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anecdote: short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
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annotation: critical or explanatory notes or comments
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aphorism: concise statement of a principle, truth, or sentiment
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epigram: a brief witty statement
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oxymoron: paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict each other but that make an odd sort of sense
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parallelism: similar patterns of grammatical structure and length
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parody: literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
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periodic sentence: sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
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polemic: an argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion
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polysyndeton: using many conjunctions to overwhelming effect
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precis: concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts
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propaganda: a negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information
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satire: an ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it
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syllogism: form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise
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Tone: the means of creating a relationship or conveying an underlying attitude or mood
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zeugma: use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous, meanings
