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| 10058741886 | Adage | An old familiar saying | 0 | |
| 10059159310 | Allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence | 1 | |
| 10059177367 | Alliteration | The repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words | 2 | |
| 10183669722 | Allusion | A reference made to something not directly mentioned | 3 | |
| 10183672832 | Analogy | A resemblance in some details between things otherwise unlike | 4 | |
| 10183674121 | Anaphora | A repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of phrases, clauses, sentences or verses | 5 | |
| 10183677055 | Anecdote | A brief story about something interesting or funny in a person's life | 6 | |
| 10183678932 | Antithesis | An exact opposite, contrary | 7 | |
| 10183681695 | Aphorism | A short statement of a general truth or idea | 8 | |
| 10183683228 | Apostrophe | The addressing of an absent person as if present or of an object or abstract idea as if cable of understanding | 9 | |
| 10517625414 | Asyndeton | omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses | 10 | |
| 10517626136 | Atmosphere | the main mood or feeling in a creative work | 11 | |
| 10517628768 | Chiasmus | an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases | 12 | |
| 10517633031 | Colloquialism | a colloquial expression | 13 | |
| 10517633463 | Conceit | too much pride in one's own worth or virtue | 14 | |
| 10517633988 | Connotation | a meaning suggested by a word or an expression in addition to its exact meaning | 15 | |
| 10517634321 | Denotation | a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea | 16 | |
| 10517634691 | Diacope | When a writer repeats a word or phrase with one or more words between. | 17 | |
| 10517635433 | Diction | choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness, wording | 18 | |
| 10517636956 | Didactic | intended primarily to teach rather than to entertain | 19 | |
| 10517639514 | Ellipsis | The leaving out of one or more words that are not necessary for the phrase to be understood. | 20 | |
| 10517640047 | Enumeratio | A rhetorical word for the listing of details, a subject is divided into different parts or details | 21 | |
| 10517642276 | Ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution | 22 | |
| 10517644816 | Expletive | an exclamatory word or phrase | 23 | |
| 10517647439 | Euphemism | the substitution of a mild or pleasant expression for one that is too strong or unpleasant | 24 | |
| 10517650888 | Exposition | a piece of writing that explains | 25 | |
| 10517656076 | Extended Metaphor | When an author uses a throughout a long passage or poem | 26 | |
| 10517656709 | Homily | a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme | 27 | |
| 10517660175 | Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point | 28 | |
| 10517662415 | Hypophora | A rhetorical device where the speaker/writer states a question and immediately answers it. | 29 | |
| 10517664765 | Idiom | the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language | 30 | |
| 10517665541 | Imagery | language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes | 31 | |
| 10517666015 | Inference | the act or process of inferring | 32 | |
| 10517666491 | Invective | harsh or insulting words | 33 | |
| 10517668395 | Irony | the use of words that mean the opposite of what one really intends | 34 | |
| 10517671213 | Jargon | the special language of a particular activity or group | 35 | |
| 10517672470 | Juxtaposition | the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect | 36 | |
| 10517672963 | Litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary | 37 | |
| 10517674558 | Logos | An emotional appeal, to persuade the audience by appealing to their emotions. | 38 | |
| 10517677919 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them | 39 | |
| 10517678492 | Metonymy | a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated | 40 | |
| 10517679045 | Mood | distinction of form or a particular set of inflectional forms of a verb to express whether the action or state it denotes is conceived as fact or in some other manner | 41 | |
| 10517680808 | Narrative | a way of presenting or understanding a situation or series of events that reflects and promotes a particular point of view or set of values, or, the representation in art of an event or story | 42 | |
| 10517682003 | Onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it | 43 | |
| 10517682664 | Oxymoron | a combination of contradictory words | 44 | |
| 10517683163 | Paradox | a statement that seems to go against common sense but may still be true | 45 | |
| 10517683767 | Parallelism | The quality or state of being parallel, similarity of construction of word groups especially for effect or rhythm | 46 | |
| 10517685017 | Parody | a written or musical work in which the style of an author or work is imitated for comic effect | 47 | |
| 10517685357 | Pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion | 48 | |
| 10517686076 | Personification | the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form | 49 | |
| 10517686836 | Polysyndeton | repetition of conjunctions in close succession | 50 | |
| 10517687380 | Pun | the humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest different meanings or of words having the same sound but different meanings | 51 | |
| 10517687771 | Rhetorical Modes | the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language-based communication, particularly writing and speaking. | 52 | |
| 10517692161 | Rhetorical Questions | A question that doesn't need to be answered | 53 | |
| 10517694920 | Sarcasm | a remark made usually to hurt someone's feelings or show scorn | 54 | |
| 10517695336 | Satire | something meant to make fun of and show the weaknesses of human nature or a particular person | 55 | |
| 10517696788 | Simile | a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word | 56 | |
| 10517697256 | Syllogism | a brief form for stating an argument that consists of two statements and a conclusion that must be true if these two statements are true | 57 | |
| 10517698023 | Symbol | something that stands for something else OR something real that stands for or suggests another thing that cannot in itself be pictured or shown | 58 | |
| 10517698910 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made. | 59 | |
| 10517700701 | Synesthesia | A subjunctive sensation or image of a sense other than the one being stimulated | 60 | |
| 10517701786 | Tone | A style or manner of expression | 61 | |
| 10517702769 | Understatement | To represent as less than is the case OR to state mildly especially on purpose. | 62 | |
| 10517703370 | Undertone | A low or quiet tone | 63 | |
| 10517704255 | Vernacular | ordinary spoken language rather than literary language | 64 | |
| 10517704745 | Zeugma | the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one | 65 | |
| 10517705165 | Appositive | of, relating to, or standing in apposition | 66 | |
| 10517705769 | Independent Clause | a clause that could be used by itself as a simple sentence but that is part of a larger sentence | 67 | |
| 10517706397 | Dependent Clause | a clause that does not form a simple sentence by itself and that is connected to the main clause of a sentence | 68 | |
| 10517706765 | Balanced Sentence | A sentence made up of 2 parts that are relatively equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure | 69 | |
| 10517709014 | Compound Sentence | A sentence with more than one subject or predicate | 70 | |
| 10517710173 | Complex Sentence | a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses. | 71 | |
| 10517711087 | Simple Sentence | a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate. | 72 | |
| 10517712423 | Compound-Complex Sentence | a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. | 73 | |
| 10517714646 | Cumulative Sentence | an independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea. | 74 | |
| 10517715606 | Periodic Sentence | Has the main clause or predicate at the end | 75 | |
| 10517717312 | Declarative Sentence | States a fact, describes things that make a definite statement | 76 | |
| 10517720331 | Interrogative Sentence | is a type of sentence that asks a question | 77 | |
| 10517721502 | Imperative Sentence | is a type of sentence that gives instructions or advice, and expresses a command, an order, a direction, or a request. | 78 |
