 | |
| 6386987058 | Euphony | the quality of being pleasing to the ear | 32 | |
| 6387030272 | hubris | excessive pride or self confidence I.E. heroes think that they are as powerful as the gods | 33 | |
| 6394245734 | poignant (tone) | evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret I.E. It was my fault; my loss, my burden. | 34 |
