5263102572 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly | 0 | |
5263108914 | Ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language | 1 | |
5263111207 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure an | 2 | |
5263118128 | Anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they | 3 | |
5263118151 | Antithesis | a figure of speech in which a contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins" | 4 | |
5263120352 | Apologia | a formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct | 5 | |
5263120353 | Argument | a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong | 6 | |
5263122083 | Audience | the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting | 7 | |
5263124741 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 8 | |
5263124742 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 9 | |
5263129682 | Coordination | the organization of the different elements of a complex body or activity so as to enable them to work together effectively. | 10 | |
5263163148 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 11 | |
5263167008 | Dogmatic | inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true | 12 | |
5263170907 | Epigram | a short poem, especially a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending. | 13 | |
5263174629 | Ethos | an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. | 14 | |
5263178386 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 15 | |
5263181822 | Evocation | The act of calling upon or summoning a spirit, demon, god or other supernatural agent, | 16 | |
5263184929 | Fallacy | a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. | 17 | |
5263187482 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 18 | |
5263195283 | Implication | The action or state of being involved in something | 19 | |
5263198427 | Inversion | the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted | 20 | |
5263202967 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 21 | |
5263208982 | Litotes | ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad | 22 | |
5263214078 | Logos | Is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason | 23 | |
5263222009 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 24 | |
5263226439 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. | 25 | |
5263232150 | Pathos | is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response | 26 | |
5263237560 | Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written | 27 | |
5263240130 | Restatement | the revision and publication of one or more of a company's previous financial statements; it is necessary when it is determined a previous statement contains a material inaccuracy. | 28 | |
5263243241 | Rhetoric | the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 29 | |
5263248161 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity | 30 | |
5263254301 | Structure | the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex | 31 | |
5263258090 | Stubordarion | the action or state of subordinating or of being subordinate | 32 | |
5263260377 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 33 | |
5263264418 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved | 34 | |
5263268106 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation | 35 | |
5263272829 | Understatment | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is | 36 | |
5263273790 | Voice | express (something) in words. | 37 |
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