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| From the Latin meaning "to or against the man," this is an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect | ||
| A direct or indirect reference to something presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art; can be historical, literary, religious, or mythical | ||
| The multiple meanings, intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph | ||
| A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them; explains something unfamiliar by associating it with something familiar | ||
| Repetition of the initial word in several successive clauses | ||
| The word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun | ||
| A concept that is directly opposed to a previously presented idea; a rhetorical contrast | ||
| A short statement on a serious subject | ||
| A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love; effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity | ||
| The deliberate omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses (suggests a sense of haste) | ||
| The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described | ||
| A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax but reverse the order of the analogous words | ||
| A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | ||
| The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing; not generally acceptable for formal writing, giving a work a conversational, familiar tone; expressions in writing include local or regional dialects | ||
| A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | ||
| The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning; may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes | ||
| The act of making equal in a compound sentence | ||
| The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | ||
| The writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
