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| 5271097927 | non sequitur | "it does not follow" these statements do not follow the fundamental principles of logic and reason, when a difference is created between the principle idea and the conclusion | 0 | |
| 5271109887 | objective description | words in this type of description are "neutral" or "description" because they aren't likely to carry any emotional charge, convey information, but not that much feeling about that information | 1 | |
| 5271131270 | onomatopoeia | a literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents | 2 | |
| 5271138291 | oxymoron | a combination of contradictory terms | 3 | |
| 5271143377 | parable | a brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson | 4 | |
| 5271149573 | paradox | a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot be true at the same time | 5 | |
| 5271213539 | parallel syntax/ parallelism | a pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition | 6 | |
| 5271227134 | paraphrase | a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form as for clearness; rewording | 7 | |
| 5271238617 | parody | imitates another work of art to make light or make fun of it in some way | 8 | |
| 5271256070 | passive voice | the subject receives the action expressed in the verb; the subject is acted upon | 9 | |
| 5271266985 | pathos | means persuading by appealing to the readers emotions | 10 | |
| 5271291715 | pedantic | overly concerned with minute details or formalism, characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules | 11 | |
| 5271315242 | pedestrian | lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, commonplace; prosaic or dull | 12 | |
| 5271352128 | personification | a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas | 13 |
