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| 7350415932 | Ad Hominem | Attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument. | 0 | |
| 7350416935 | Allegory | An underlying moral/lesson | 1 | |
| 7754318132 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance | 2 | |
| 7754320370 | Alliteration | Characterized by a number of words, typically three or more, that have the same first consonant sound fall within the same sentence or phrase. | 3 | |
| 7754320371 | Apostrophe | Speaking to someone who isn't present | 4 | |
| 7754322436 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a short sentence. | 5 | |
| 7754322437 | Analogy | A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. | 6 | |
| 7754324908 | Anaphora | The first part of the sentence is repeated. | 7 | |
| 7754324909 | Anecdote | A quote, a verse, or an event relevant to the topic. | 8 | |
| 7754324910 | Antithesis | Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 9 | |
| 7754328043 | Asyndeton | Lack of conjunctions while keeping grammatical correctness | 10 | |
| 7754328044 | Cacophony | The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants | 11 | |
| 7754328045 | Chiasmus | Words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 12 | |
| 7754330810 | Colloquialism | Use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing | 13 | |
| 7754330811 | Conceit | Two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 14 | |
| 7754332640 | Cumulative Sentence | Starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea, and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers | 15 | |
| 7754332641 | Denotation | Literal or dictionary meanings of a word | 16 | |
| 7754335620 | Didactic | Literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details | 17 | |
| 7754335621 | Ellipsis | Used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out. Denoted by ... | 18 | |
| 7754335622 | Epiphany | A character achieves realization, awareness or a feeling of knowledge after which events are seen through the prism of this new light in the story. | 19 | |
| 7754335623 | Ethos | An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader | 20 | |
| 7754338244 | Euphemism | Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant | 21 | |
| 7754338245 | Genre | Genre means the type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style. Four kinds are poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction | 22 | |
| 7754338246 | Homily | A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction | 23 | |
| 7754338247 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 24 | |
| 7754340197 | Invective | Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution | 25 | |
| 7754342503 | Irony | Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words | 26 |
