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| 7616758143 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. |  | 0 |
| 7616810585 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. |  | 1 |
| 7616818139 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are parallel in syntax but reverse in the order of analogous words. |  | 2 |
| 7616872854 | Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |  | 3 |
| 7616878222 | Didactic | A work having the primary aim of instructing or teaching. |  | 4 |
| 7616891335 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. |  | 5 |
| 7616915331 | Hypophora | One or more questions are asked then answered, often at length. |  | 6 |
| 7616930990 | Invective | An emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack, using strong, abusive language. |  | 7 |
| 7616955319 | Juxtaposition | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. |  | 8 |
| 7617098511 | Loose Sentence | A main idea (independent clause) comes first followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 9 | |
| 7617116784 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. |  | 10 |
| 7617148285 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that makes its central meaning in a main clause at the end. |  | 11 |
| 7617171180 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words. |  | 12 |
| 7617186558 | Synecdoche | A metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for the part, etc. |  | 13 |
| 7617220470 | Undertone | An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of a piece |  | 14 |
