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| 6715854990 | 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. ex. "the pigs were a squeal" | 0 | |
| 6715865606 | Logos | An argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic | 1 | |
| 6715878649 | Ethos | An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. | 2 | |
| 6715890299 | Pathos | An appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. | 3 | |
| 6715897822 | Syllogism | An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions(premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion. | 4 | |
| 6715910344 | Parody | An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. | 5 | |
| 6715917341 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 6 | |
| 6715920838 | Rhetorical Question | A question you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer.It might be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make the point, to persuade or for literary effect. | 7 | |
| 6715921431 | Colloquial | Language used in ordinary or familiar conversation;not formal or literary | 8 | |
| 6715923283 | Ellipsis | The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are not needed or able to be understood from contextual clue's. | 9 | |
| 6715923865 | Style | The choice of diction, tone, and syntax a writer makes. The author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. | 10 | |
| 6715924815 | Ambiguity | An unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning. | 11 | |
| 6715925806 | Prose | Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 12 | |
| 6715925807 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 13 | |
| 6715926906 | Loose Sentence | A sentence that does not end with the competition of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses. | 14 | |
| 6715927663 | Antithesis | A figure of speech in which an opposition or 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" | 15 | |
| 6715928815 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 16 | |
| 6715929394 | Metonymy | The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive. | 17 | |
| 6715930469 | Aphorism | A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as , "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" | 18 | |
| 6715932871 | Parallel Structure | The repetition of a chosen grammatical form written a sentence. By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction. | 19 | |
| 6715932872 | Paradox | A seemingly absurd self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. | 20 | |
| 6715933979 | Apostrophe | When a character in a literary work speaks to an object , an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person. | 21 | |
| 6715936543 | Cliche | A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. | 22 | |
| 6715938085 | Analogy | A comparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 23 | |
| 6715940367 | Euphemism | A pleasant or flattering expression used in place of one that is less agreeable but possibly more accurate. | 24 | |
| 6715940368 | Post Hoc | Mistakenly inferring that because one event follows another they have a casual relation; from post hoc ergo propter hoc("after this,therefore because of this") | 25 | |
| 6715941352 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning,typically a moral or political one. | 26 | |
| 6715941353 | Conceit | A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 27 | |
| 6715943238 | Analysis | A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation. | 28 | |
| 6715943239 | Jargon | The technical terminology or specialized language of a particular group. Special words or expression that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. | 29 | |
| 6715944626 | Satire | The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 30 | |
| 6715945862 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 31 | |
| 6715946677 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in " she is like a rose" | 32 | |
| 6715947392 | Metaphor | A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. | 33 | |
| 6715948229 | Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 34 | |
| 6715948230 | Irony | The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 35 | |
| 6715949869 | Deductive Reasoning | The process of meaning from one or more statements(premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion. | 36 | |
| 6715949870 | Fallacy | An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence or incorrect inference. | 37 | |
| 6715951981 | Refutation | An attack on an opposing view in order to weaken it, invalidate it, or make it less credible. | 38 | |
| 6715951982 | Inductive Reasoning | A logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion. | 39 | |
| 6751428957 | Mood | A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibe readers through words and descriptions. | 40 | |
| 6751526081 | Tone | The authors attitude towards their subject. An attitude a writer toward a subject or an audience | 41 |
