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| 12403976691 | abstract language | describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or specific things | 0 | |
| 12403976692 | ad hominem | In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." | 1 | |
| 12403976693 | allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 2 | |
| 12403976694 | alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 3 | |
| 12403976695 | allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 4 | |
| 12403976696 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 5 | |
| 12403976697 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 6 | |
| 12403976698 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 7 | |
| 12403976699 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 8 | |
| 12403976700 | annotation | A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature. | 9 | |
| 12403976701 | antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 10 | |
| 12403976702 | assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 11 | |
| 12403976703 | *asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words -NO conjunctions | 12 | |
| 12403976704 | authority | the right to use power -ethos | 13 | |
| 12403976705 | backing | Support or evidence for a claim in an argument | 14 | |
| 12403976706 | balance | A sentence/argument in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions. | 15 | |
| 12403976707 | begging the question | A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt. | 16 | |
| 12403976708 | causal relationship | Form of argumentation in which the writer claims uses cause and effect and relates one argument to another | 17 | |
| 12403976709 | chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 18 | |
| 12403976710 | common knowledge | Information that is readily available from a number of sources, or very well-known | 19 | |
| 12403976711 | concrete language | describes specific, observable things rather than ideas or qualities | 20 | |
| 12403976712 | connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 21 | |
| 12403976713 | consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds | 22 | |
| 12403976714 | conventional | usual, original, generally done | 23 | |
| 12403976715 | cumulative | increasing, building upon itself | 24 | |
| 12403976716 | deconstruction | the process of analyzing literature and writing in order to understand the language and meaning | 25 | |
| 12403976717 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 26 | |
| 12403976718 | didactic | instructive | 27 | |
| 12403976719 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 28 | |
| 12403976720 | either/or reasoning | An argument that something complex can be looked at in only two different ways | 29 | |
| 12403976721 | elliptical | oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out; missing words | 30 | |
| 12403976722 | emotional appeal | tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader's emotions instead of to logic or reason | 31 | |
| 12403976723 | epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme | 32 | |
| 12403976724 | equivocation | When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument. | 33 | |
| 12403976725 | ethos | appealing to authority | 34 | |
| 12403976726 | explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text. | 35 | |
| 12403976727 | exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | 36 | |
| 12403976728 | false analogy | an argument using an inappropriate metaphor | 37 | |
| 12403976729 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 38 | |
| 12403976730 | freight - train | Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions. | 39 | |
| 12404021076 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 40 | |
| 12404021097 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 41 | |
| 12404027454 | inversion (sentence) | inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 42 | |
| 12404027455 | irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 43 | |
| 12404032876 | logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 44 | |
| 12404036955 | metaphor | a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common (not using like or as) | 45 | |
| 12404046363 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 46 | |
| 12404048728 | moral | a lesson taught by a literary work | 47 | |
| 12404051519 | negative-positive | sentence that beings by stating what is not true, then by ending by stating what is true | 48 | |
| 12404054330 | non-sequitur | A statement that does not follow logically from evidence | 49 | |
| 12404057651 | objectivity | treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices | 50 | |
| 12404059562 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 51 | |
| 12404061281 | oversimplification | description of something in a way that does not include all the facts or details (and that causes misunderstanding) | 52 | |
| 12404064024 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase | 53 | |
| 12404067038 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth | 54 | |
| 12404069600 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 55 | |
| 12404071837 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 56 | |
| 12404074301 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 57 | |
| 12404076392 | periodic | Sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements | 58 | |
| 12404076393 | persona | an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting | 59 | |
| 12404078745 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 60 | |
| 12404078747 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 61 | |
| 12404082013 | *Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural -MANY conjunctions | 62 | |
| 12404087313 | post hoc, ergo propter hoc | after this, therefore because of this | 63 | |
| 12404095809 | Red Herring | When a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue | 64 | |
| 12404098766 | refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 65 | |
| 12404101320 | repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 66 | |
| 12404101322 | rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 67 | |
| 12404104429 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 68 | |
| 12404109153 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 69 | |
| 12404109154 | simile | A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" | 70 | |
| 12404114198 | Straw Man | A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea | 71 | |
| 12404116436 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 72 | |
| 12404118643 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract | 73 | |
| 12404124241 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 74 | |
| 12404127637 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 75 | |
| 12404127638 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 76 | |
| 12404130341 | tricolon | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses | 77 | |
| 12404133958 | unity | the topic, supporting sentences, the detail sentences and (sometimes) the concluding sentence all tell the reader about ONE main topic | 78 | |
| 12404147572 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant (sarcasm) | 79 |
