| 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 |
