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6386540980 | Logos | logical reasoning | 0 | |
6386543806 | synecdoche | taking a part for a whole substitution for a word | 1 | |
6386545147 | metonymy | taking a whole for a whole substitution for a word | 2 | |
6386548658 | Pathos | emotional reasoning | 3 | |
6386550206 | Chiasmus | reversing syntax and words in a sentence for effect | 4 | |
6386553366 | Allusion | reference to a significant person, place, thing, or idea | 5 | |
6386556257 | Antithesis | contrasting words or phrases for effect | 6 | |
6386559979 | Antiphrasis | one-word irony | 7 | |
6386564044 | Ethos | ethical reasoning | 8 | |
6386567235 | Metaphor | comparing two or more unlike things without using like, as, or than | 9 | |
6386568779 | Simile | comparing two or more unlike things using like, as, or than | 10 | |
6386571142 | Personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects | 11 | |
6386574271 | Setting | time, place, and context of story | 12 | |
6386576574 | Foil | character who possesses opposite characteristics from another main character | 13 | |
6386581359 | Archetype | pattern or typical storyline or character | 14 | |
6386584988 | Litotes | understatement | 15 | |
6386586245 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 16 | |
6386589581 | Paradox | seemingly untrue statement that is true | 17 | |
6387964894 | Verbal Irony | sarcasm | 18 | |
6387971012 | Zeugma | literal and figurative objects placed together for effect | 19 |