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| 7287182469 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can revel a hidden meaning; often political or moral | 0 | |
| 7287184228 | Alliteration | The recurrence of a letter of sound at the beginning of adjacent words | 1 | |
| 7287196012 | Allusion | A reference designed to call something to mind without specifically mentioning it | 2 | |
| 7287199745 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, most often based on their structure and for the purpose of explaining or clarifying | 3 | |
| 7287202927 | Anaphora | The use of a word to replace a word that had previously been used in order to avoid repetition | 4 | |
| 7287207096 | Anecdote | A short story within a larger story about an incident or person | 5 | |
| 7287208440 | Antithesis | The placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas | 6 | |
| 7287210708 | Apostrophe | When a speaker breaks off from addressing one party and instead addresses a third party | 7 | |
| 7287216061 | Assonance | When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds | 8 | |
| 7287219883 | Asyndeton | Commas used without conjugation to separate a series of words | 9 | |
| 7287222470 | Claim | A statement which is technically arguable but is used as the main point to support or prove and argument | 10 | |
| 7287226486 | Climax | A major turning point in a plot or the moment of maximum intensity | 11 | |
| 7287228827 | Colloquialism | The use of informal words or phrases in literature, could also be slang | 12 | |
| 7287230649 | Counter Argument | An opposing argument to the original argument presented | 13 | |
| 7287232711 | Diction | The word choice of an author | 14 | |
| 7287233958 | Enumeration | A list of all items in a collection one by one | 15 | |
| 7287234599 | Epistrophe | The repetition of the same phrase or expression more than once in different sentences | 16 | |
| 7287237112 | Evidence | Information to help prove a point or claim | 17 | |
| 7287238654 | Hyperbole | The use of extreme exaggeration to prove a point (for effect) | 18 | |
| 7287242283 | Imagery | The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience | 19 | |
| 7287245518 | Irony | A figure of speech that uses words in a way that their intended meaning is different than that of the actual meaning of the words | 20 | |
| 7287248138 | Jargon | When a writer uses specific language for a particular trade, profession or group | 21 | |
| 7287250417 | Juxtaposition | When two ideas, people, places, or things are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons | 22 | |
| 7287252426 | Litotes | A figure of speech that employs an understanding through the use of double negatives | 23 | |
| 7287265664 | Logical Fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid | 24 | |
| 7287254974 | Metaphor | Comparing two unlike things without the use of common comparisons such as like or as | 25 | |
| 7287256926 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it | 26 | |
| 7287259992 | Modes of Persuasion | Often referred to as ethical strategies that classify the speaker's appeal to an audience | 27 | |
| 7287262303 | Narration | The act of narrating a story | 28 | |
| 7287263775 | Onomatopoeia | A word that mimics the actual sound of an animal, object, or person | 29 | |
| 7543632816 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 30 | |
| 7543635472 | Paradox | A statement which appears to be self- contradictory but holds/ reveals some truth | 31 | |
| 7543647137 | Parallelism | The use of components in a sentence that have the same grammatical structure | 32 | |
| 7543649981 | Parenthetical Statement | A statement that qualifies or explains something | 33 | |
| 7543652231 | Personification | Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or any other non-human thing | 34 | |
| 7543654270 | Polysyndeton | Sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a series | 35 | |
| 7543659887 | Rebuttal | An attempt to disprove, contradict or argue an already existing claim | 36 | |
| 7543661996 | Repetition | The act of repeating word, phrases or sounds | 37 | |
| 7543662990 | Rhetorical Question | A question that does not require an actual answer | 38 | |
| 7543665626 | Rhyme Scheme | A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of a poem or song | 39 |
