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Invective |
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language |
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Inversion |
A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject |
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Irony/ironic |
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. |
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Juxtaposition |
When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together side by side for comparison or contrast |
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Litotes |
From the Greek word "simple" or "plain". A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite |
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Logos |
A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals |
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Loose sentence |
A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity |
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Metonymy |
A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name". A figure of speech in where the name of an object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it |
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Mood |
This term has two distinct technical meanings in English writing. The first meaning is grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude. The second meaning of mood is literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. |
