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| 204959441 | deduction | reasoning from the general to the particular | |
| 204959442 | diction | word choice, an element of style; it creates tone, attitude and style as well as meaning | |
| 204959443 | didactic | writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. The work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. This type of writing may be fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | |
| 204959444 | enallage | using one part of speech in an unusual way | |
| 204959445 | epigraph | The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. | |
| 204959446 | ethos | the qualities of character, intelligence, and goodwill in an arguer that contribute to an audience's acceptance of the claim | |
| 204959447 | euphemism | a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. "He went to his final reward" for "he died." | |
| 204959448 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally | |
| 204959449 | imagery | mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding | |
| 204959450 | induction | the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization | |
| 204959451 | invective | a verbally abusive attack | |
| 204959452 | inverse word order | gives variety and emphasis to writing by changing the usual subject-verb-object sentence pattern | |
| 204959453 | irony | words are used to convey the opposite meaning (verbal) to create tension (dramatic) or to alter the expected outcome (situation) | |
| 204959454 | jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand | |
| 204959455 | juxtaposition | placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast | |
| 204959456 | litotes | understatement; deliberately making a fact semm less important | |
| 204959457 | logos | reasoned discourse | |
| 204959458 | malapropism | The use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but humorously wrong in the context | |
| 204959459 | metaphor | a direct comparison of two unlike things | |
| 206949917 | irony (dramatic) | to create tension | |
| 206949918 | irony (situational) | to alter the expected outcome | |
| 206949919 | irony (verbal) | words are used to convey the opposite meaning |