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| 4348134614 | allegory | The rhetorical strategy of extending a metaphor through an entire narrative so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. "There is an obvious allegory in Avatar, the Navi stand for Native Americans." | 0 | |
| 4348134615 | alliteration | The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in "a peck of pickled peppers." | 1 | |
| 4348134616 | allusion | A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional. | 2 | |
| 4348134617 | analogy | A type of composition (or, more commonly, a part of a composition or speech) in which one idea, process, or thing is explained by comparing it to something else. | 3 | |
| 4348134618 | anaphora (also called epanaphora) | A scheme in which the same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Example: "I will fight for you. I will fight to save Social Security. I will fight to raise the minimum wage." | 4 | |
| 4348134619 | anastrophe | A scheme in which normal word order is changed for emphasis. Example: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. | 5 | |
| 4348134620 | anecdote | A short account (or narrative) of an interesting or amusing incident, often intended to illustrate or support some point. | 6 | |
| 4348134621 | annotation | A concise statement of the key idea(s) in a text or a portion of a text. Annotations are commonly used in reading instruction and in research. | 7 | |
| 4348134622 | antagonist | Character in a story or poem who opposes the main character (protagonist). Sometimes the antagonist is an animal, an idea, or a thing. Examples of such antagonists might include illness, oppression, or the serpent in the biblical story of Adam and Eve. | 8 | |
| 4348134623 | antecedent | The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to. "When giving treats to ~friends~ or ~children~, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them." | 9 | |
| 4348134624 | antimetabole | Half of expression is balanced, other half is backwards. ABC-CBA. It's a type of chiasmus. "I know what I like, and I like what I know" | 10 | |
| 4348134625 | antithesis | Placement of contrasting or opposing words, phrases, clauses, or sentences side by side. Following are examples:"The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression." (Harold Pinter, "Writing for the Theatre," 1962) | 11 | |
| 4348134627 | antithesis | A rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses. "You're easy on the eyes Hard on the heart." - (Terri Clark) | 12 | |
| 4348134628 | aphorism | A brief statement of a principle that makes a wise observation about life. "Haste makes waste." "The first rule of Fight Club is--you do not talk about Fight Club." (Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden, Fight Club) | 13 | |
| 4348134630 | apostrophe | A scheme in which a person or an abstract quality is directly addressed, whether present or not. Example: "Freedom! You are a beguiling mistress." | 14 | |
| 4348134632 | archaic diction | the use of words that are old-fashioned or no longer commonly used. | 15 | |
| 4348134633 | Aristotelian triangle | Relation between audience, subject, and writer/speaker | 16 | |
| 4348134635 | aside | In conversation or drama, a short passage spoken in an undertone or addressed to an audience. In writing, an aside may be set off by parentheses. | 17 | |
| 4348134636 | assertion | a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason | 18 | |
| 4348134637 | assumption | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. Little proof is given. | 19 | |
| 4348134638 | asyndeton | Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses "Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo." | 20 | |
| 4348134639 | attitude | Created by a speaker or writer in order to invent materials, the manner in which an action is carried out. | 21 | |
| 4348134640 | audience | the receiving end. Always important to write and speak with the audience in mind. Clarity, brevity, interest, reaction, etc... | 22 | |
| 4348134641 | bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 23 | |
| 4348134649 | claim | An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt. | 24 | |
| 4348134653 | colloquialism | An informal expression that is more often used in casual conversation than in formal speech or writing. "Latinas are in oppressive structures. We can fool ourselves, but we'd still be getting ~dumped on.~" | 25 | |
| 4348134654 | comic relief | Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections. A character or characters providing this. | 26 | |
| 4348134655 | concede | Admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it. | 27 | |
| 4348134660 | connotation | The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry, in contrast to its denotative (literal) meanings. An idea that is implied or suggested "The name reservation has a negative connotation among Native Americans--an intern camp of sorts." (John Russell) | 28 | |
| 4348134663 | counterargument | a contrasting, opposing, or refuting argument. | 29 | |
| 4348134664 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 30 | |
| 4348134665 | deductive reasoning | A method of reasoning from the general to the specific. In a deductive argument, a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises. (Contrast with induction.) In logic, a deductive argument is called a syllogism. In rhetoric, the equivalent of the syllogism is the enthymeme. | 31 | |
| 4348134666 | denotation | The direct or dictionary meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings | 32 | |
| 4348134669 | diction | Choice and use of words in speech or writing | 33 | |
| 4348134673 | effect | something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence | 34 | |
| 4348134674 | elegy | a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. | 35 | |
| 4348134678 | epistrophe (also called epiphora) | A scheme in which the same word is repeated at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Example: "I believe we should fight for justice. You believe we should fight for justice. How can we not, then, fight for justice?" | 36 | |
| 4348134679 | ethos | Credibility. We tend to believe people whom we respect. | 37 | |
| 4348134680 | euphemism | The substitution of an inoffensive term (such as "passed away") for one considered offensively explicit ("died"). Contrast with dysphemism. Adjective: euphemistic. | 38 | |
| 4348134681 | euphony | agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words | 39 | |
| 4348134683 | exposition | writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise | 40 | |
| 4348134684 | fable | a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue | 41 | |
| 4348134693 | hyperbole | A trope composed of exaggerated words or ideals used for emphasis and not to be taken literally. Example: "I've told you a million times not to call me a liar!" | 42 | |
| 4348134696 | imperative sentence | A type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command. "Leave the gun, take the cannoli" | 43 | |
| 4348134697 | Impressionism | use imagism and symbolism to convey their impressions, rather than interpreting their experiences. | 44 | |
| 4348134698 | inductive reasoning | A method of reasoning that moves from specific instances to a generalization. Specific to general. | 45 | |
| 4348134699 | inversion | reversal of the usual or natural order of words; anastrophe. | 46 | |
| 4348134700 | irony | A trope in which a word or phrase is used to mean the opposite of its literal meaning. Example: "I just love scrubbing the floor." | 47 | |
| 4348134701 | juxtaposition | an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. | 48 | |
| 4348134702 | laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. | 49 | |
| 4348134703 | litotes | A trope in which one makes a deliberate understatement for emphasis. Example: Young lovers are kissing and an observer says: "I think they like each other." | 50 | |
| 4348134704 | logos | logic means persuading by the use of reasoning. | 51 | |
| 4348134709 | metonymy | Substitution where a word or phrase is used in place of another word or phrase (such as "crown" for "royalty"). "The pen is mightier than the sword," | 52 | |
| 4348134710 | modifier | In grammar, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure. A modifier is so called because it is said to modify (change the meaning of) another element in the structure, on which it is dependent. ex: "This is a red ball" vs. "This is a ball". Red modifies the noun ball. | 53 | |
| 4348134713 | narration | provides factual information and background material or something narrated; an account, story, or narrative | 54 | |
| 4348134716 | onomatopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds-CRASH, BANG, HISS | 55 | |
| 4348134717 | oxymoron | A trope that connects two contradictory terms. Example: "Bill is a cheerful pessimist." "Jumbo shrimp" | 56 | |
| 4348134719 | parable | A story, usually short and simple, that illustrates a lesson. | 57 | |
| 4348134720 | paradox | an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it. [What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young] "War is peace." "Freedom is slavery." | 58 | |
| 4348134722 | parallelism | The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases | 59 | |
| 4348134723 | parody | a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing | 60 | |
| 4348134724 | pathos | emotional appeal and persuasion | 61 | |
| 4348134725 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 62 | |
| 4348134727 | persona | the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author. | 63 | |
| 4348134730 | point of view | The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or presents information. Depending on the topic, purpose, and audience, writers of nonfiction may rely on the first-person point of view (I, we), the second-person (you, your), or the third-person (he, she, it, they). | 64 | |
| 4348134731 | polemic | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine | 65 | |
| 4348134732 | polysyndeton | Multiple coordinating conjunctions "Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly--mostly--let them have their whiteness." (Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969) | 66 | |
| 4348134733 | premise | a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion | 67 | |
| 4348134736 | pun | A play on words in which a homophone is repeated but used in a different sense. Examples: "She was always game for any game." | 68 | |
| 4348134738 | refutation | addresses counterargument, bridge between proof and conclusion | 69 | |
| 4348134739 | refute | to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. | 70 | |
| 4348134740 | rhetoric | The study and practice of effective communication. The study of the effects of texts on audiences. The art of persuasion. An insincere eloquence intended to win points and manipulate | 71 | |
| 4348134741 | rhetorical appeals | ethos, pathos, logos | 72 | |
| 4348134742 | rhetorical modes | describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. Four of the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. | 73 | |
| 4348134743 | rhetorical question | A trope in which the one asks a leading question. Example: "With all the violence on TV today, is it any wonder kids bring guns to school?" | 74 | |
| 4348134744 | satire | A text or performance that uses irony, derision, or wit to expose or attack human vice, foolishness, or stupidity. With intent to improve. | 75 | |
| 4348134745 | sarcasm | Empty irony. Meant for others to feel stupid and does not improve a situation | 76 | |
| 4348134746 | scheme | A change in standard word order or pattern. | 77 | |
| 4348134747 | segue | to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption | 78 | |
| 4348134759 | syllogism | is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two or more others (the premises) of a specific form. | 79 | |
| 4348134761 | synecdoche | A trope in which a part stands for the whole or a whole stands for a part. Example: "Tom just bought a fancy new set of wheels." | 80 | |
| 4348134762 | syntax | Is the study of the rules that dictate how the parts of sentences go together. | 81 | |
| 4348134765 | thesis | a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections | 82 | |
| 4348134766 | tone | The atmosphere or emotion an author conveys through word choice, etc. Refers to how you say or write something. "The main factor in tone is diction, the words that the writer chooses. For one kind of writing, an author may choose one type of vocabulary, perhaps slang, and for another the same writer may choose an entirely different set of words. Even such small matters as contractions make a difference in tone, the contracted verbs being less formal. | 83 | |
| 4348134769 | trope | The use of a word, phrase, or image in a way not intended by its normal signification. | 84 | |
| 4348134770 | understatement | the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts. | 85 | |
| 4348134771 | verbal irony | Say one thing, mean the other | 86 | |
| 4348134772 | voice | the individual writing style of an author | 87 | |
| 4348134774 | maxim | a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct | 88 | |
| 4348134775 | relative clause | cannot stand alone, conains a subject and a verb; begins with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, or which) or a relative adverb (whre, when, why); functions as an adjective (answers, "What kind?", "How many?", "Which one?" | 89 | |
| 4348134778 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. | 90 | |
| 4348134779 | active voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb | 91 | |
| 4348134780 | passive voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | 92 |
