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Similar to truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that they are getting a vision of life as it is
A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
A digression in the form of an address to someone not present or to a personified object or idea
Supporting a claim with a reason that is really a restatement of the claim in different words Begging the
Understatement , an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
A rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next
The rising and falling rhythm of speech especially in free verse or prose
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
A confused, comically inaccurate use of a long word or words
The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses contrast with anaphora
Pompous; grandiloquent
The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them
The use of an unnecessarily large number of words or indirect means of expression
The use of several conjunctions in close succession esp where some might be omitted
Rhetoric reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
A rhetorical term for a succession of clauses of approximately equal length and corresponding structure
A verbally abusive attack
The omission of conjunctions
A saying or proverb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience
Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles