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allusion
the instance of indirect reference
ambiguity
the quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
analogy
a resemblance of relations, an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances,
when things are entirely different
anaphora
a repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.,
antithesis
the direct or exact opposite
aphorism
a terse statemente which expresses a general truth or moral pricipe
apostrophe
the direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personifized abstraction
attitude
the posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
detail
to relate in particulars; to report minuetly and distinctly; details facts in due order to
specify
diction
choice and use of words in speech or writing
ethos
the dipostion, character, or fundamental valus peculiar to a specific person, people,
culture, or movment
euphemisim
the act or an example of substitutions a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered
harsh, blunt, o offensive.
figure of speech
an expression that uses language in a nonliteral way; to acheive rhetorical affect
hyperbole
a figure of speech inwhich exaggeration is used for emophasis or effect
imagrey
the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or idea