Definition
Synonyms
Word
Example
100

The action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics

What is classification?

100

Interruption or break 

What is caesura?

100

Idiom 

What is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

100

Fallacy 

What is the notion that the camera never lies.

200

A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

What is assertion?

200

Louden

What is amplification?

200

Qualification

What is a quality or accomplishment that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity.

200

Parody

What is Pride and Prejudice with zombies.

300

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

What is satire?

300

Questioning 

What is interrogative?

300

Generalization

What is a general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases.

300

Cliché 

What is it's better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all.

400

A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

What is euphemism?

400

Crucial 

What is imperative?

400

Maxim

What is a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.

400

Paradox

What is save money by spending it.

500

An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion

What is syllogism?

500

Denial

What is negation?

500

Anecdote

What is a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

500

Chiasmus

What is poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.

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