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| 14475533313 | Abstract | Refers to words that cannot connect to any of the five senses. | 0 | |
| 14475534737 | Concrete | Refers to words that can connect to any of the five senses. | 1 | |
| 14475534738 | Allusion | An expression that refers to an object or idea indirectly and inexplicitly. | 2 | |
| 14475534739 | Ambiguity | Allows an object, idea, or word to have more than one interpretation. | 3 | |
| 14475536242 | Analogy | The comparison of two things used to clarify or explain something; a similarity. | 4 | |
| 14475546557 | Anastrophe | A figure of speech where the normal word order (subject-verb-object) is changed. | 5 | |
| 14475546558 | Anecdote | A brief story or recount regarding a real-life occurrence. | 6 | |
| 14475546559 | Analysis | The examination of a structure used to understand its context and features. | 7 | |
| 14475546590 | Antithesis | A figure of speech used to contrast two opposite objects at the same time. | 8 | |
| 14475549186 | Appeal | (AKA rhetorical persuasion) Is used to convince the audience in different ways. | 9 | |
| 14475557656 | Aphorism | A short and memorable expression to remember a general principle. | 10 | |
| 14475558728 | Audience | The person/people someone is writing or speaking for. | 11 | |
| 14475558729 | Bias | Remains one-sided and leans towards one particular side in a closed-minded manner. | 12 | |
| 14475558730 | Slanting | Words used to convince an audience in an emotional manner. | 13 | |
| 14475559571 | Cacophony | Focuses on harsher sounds, mainly consonant-based. | 14 | |
| 14475559572 | Euphony | Focuses on lovelier sounds and more sweet-sounding elements. | 15 | |
| 14475567499 | Colloquialism | A style mainly used for everyday communication; the most common style used. | 16 | |
| 14475567500 | Compare | To show how two or more things are similar. | 17 | |
| 14475567501 | Contrast | To show how two or more things are different. | 18 | |
| 14475568280 | Concession | A rhetorical strategy that takes an opposing point and uses it to change the opponent's mind. | 19 | |
| 14475568281 | Connotation | Describes the implication a word carries that is far from what it clearly represents. | 20 | |
| 14475568773 | Denotation | Describes the literal meaning a word carries that contrasts from its connotative meaning. | 21 | |
| 14475576682 | Deduction | Involves reasoning going from a wider range to a more specific idea. | 22 | |
| 14475576683 | Syllogism | Is connected to deductive reasoning and has two premises (major and minor) along with a conclusion. | 23 | |
| 14475576684 | Dialect | Describes the language spoken by a given group. | 24 | |
| 14475578186 | Dialogue | Describes a conversation between two or more characters in a piece of writing. | 25 | |
| 14475578187 | Diction | An author's choice of words or vocabulary in a piece of writing or speaking. | 26 | |
| 14475578188 | Digression | A technique where the subject of something is shifted for a brief moment. | 27 | |
| 14475646596 | Epigraph | A phrase or something similar that is placed at the beginning of a document or other piece of writing. | 28 | |
| 14475646597 | Equivocation | A literary strategy used to show that you actually mean the opposite of what you are saying. | 29 | |
| 14475647127 | Ethos | A persuasive strategy that focuses on credibility. | 30 | |
| 14475647128 | Euphemism | An expression used to replace another that may be found as offensive or unpleasant to an audience. | 31 | |
| 14475647129 | Evaluation | Describes a set of judgments used on a piece of writing to determine if it meets specific criteria. | 32 | |
| 14475656536 | Exigence | An issue that prompts a piece of writing to come alive. | 33 | |
| 14475656537 | Exemplification | A symbolization technique where something is seen as having a relation to what it is referring to. | 34 | |
| 14475657054 | Explicit | Describes when something is clearly or directly being explained, leaving no room for confusion or implication. | 35 | |
| 14475657055 | Implicit | Describes when something is not being clearly or directly explained and there are various suggestions within the words being used. | 36 | |
| 14475657056 | Fallacy | The misuse of reasoning; a use of invalid reasoning. | 37 | |
| 14475664746 | Format, Organization, Sequence, Structure | The four words that describe the arrangement of ideas or details in a piece of writing. | 38 | |
| 14475668659 | Irony | A technique where what is occurring differs from what is actually the case. | 39 | |
| 14475668660 | Jargon | Special words that are used by a particular group that only they can understand. | 40 | |
| 14475668661 | Juxtaposition | The technique of placing two things together that have contrasting effects. | 41 | |
| 14475669075 | Logos | A persuasive strategy that focuses on factual information and statistics. | 42 | |
| 14475669076 | Mood | An element of writing that sparks various emotions in the readers through whatever the writer is describing. | 43 | |
| 14475675213 | Overstatement | When you claim something is greater than it actually is to make it more important. | 44 | |
| 14475675214 | Understatement | When you claim something to be less important than it actually is. | 45 | |
| 14475675215 | Oxymoron | A technique using self-contradiction to introduce another point. | 46 | |
| 14475675852 | Paradox | A self-contradictory statement that may be proven correct when explained. | 47 | |
| 14475675853 | Parallelism | The use of more than one phrase consecutively with the same structure. | 48 | |
| 14475683107 | Pathos | A persuasive strategy that focuses on appealing to the emotions of the audience. | 49 | |
| 14475683108 | Process Analysis | A paragraph technique where a writer describes how to perform an action step-by-step. | 50 | |
| 14475683109 | Purpose | The goal of a piece of writing that a writer is trying to achieve. | 51 | |
| 14475683621 | Qualify | To claim a statement or piece of evidence is correct. | 52 | |
| 14475724169 | Rebut | To prove that a piece of evidence is false. | 53 | |
| 14475724170 | Refute | To disprove a statement. | 54 | |
| 14475724171 | Rhetoric | The ability to argue and persuade an audience. | 55 | |
| 14475724749 | Rhetorical Device | A use of language used to affect the audience of a piece of writing. | 56 | |
| 14475724750 | Rhetorical Modes | Describe the purposes of the major uses of communication, mainly in speaking and writing. | 57 | |
| 14475730122 | Rhetorical Purpose | The goal to persuade an audience and change the way an audience thinks about a certain subject. | 58 | |
| 14475730123 | Rhetorical Shift | Describes the change in tone in a piece of writing, often initiated by a transition word. | 59 | |
| 14475730124 | Rhetorical Strategy | Is used to give the audience a reason to turn to the side being persuaded about. | 60 | |
| 14475730896 | Rhetorical Triangle | Originated by Aristotle, is used to organize the three persuasive strategies called logos, ethos, and pathos. | 61 | |
| 14475730897 | Rhetorical Question | Is used to make a point instead of get an answer. | 62 | |
| 14475738438 | Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock or taunt something. | 63 | |
| 14475738439 | Satire | The use of irony to expose, ridicule, or criticize various vices and/or follies. | 64 | |
| 14475738440 | Slang | A type of language that comes out to be very informal and either include or exclude certain groups. | 65 | |
| 14475739628 | Speaker, Author, Rhetor | The three terms that refer to a teacher or orator telling a story or describing a piece of writing within it. | 66 | |
| 14475739629 | Style | Describes how an author writes. | 67 | |
| 14475739630 | Voice | The method of expression used by a writer or the style of writing. | 68 | |
| 14475748258 | Symbol | A literary device representing many aspects or containing a deeper meaning. | 69 | |
| 14475748259 | Syntax | The technique of organizing words and phrases to form sentences in a given language. | 70 | |
| 14475748273 | Thesis, Argument, Assertion | The three terms that refer to the statement someone makes when they are describing their strong belief in something. | 71 | |
| 14475749271 | Tone | The attitude the writer possesses towards the subject being written about. | 72 | |
| 14475749272 | Transitions | Various words and phrases that connect different ideas and help a piece of writing maintain a good flow. | 73 | |
| 14475756357 | Active | A voice used when a subject is performing an action and expressing it through a verb representing it. | 74 | |
| 14475756907 | Passive | A voice used when an object is being emphasized instead of a subject. | 75 | |
| 14475756908 | Author | The creator of a piece of writing. | 76 | |
| 14475756909 | Character | Someone or something that moves a story forward. | 77 | |
| 14475761562 | Characterization | Highlights the details of a character overtime in a story. | 78 | |
| 14475814699 | First Person | Refers to a piece of writing being told by a narrator speaking directly about themselves. | 79 | |
| 14475814700 | Second Person | Refers to the audience or the people being spoken to. | 80 | |
| 14475814701 | Third Person | Refers to anyone other than the narrator or the audience. | 81 | |
| 14475814702 | Subjective | Describes a person's point of view, including their opinions and beliefs. | 82 | |
| 14475815288 | Objective | Describes a point of view that focuses on using evidence. | 83 | |
| 14475821098 | Cliche | Describes an expression, opinion, or anything similar that is overused and often predictable, displaying no originality. | 84 | |
| 14475821099 | Hyperbole | Is used to exaggerate claims that are not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense. | 85 | |
| 14475821100 | Idiom | An expression with a meaning that is often not connected to the actual meanings of the words involved. | 86 | |
| 14475821101 | Imagery | Describes something in a way that is able to be visualized in one's imagination. | 87 | |
| 14475822031 | Metaphor | Allows one thing to represent or be portrayed as another thing. | 88 | |
| 14475832555 | Metonymy | Refers to something as another thing that is somehow associated with it. | 89 | |
| 14475832556 | Synecdoche | Refers to one part of something as the whole, or the whole of something as that one part. | 90 | |
| 14475833694 | Onomatopoeia | Forms a word based on any sound that is made. | 91 | |
| 14475833695 | Personification | Grants human characteristics to an inhuman object. | 92 | |
| 14475833696 | Simile | Shows that one thing is similar to another thing using words such as "like" or "as" in comparison. | 93 |
