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| 6780308183 | declarative sentence | makes a statement | 0 | |
| 6780312140 | interrogative sentence | asks a question ? | 1 | |
| 6780314151 | imperative sentence | gives a command | 2 | |
| 6780317783 | simple sentence | contains a subject, verb and direct object | 3 | |
| 6780355218 | monosyllabic | consisting of one syllable | 4 | |
| 6780356632 | polysyllabic | consisting of many syllable | 5 | |
| 6780362887 | paradox | a contradictory statement | 6 | |
| 6780365910 | oxymoron | contradictory terms | 7 | |
| 6780370096 | sarcasm | false praise | 8 | |
| 6780370097 | pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings synonyms word play double entendre, innuendo ex: Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations or I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. than it dawned on me. | 9 | |
| 6780426060 | Antithesis | Contrast or opposition of two things or ideas ex:That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind Ex.Give every man thy ear and few thy voice Ex. Many are called, but few are chosen | 10 | |
| 6780458081 | Symbol | something which stands for something larger than itself ex. dove is a symbol of peace, ex. red rose a symbol of love | 11 | |
| 6780479726 | Apostrophe | a figure in speech in which a character detaches himself from reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech for example in Shakespeare's plays he uses a soliloquy or aside. | 12 | |
| 6780499964 | Allusion | A reference to something historical, mythological, literary or biblical | 13 | |
| 6780507155 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which the part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ex: Cleveland won by six runs (meaning Cleveland's baseball team ex. the word bread refers to food or money as in "writing is my bread and butter" or "sole breadwinner" ex. the word sails refers to ships or suits refers to businessman or coke is a common word for all carbonated soft drinks | 14 | |
| 6780548484 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that one thing meant, for example suit for business executive or track for horse racing ex: silver fox -for an attractive older person, hand for help, Sword for military might,Dish for entire plate of food, Cup for a mug, The White House -in place of the president or others who work there | 15 | |
| 6780588606 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word ex Sally sells sea shells by the seashore or Betty bets she will beat the biting bats to the baseball bins | 16 | |
| 6780598872 | Assonance | In poetry , the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible example : penitence, reticence or Men sell the wedding bells ex. Go and mow the lawn or The engineer held the steering to the steer | 17 | |
| 6780631428 | Consonance | Is the pleasing sound caused by the repetition of consonant sounds | 18 |
