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| 14679352337 | alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words | 0 | |
| 14679352338 | allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader knows | 1 | |
| 14679352339 | analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 2 | |
| 14679352340 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 3 | |
| 14679352342 | antecedent | the word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers | 4 | |
| 14679352343 | antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced in parallel structure ex: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. | 5 | |
| 14679352345 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 6 | |
| 14679352348 | asyndeton | a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 7 | |
| 14679352352 | colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing a word free from limitations or qualifications | 8 | |
| 14679352353 | complex sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 9 | |
| 14679352354 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 10 | |
| 14679352357 | connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 11 | |
| 14679352359 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 12 | |
| 14679352361 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 13 | |
| 14679352364 | diction | the word choices made by a writer | 14 | |
| 14679352365 | didactic | having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing | 15 | |
| 14679352372 | exclamatory sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | 16 | |
| 14679352374 | figurative language | language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.) | 17 | |
| 14679352385 | irony | incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs | 18 | |
| 14679352386 | jargon | the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession | 19 | |
| 14679352387 | juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 20 | |
| 14679352388 | litotes | a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite ex: not bad! | 21 | |
| 14679352391 | metaphor | a direct comparison of two different things | 22 | |
| 14679352392 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ex: The pen is mightier than the sword. | 23 | |
| 14679352393 | mood | the emotional atmosphere of a work | 24 | |
| 14679352395 | narrative | a story or narrated account | 25 | |
| 14679352401 | paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 26 | |
| 14679352402 | parallelism | the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms | 27 | |
| 14679352406 | pathos | the quality of a work that prompts the reader to feel emotion | 28 | |
| 14679352407 | pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship | 29 | |
| 14679352410 | polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 30 | |
| 14679352413 | rhetorical question | a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 31 | |
| 14679352419 | simple sentence | a sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 32 | |
| 14679352422 | syllogism | a three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise ex: All men are mortal. Minor premise: Socrates is a man. | 33 | |
| 14679352424 | synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object ex: The soldiers were equipped with steel. | 34 | |
| 14679352425 | syntax | the manner in which words are arranged into sentences | 35 | |
| 14679352428 | tone | the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience | 36 | |
| 14679432043 | extended metaphor | a metaphor which extends over several lines or an entire poem | 37 | |
| 14679434743 | dead metaphor | a metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid | 38 | |
| 14679438905 | mixed metaphor | a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect | 39 | |
| 14679448053 | anastrophe | inverse of words in a sentence ex: yoda | 40 | |
| 14679453630 | ambiguity | multiple meanings in a work, especially two that are incompatible | 41 | |
| 14679466486 | voice | a writer's distinctive use of language | 42 | |
| 14679468373 | logos | to convince an audience by use of logic or reason | 43 | |
| 14679473632 | ethos | appeal to credibility | 44 | |
| 14679478675 | telegraphic sentence | a sentence shorter than five words in length | 45 | |
| 14679479927 | loose sentence | a sentence in which the main clause comes first, followed by further dependent grammatical units | 46 | |
| 14679485635 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end to create suspense | 47 | |
| 14679489992 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase | 48 | |
| 14679492669 | imperative sentence | a sentence that gives a command | 49 | |
| 14679501233 | interrogatory sentence | a sentence that asks a question | 50 | |
| 14679527071 | epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successiveclauses or sentences | 51 | |
| 14679537280 | slang | an informal, often short-lived kind of language used in place of standard words | 52 | |
| 14679542467 | semantics | the study of meaning in language | 53 | |
| 14679557713 | expository writing | writing that explains or informs | 54 | |
| 14679560468 | descriptive writing | writing that paints a picture of a person, place, thing, or idea | 55 | |
| 14679561677 | argumentative writing | presents a claim, and supports the claim using an argument based on evidence | 56 | |
| 14679566004 | concession | in argumentative writing, to agree to or to surrender to an opponent's point | 57 | |
| 14679572792 | attitude | the writer's feelings about the subject that they are writing about | 58 |
