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| 5887081316 | Allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 5887083423 | Alliteration | Repetition of sounds, especiallly initial consonant sounds in 2+ neighboring words | 1 | |
| 5887085706 | Allusion | a direct or indirect referendce to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, or place | 2 | |
| 5887089998 | Ambiguity | multiple meanings, intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage | 3 | |
| 5887091062 | Analogy | a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original curcumstance | 4 | |
| 5887094170 | Anaphora | exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines of sentences | 5 | |
| 5887095473 | Anecdote | a brief account of some interesting or entertaining and often humorous incident | 6 | |
| 5887096258 | Antecedent | the word, phrase or clause to which a pronouns refers | 7 | |
| 5887101044 | antithesis | a rhetorical device in which two ideas are directly oppposed. for a statement to be truly antithetical, the opposing ideas must be presented in a grammatically parallel way, thus creating perfect rhetorical balance | 8 | |
| 5887104584 | Aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship, which expresses a general truth or moral principle. can be a memorable summation of the author's point | 9 | |
| 5887107768 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstract, such as liberty or love. the speaker addresses the object as if it were present and capable of understanding and responding. the effect my add familiarity or emotional intensity | 10 | |
| 5887112223 | attitude | a writer's intellectual position/emotion regarding the subject. a passage will rarely have one | 11 | |
| 5887117087 | chiasmus | a rhetorical device in which certain words, sounds, concepts, or syntactic structures are reversed or repeated in reverse order. may also create or heighten paradox | 12 | |
| 5887121167 | colloquial | the use of slang in writing, often to create local color and to provide and informal tone | 13 | |
| 5887122180 | connotation | Interpretative level of a word based on its associated images, rather than literal meaning | 14 | |
| 5887128843 | descriptive detail | details that appeal to the senses | 15 | |
| 5887133073 | dialiectic | a method of logical argumentation that typically addresses conflicting positions | 16 | |
| 5887134151 | diction | the writer's word choices, especially with regard to correctness, clearness or effectiveness. | 17 | |
| 5887136282 | ellipsis | indicated by a series of three periods, this shows some material has been omitted, which may obscure the real meaning of the piece of writing | 18 | |
| 5887139977 | euphemism | more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts, used to adhere to standard of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement | 19 | |
| 5887143486 | figurative language | includes paradox, understatement, metaphor, apostrophie, similie, hyperbole, oxymoron, personification (P.u.m.a.S.h.o.p) | 20 | |
| 5887146782 | hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect | 21 | |
| 5887148329 | imagery | sensory details or figurative language used to arouse emotion or represent abstractions, typically related to the five senses. | 22 | |
| 5887154786 | irony | an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen | 23 | |
| 5887156672 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunsiation or attack using strong, abusive language | 24 | |
| 5887161392 | Litotes | a figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite | 25 | |
| 5887163569 | mataphor | a direct comparison between dissimilar things | 26 | |
| 5894017890 | mood | prevailing atmospheres or emotional aura. Setting, tone, and events can affect the mood | 27 | |
| 5894037417 | Motif | a unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurrent image, symbol, theme, character, type, subject, or narrative detail Specific colors such as green and white serve as motifs in The Great Gatsby | 28 | |
| 5894060969 | Onomatopoeia | use of words that sound like they mean or signify meaning through sound effeccgts | 29 | |
| 5894063721 | Oxymoron | from the Greek for "pointedly foolish," a figure of speech that juxtaposes two opposite of apparently contradictory words to present an emphatic and dramatic paradox for a rhetorical purpose or effect. Ex: wide fool, bittersweet, eloquent silence. | 30 | |
| 5894073588 | Paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon closer examination, may be seen to contain an underlying truth. As a rhetorical device, paradox is used to grab the reader's attention and to direct it to a specific poitn or image that provokes the reader to see something in a new way. EX: "We had to destroy the village to save it." | 31 | |
| 5894093188 | Parallelism (or parallel structure) | the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity. This can involve, but is not limited to, repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase. The effects of parallelism are numberous, but frequently, they act as an organizing force to attract the reader's atention, add emphasis and organization, or simply provide a muscial rhythm. | 32 | |
| 5894138772 | Pathos | a quality in a work that makes the reader experience pity, sorrow or tenderness. Pathetic characters are usually helpless, innocent victims suffering through no fault of their own. | 33 | |
| 5894146407 | Pedantic | a term used to describe writing that borders on lecutring. It is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult and distant. | 34 | |
| 5894153874 | Personification | the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects of concepts. | 35 | |
| 5894156712 | Rhetoric | from the Greek term "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 36 | |
| 5894165873 | Rhetorical Purpose | the reason for the speaker's remarks or a definition of the attitude that the author would like the reader to adopt | 37 | |
| 5894171228 | Satire | a mode of writing based on ridicule that criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution. | 38 | |
| 5894177756 | Selection of detail | facts, circumstances, characteristics, techniques, etc., used by the writer to convey tone, purpose or effect | 39 | |
| 5894181583 | Supporting a Position | when supporting a position, consider the following types of evidence: facts, statistics, details, quotations, needed definitions, recognition or the opposition, examples, anecdotes, contrast and compare, cause and effect, appeal to emotion and appeal to authority | 40 | |
| 5894194503 | Synesthesia | a psychological process whereby one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. For instance, the sight of ants may make you feel itchy. When used with reference to literature, it refers to the practice of associating two or more different senses in the same image. It speaks of one sensation in terms of another. Ex: a red hot coal evokes both color(sight) and heat(touch) | 41 | |
| 5894213038 | Tone | similar to mood, tone describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both. Tone is easier to determine in spoken language than written. Considering how a work would sound if it were read aloud can help in identifying an author's tone. Some words describing tone are playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, and somber. As with attitude, an author | 42 | |
| 5894269704 | Understatement | the ironic minimalizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is. The effect can frequesntly be humorous and emphatic. Udnerstatement is the opposite of hyperbole | 43 | |
| 5903237232 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it. Example: monarch may be referred to as "the crown" | 44 | |
| 5903257784 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. To refer to a boat as a sail is synecdoche. | 45 | |
| 5903277802 | Sentence Construction - Complex | use one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses | 46 | |
| 5903282698 | Sentence Construction - Compound | Composed of two or more independent clauses, which are joined by a conjunction or a semicolon | 47 | |
| 5903297313 | Sentence Construction - Compound-Complex | joins a compound and a complex sentence together. It should contain two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause | 48 | |
| 5903312192 | Sentence Construction - Declarative | a statement that always ends with a period | 49 | |
| 5903314167 | Sentence Construction - Exclamatory | An expression of strong feeling that ends with an exclamation point | 50 | |
| 5903318622 | Sentence Construction - Imperative | gives a command or makes a request, and usually ends with a period | 51 | |
| 5903322174 | Sentence Construction - Interrogative | a question that always ends with a question mark | 52 | |
| 5903330342 | Sentence Construction - Periodic Sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone | 53 | |
| 5903338244 | Sentence Construction - Simple | has only one independent clause, no dependent clauses, and is limitied to one subject and one predicate | 54 |
