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| 10099961369 | Allegory | an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities. The writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric | 0 | |
| 10099986167 | Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, mythology, or pop culture | 1 | |
| 10099994985 | Cause and Effect | method of development that consists of analyzing the cause that leads to an effect or the effects that result from a cause | 2 | |
| 10100007531 | Classification and Division | method of development that involves the sorting of material or ideas into categories | 3 | |
| 10100019117 | Comparison and Contrast | method of development that consists of juxtaposing two things to highlight their similarities and differences | 4 | |
| 10100031165 | Connotation | implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind | 5 | |
| 10100037486 | Denotation | literal meaning of a word as defined | 6 | |
| 10100039735 | Definition | method of development based upon analyzing the meaning of a specific word, idea, or term | 7 | |
| 10100046306 | Description | method of development that emphasizes the senses by painting a picture of how something looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels | 8 | |
| 10100055083 | Diction | a speaker's or author's choice of words | 9 | |
| 10100061833 | Exemplification | method of development that involves providing a series of examples | 10 | |
| 10100065190 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis; the opposite of an understatement | 11 | |
| 10100077166 | Image | a word or group of words, other figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the sense | 12 | |
| 10100087515 | Imagery | words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture | 13 | |
| 10100106081 | Irony | a contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality | 14 | |
| 10100112185 | Verbal Irony | a discrepancy between what a speaker or writer says and what he or she believes to be true; usually the speaker or writer will say the opposite of what he or she believes to be true | 15 | |
| 10100125478 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another | 16 | |
| 10100129715 | Motif | a unifying element in an artistic work, especially zany recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail | 17 | |
| 10100144766 | Narration | method of development that refers to recounting events or telling a story | 18 | |
| 10100155257 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech that juxtaposes two opposite or apparently contradictory words to present an emphatic and dramatic paradox for a rhetorical purpose or effect (e.g. bittersweet, wise fool, etc.) | 19 | |
| 10100173243 | Paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but one that may be true | 20 | |
| 10100181662 | Parody | a work that ridicules the style of another work by imitating and exaggerating its elements. A parody can be totally mocking or gently humorous | 21 | |
| 10100202681 | Personification | human qualities given to nonhuman or inanimate objects | 22 | |
| 10100209857 | Process Analysis | method of development that seeks to explain how something works, how to do something, or how something was done | 23 | |
| 10100218702 | Sarcasm | intentional derision or ridicule intended to hurt | 24 | |
| 10100226911 | Satire | writing that exposes the humanity's vices and foibles in order to bring about some change or reform through ridicule | 25 | |
| 10100237653 | Simile | a figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different things | 26 | |
| 10100250012 | Syntax | the arrangement, ordering, grouping, and placement of words within a sentence; includes both the length of and types of sentences | 27 | |
| 10100264961 | Tone | an author's attitude toward the subject matter, character, or audience | 28 | |
| 10100269833 | Understatement | an author writes or says less than intended; the opposite of a hyperbole | 29 | |
| 10100280698 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences | 30 | |
| 10100310433 | Antithesis | rhetorical figure in which two ideas are directly opposed or contrasted; the ideas are presented in a grammatically parallel way, usually balanced by a word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs | 31 | |
| 10100325204 | Aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life | 32 | |
| 10100332211 | Appeal to Authority | drawing on the authority of widely respected people, institutions, and texts to support ideas or arguments | 33 | |
| 10100338043 | Apostrophe | usually in poetry, but sometimes found in prose; the author or speaker addresses a person who is dead or at least not physically present, an imaginary person or entity, something inhuman, or a place or concept | 34 | |
| 10100354566 | Asyndeton | commas used with no conjunction to separate a series of words; the pats are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted and speeds up the flow of the sentence (X, Y, Z is the form asyndeton takes) | 35 | |
| 10100386175 | Chiasmus | words, sounds, concepts, or syntactic structures are reversed or repeated in reverse order; the two parts of a chiasmus mirror each other; usually creates or heightens paradox | 36 | |
| 10100408697 | Deductive Reasoning | reasoning from general to specific | 37 | |
| 10100410500 | Discourse | spoken or written language | 38 | |
| 10100413559 | Ethos | ethical appeal; when writers connects their thinking to readers' own ethical or moral beliefs and when they demonstrate they are credible, good-willed, and knowledgeable about their subjects | 39 | |
| 10100433532 | Inductive Reasoning | reasoning from specific to general | 40 | |
| 10100435035 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 41 | |
| 10100439612 | Logos | logical appeal; when writers offer clear, reasonable ideas and proofs, develop ideas with appropriate details, and make sure readers can follow the progression of ideas | 42 | |
| 10100451191 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which is associated (e.g. "the crown" to refer to a monarch) | 43 | |
| 10100460918 | Parallelism | the technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form. Parallel structure can use two to three modifiers to describe the same noun or verb, it may use two or more phrases to modify the same noun or verb, or it can use two or more subordinate clauses to modify the same noun or verb. Parallel structure may be a complex blend of a single word, phrase, and a clause all in the same sentence. Parallel structure often relies heavily on repetition. By using this, authors or speakers implicitly invite their readers or audiences to compare and contrast the parallel elements. | 44 | |
| 10100515517 | Pathos | pathetic appeal; when writers draw on the emotions and interests of the reader and highlight them. It's the most powerful and immediate of the appeals | 45 | |
| 10100531091 | Periodic Sentence | a sentence that builds to a conclusion via a series of related clauses | 46 | |
| 10100536452 | Polysyndeton | sentence which uses "and" or another conjunction with no commas to separate the items in a series (X and Y and Z form; each member of the series is equally stressed but the sentences's flow is slowed) | 47 | |
| 10100559335 | Repetition | words or a phrase used two or more times in close proximity | 48 | |
| 10100567237 | Rhetoric | the art of effective communication, especially persuasion through discourse | 49 | |
| 10100581947 | Rhetorical Question | a question an author may pose but one to which he expects no answer; used to pose an idea to be considered by the audience or the author | 50 | |
| 10100594557 | Syllogism | the basic structure of deductive reasoning; consists of a major premise: a general statement of truth, a minor premise: a more specific statement of the truth, and a conclusion | 51 | |
| 10100610681 | Synecdoche | rhetorical figure in which a part of something is used to represent the whole (e.g. "wheels" referring to a car; "sail" refereeing to a boat) | 52 | |
| 10100621674 | Zeugma | rhetorical figure that generally refers to a grammatical structure in which some word or phrase governs or is otherwise related to two or more different words or phrases. But in a strikingly or suggestively different way, the use of a word to modify two or more words is usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or would make sense with only one (e.g. she opened her door and her heart called to him); may be used to suggest subtle but significant parallels between things commonly differentiated or subtle but significant differences between things commonly equated. Can also be used to produce comic effect | 53 |
