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| 4401908895 | Allegory | symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a second meaning not explicit in the narrative (Animal Farm - Russian Revolution) | 0 | |
| 4401911387 | Aphorism | brief statement of truth or principle given (A penny saved is a penny earned) | 1 | |
| 4401914775 | apostrophe | statement addressing an absent person or abstract quality as though | 2 | |
| 4401919751 | Ethos | and language in a work that builds trust or credibility in the author or speaker | 3 | |
| 4401924420 | Juxtaposition | placing two or more things close together or side by side for comparison or contrast | 4 | |
| 4401927859 | litotes | understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite (not least for great; not to fail for succeed; not bad for good) | 5 | |
| 4401930241 | logos | language that appeals to the reader's sense of logic | 6 | |
| 4401932203 | Metonymy | substitution of one word for another which it suggests (man of the cloth vs. priest) | 7 | |
| 4401934301 | paradox | contradictory statement which has some truth in it (less is more) | 8 | |
| 4401936359 | pathos | Quality in a literary work that arouses feelings of pity, sorrow, or compassion in the reader or audience. | 9 | |
| 4401938996 | satire | a work that attacks human folly or a societal problem with humor and wit | 10 | |
| 4401940806 | synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole also the whole can represent a part (all hands on deck) | 11 | |
| 4401943998 | Colloquialism | Use of slang informalities in speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 4401947109 | diction | Refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 13 | |
| 4401951781 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order ("One should eat to live, not live to eat." Moliere) | 14 | |
| 4401957055 | asynedeton | deliberate omission of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words (I came, I saw, I conquered) | 15 | |
| 4401962268 | parallel structure | repetition of the same grammatical structure; match noun with noun, verb with verb, etc. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.) | 16 | |
| 4401966284 | polysyndeton | the repetition of conjunctions in a series of words, phrases, or clauses (I had had no communication by letter or message with the outer world: school habits and notions and voices, and preferences, and antipathies) | 17 | |
| 4401970235 | thesis | the main idea of an argument usually stated in one sentence; all other information should support this statement. | 18 | |
| 4401977834 | syllogism | formula for logical argument: major premise, minor premise, conclusion (all public libraries should serve people. This is a public library. Therefore, this library should serve the people.) | 19 |
