Terms : Hide Images
| 14545742326 | Abstract | existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. | 0 | |
| 14545742327 | Aesthetics | Artistic or looks appealing to our senses | 1 | |
| 14545742328 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 2 | |
| 14545742329 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 3 | |
| 14545742330 | Ambiguity | An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. | 4 | |
| 14545742331 | Anachronism | something out of place in time | 5 | |
| 14545742332 | Analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect | 6 | |
| 14545742333 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 7 | |
| 14545742334 | Antithesis | two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 8 | |
| 14545742335 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 9 | |
| 14545742336 | Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 10 | |
| 14545742337 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 11 | |
| 14545742338 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 12 | |
| 14545742339 | Begging the question | A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt. | 13 | |
| 14545742340 | Caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics | 14 | |
| 14545742341 | Chiasmus | two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect | 15 | |
| 14545742342 | Clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. | 16 | |
| 14545742343 | Colloquialism | a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. | 17 | |
| 14545742344 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. | 18 | |
| 14545742345 | Compound | a word consisting of components that are words | 19 | |
| 14545742346 | Compound complex sentence | at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses | 20 | |
| 14545742347 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 21 | |
| 14545742348 | Contradiction | a statement that is the opposite of another statement | 22 | |
| 14545742349 | Deductive | using logic or reason to form a conclusion or opinion about something | 23 | |
| 14545742350 | Delayed sentence (periodic sentence) | A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end | 24 | |
| 14545742351 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 25 | |
| 14545742352 | Diction | An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect | 26 | |
| 14545742353 | Didactic | Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson | 27 | |
| 14545742354 | Epigraph | Quote set at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme. | 28 | |
| 14545742355 | Epiphany | A sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the reality or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or common occurrence or experience | 29 | |
| 14545742356 | Epitaph | inscription on a tombstone | 30 | |
| 14545742357 | Ethos | appeals to the audience's sense of morals or principles | 31 | |
| 14545742358 | Pathos | appeals to the emotions of the audience | 32 | |
| 14545742359 | Logos | appeals to the audience's sense of logic | 33 | |
| 14545742360 | Euphemism | a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant | 34 | |
| 14545742361 | Expletive | A single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words | 35 | |
| 14545742362 | Eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died | 36 | |
| 14545742363 | Fallacy | an error in reasoning | 37 | |
| 14545742364 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 38 | |
| 14545742365 | Colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 39 | |
| 14545742366 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 40 | |
| 14545742367 | Inference | Using background knowledge and observation to determine a conclusion that makes sense. | 41 | |
| 14545742368 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 42 | |
| 14545742369 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 43 | |
| 14545742370 | Juxtaposition | A literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another. | 44 | |
| 14545742371 | Litotes | Understatement of an affirmative by using negative description; discreet way of saying something unpleasant without using negativity. | 45 | |
| 14545742372 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 46 | |
| 14545742373 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 47 | |
| 14545742374 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 48 | |
| 14545742375 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 49 | |
| 14545742376 | Nostalgia | a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure about an earlier, happy period | 50 | |
| 14545742377 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 51 | |
| 14545742378 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 52 | |
| 14545742379 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 53 | |
| 14545742380 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 54 | |
| 14545742381 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 55 | |
| 14545742382 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 56 | |
| 14545742383 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 57 | |
| 14545742384 | Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. | 58 | |
| 14545742385 | Pun | a humorous play on words | 59 | |
| 14545742386 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 60 | |
| 14545742387 | Rhetoric | language used to support your point of view; language intended to persuade | 61 | |
| 14545742388 | Style | The manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure | 62 | |
| 14545742389 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 63 | |
| 14545742390 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 64 | |
| 14545742391 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 65 | |
| 14545742392 | Simple sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 66 | |
| 14545742393 | Structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 67 | |
| 14545742394 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 68 | |
| 14545742395 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 69 | |
| 14545742396 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 70 | |
| 14545742397 | Symbolism | A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well | 71 | |
| 14545742398 | Thesis | an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument | 72 | |
| 14545742399 | Theme | the central topic of a text | 73 | |
| 14545742400 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 74 | |
| 14545742401 | Transition words | words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences and paragraphs | 75 | |
| 14545742402 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant | 76 | |
| 14545742403 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 77 | |
| 14545742404 | Voice | A writers distinctive use of language | 78 | |
| 14545742405 | Strawman Argument | When an opponent attributes false or exaggerated characteristics or behaviors to the opponent and attacks him on those falsehoods or exaggerations. | 79 |
