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We often hear the phrase, "It was a rhetorical question." But what is "rhetoric" anyway?

Premise is the essential base of a story, or the key point of the writing. It is that one sentence that can summarize everything that will happen ...

Personification is a literary device that gives human attributes to non-human things.

A paradox is a statement that is self contradictory in nature, but upon careful consideration, makes sense.

Oxymoron is a figure of speech which places two contrasting words beside each other to create a dramatic effect.

Onomatopoeia is a literary device which helps to define a sound.

The irony is expressing something contradictory to its literal meaning.

An idiom is a commonly used expression to convey a figurative meaning, which is very different from the literal meaning of the phrase itself.

Dystopia is a concept that portrays a dark future filled with havoc and destruction. It is the opposite of utopia, that is, a perfect society. Dystopian writing ...

Didactic writing intends to instruct and entertain the reader.