| A | B |
| jargon | words particular to a profession, trade, or group |
| logos | fleshing out the central idea through claims, data, warrants |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things |
| mood | the emotional state of mind, the felling, that a work of literature evokes |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words and imitate sounds |
| overstatement | an exaggeration used for effect |
| oxymoron | a two-word figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas |
| paradox | an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it |
| pathos | the rhetorical appeal to emotions |
| pun | a play words based on different meanings of words that sound alike |