7210048655 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. | 0 | |
7210048656 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 1 | |
7210048657 | Antecedent | A literary device in which a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word. | 2 | |
7210048658 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. | 3 | |
7210048659 | Atmosphere | The feeling, emotion, or mood a writer conveys to a reader through the description of setting and objects. | 4 | |
7210048660 | Antithesis | To put two contrasting ideas together to add interest to the writing. | 5 | |
7210048661 | Anecdote | A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point or to make audience laugh. | 6 | |
7210048662 | Argumentation | The action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory. | 7 | |
7210048663 | Attitude | A perspective or tone that is built by the writer in a certain work. | 8 | |
7210048664 | Audience | The person for whom a writer writes, or composer composes. | 9 | |
7210048665 | Causal Analysis | The root cause; To find the causes that you can treat rather than treating the symptoms. | 10 | |
7210048666 | Clause | A group of words that contain a subject and a predicate | 11 | |
7210048667 | Cliché | An expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty | 12 | |
7210048668 | Colloquial | The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. | 13 | |
7210048669 | Connotation | A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. | 14 | |
7210048670 | Claim | A statement that asserts something to be true. | 15 | |
7210048671 | Classification | A method of paragraph or essay development in which a writer arranges people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into classes or groups. | 16 | |
7210048672 | Coherence | Something logical or consistent and something that makes sense as a whole | 17 | |
7210048673 | Abstract | Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. | 18 | |
7210048674 | Concrete | Existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract. | 19 | |
7210048675 | Denotation | The literal or dictionary meanings of a word. | 20 | |
7210048676 | Diction | Style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. | 21 | |
7210048677 | Didactic | Type of work that often has morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics | 22 | |
7210048678 | Details | Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea | 23 | |
7210048679 | Dialect | The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people. | 24 | |
7210048680 | Digression from topic | Temporary departure from topic | 25 | |
7210048681 | Discourse | Speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with a certain subject. | 26 | |
7210048682 | Dominant Impression | The principal effect the author wishes to create for the audience. | 27 | |
7210048683 | Editorializing | Injecting personal interpretations or opinions into an otherwise factual account. | 28 | |
7210048684 | Emotive Imagery | Images that secure an emotional response from the reader. | 29 | |
7210048685 | Evidence | Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something. | 30 | |
7210048686 | Equivocation | When a key term or phrase in an argument is used with more than one meaning. | 31 | |
7210048687 | Ethos | An appeal to ethics, and it means of convincing someone of character or credibility of the persuader. | 32 | |
7210048688 | Ellipsis | A literary device that is used to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill in the gaps themselves. | 33 | |
7210048689 | Epigraph | A phrase, quotation, or poem that is at the beginning of a document or component. Works to serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon. | 34 | |
7210048690 | Generic conventions | Term that describes traditions for each genre; help to define each genre. | 35 | |
7210048691 | Genre | A major category of literature which may be determined by technique, tone, content or even length. | 36 | |
7210048692 | Homily | A sermon or speech that a religious person or priest delivers before a group of people to offer them moral correction. | 37 | |
7210048693 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech which involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. | 38 | |
7210048694 | Imagery | Yhe use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the five senses | 39 | |
7210048695 | Inference | Logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true. | 40 | |
7210048696 | Invective | Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. | 41 | |
7210048697 | Irony | Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. | 42 | |
7210048698 | Jargon | Use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade; in order to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field. | 43 | |
7210048699 | Juxtaposition | Technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. | 44 | |
7210048700 | Language devices | A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing. | 45 | |
7210048701 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. | 46 | |
7210048702 | Loose Sentence | Begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause. | 47 | |
7210048703 | Logos | A statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. | 48 | |
7210048704 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. | 49 |
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