7407802945 | Polysyndeton | Intentional overuse of conjuctions | 0 | |
7407804842 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds with an emphasis | 1 | |
7407810802 | Zuegma | When one word governs two | 2 | |
7407812437 | Litotes | Double negation to achieve affirmation | 3 | |
7407818841 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions | 4 | |
7407820867 | Anadiplosis | Repeating a word at the end and beginning of successive clauses | 5 | |
7407830788 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 6 | |
7407841740 | Sarcasm | Has an intent to hurt, and has a target | 7 | |
7407852455 | Hyperbole | Intentional exaggeration | 8 | |
7407857387 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 9 | |
7407859310 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds | 10 | |
7407866141 | Onomaetopoeia | Words that mimic the sounds they are representing | 11 | |
7407872231 | Parody | A humorous imitation of a serious work | 12 | |
7407873673 | Syllogism | 3 part deductive reasoning | 13 | |
7407876015 | Enthylmeme | Syllogism with one part missing | 14 | |
7407898285 | Diction | Word choice | 15 | |
7407904994 | Syntax | Word placement | 16 | |
7407906123 | Ad Hominem | Against the man | 17 | |
7407936614 | Post hoc ergo propter hoc | Fallacy by causality | 18 | |
7407938490 | Straw man | Construct for opponent, then burn it down | 19 | |
7407940823 | Logos | Appeals to fact based info/logic | 20 | |
7407950409 | Analogy | Something easy to understand to describe something more difficult | 21 | |
7407954841 | Ethos | Appeals to ethics | 22 | |
7407963062 | Hasty Generalization | Making a statement without individual examples | 23 | |
7407969350 | Process Analysis | Step by step process | 24 | |
7407970633 | Anecdote | Short story with a moral | 25 | |
7407979778 | Synecdoche | Replacing the part with a whole or a whole with a part | 26 | |
7407986849 | Euphemism | Replacing words with ones easier to accept. More offensive terms with less offensive terms | 27 | |
7407999283 | Narration | 1,2,3 person narration. A type of writing- story with a plot | 28 | |
7408004386 | Description | Use sensory terms to describe a picture | 29 | |
7408011485 | Comparison | Analysis of similarities | 30 | |
7408013370 | Contrast | Analysis of differences | 31 | |
7408015292 | Antithesis | Similar structure, opposite meaning | 32 | |
7408019823 | Argument from authority | Making an argument using an authority figure | 33 | |
7408022108 | Satire | The use of wit to criticize a social institution or human foible (CRITICAL) | 34 | |
7408029524 | Allusion | Refers to a well known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison | 35 | |
7575542101 | Pleonasm | Intentional redundancy | 36 | |
7575554292 | Tautology | Repetition of an idea | 37 | |
7575557446 | Paradox | Seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true | 38 | |
7575557447 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience or other characters know something the target character does not | 39 | |
7575560040 | Irony | Intended meaning is opposite the actual meaning. | 40 | |
7575563041 | Verbal Irony | Irony either written or spoken | 41 | |
7575564771 | Voice (Literary) | Author's opinion | 42 | |
7582949924 | Pathos | Appeals to emotion | 43 | |
7582956542 | Anaphora | Repetition at the beginning of a sentence | 44 | |
7587582348 | Simile | Comparison using like or as | 45 |
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