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| 10470241070 | Sarcasm | From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh", sarcasm involves bitter, caustic language that is meant tk hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 0 | |
| 10470241071 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 1 | |
| 10470241072 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another | 2 | |
| 10470241073 | Style | The consideration of this has two purposes; an evaluation and classification. | 3 | |
| 10470241074 | Subject complement | The word (with any accompanying phrases) or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject me the sentence by either renaming it or describing it | 4 | |
| 10470241075 | Subordinate clause | Like all clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb (plus any accompanying phrases or modifiers), but unlike the independent clause, the subordinate clause cannot stand alone | 5 | |
| 10470241076 | Syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together", a syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (minor and major) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | 6 | |
| 10470241077 | Symbol/symbolism | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. | 7 | |
| 10470241078 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part | 8 | |
| 10470241079 | Synthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 9 | |
| 10470241080 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 10 | |
| 10470241081 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 11 | |
| 10470241082 | Thesis | In expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | 12 | |
| 10470241083 | Tone | Similar to mood, tone destined the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both | 13 | |
| 10470241084 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas | 14 | |
| 10470241085 | Understatement | The ironic minimalizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 15 | |
| 10470241086 | Wit | In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. | 16 |
