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| 6183404560 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some _____, for example, an author may intend the characters t personify and abstraction like hope or freedom. The meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence. | 0 | |
| 6183420009 | Alliteration | The repitition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. The repitition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage. | 1 | |
| 6183427277 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. | 2 | |
| 6183435657 | Ambiguity* | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional of a word, phrase, sentence or passage. | 3 | |
| 6183441852 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarities to something more familiar. Can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging. | 4 | |
| 6183449456 | Antecedent* | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 6183457385 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 6193313398 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Can be a memorable summation of the author's point | 7 | |
| 6193321355 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. | 8 | |
| 6193338389 | Atmosphere | The emotional nod 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. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to this. Frequently, it foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood. | 9 | |
| 6193349423 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 10 | |
| 6193359455 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An "independent/main" one expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A "depended/subordinate" one cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 11 | |
| 6193377545 | Colloquoil | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing. They give a work a conversational, familiar tone. | 12 | |
| 6193387118 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 13 | |
| 6193398898 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. May involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes. | 14 | |
| 6193403166 | Denotation | The strict, literal dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude or color. | 15 | |
| 6193408116 | Diction | Related to style, it refers to the writer's word choices especially with regard to their correctness, clearness or effectiveness. | 16 | |
| 6193421119 | Didactic | Literally means "teaching." These words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 17 | |
| 6193430281 | Euphemism | From the Greek for "good speech," they are a more agreeable or less offensive way for a generally unpleasant word or concept. May be used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement. | 18 | |
| 6193454069 | Extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 19 | |
| 6193669962 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 20 | |
| 6193673046 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. They include apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile synecdoche, and understatement | 21 | |
| 6193692495 | Generic conventions | This term described traditions for each genre. These help to define each genre. For example, they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 22 | |
| 6193724392 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. It's a flexible term. Within these broad boundaries exist many subdivisions that are often called genres themselves. | 23 | |
| 6193739510 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon" but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 24 | |
| 6193750317 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Often have a comic effect, however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, they produce irony. The opposite of this is "understatement" | 25 | |
| 6193765751 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level, it uses terms related to the five senses. On a broader level, one image can represent more than one thing. | 26 | |
| 6193783047 | Inference | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. The most direct and reasonable assumption is the correct choice. IF AN ANSWER CHOICE IS DIRECTLY STATED, IT IS WRONG BECAUSE IT WON'T BE ASSUMED. | 27 | |
| 6193804714 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 28 | |
| 6193807586 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the differences between what appears to be and what is actually true. | 29 | |
| 6193815073 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involved making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. | 30 | |
| 6193825221 | Loose sentence/non-periodic sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. If a period were placed at the end of the independent clause, the clause would be a complete sentence. A work containing many loose sentences often seems informal, relaxed, or conversational. Generally, they create loose style. | 31 | |
| 6193857741 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. Metaphorical language makes writing more vivid, imaginative, thought provoking and meaningful. | 32 | |
| 6193870699 | Metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name" A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. The substituted term generally carried a more potent emotional impact. | 33 | |
| 6193894327 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. setting, tone, and events can affect the this. This is similar to tone and atmosphere. | 34 | |
| 6193905951 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or serios of events | 35 | |
| 6193908383 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 36 | |
| 6193922132 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Simple examples include "jumbo shrimp." | 37 | |
| 6193936914 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon close inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 38 | |
| 6193950601 | Parallelism | Refers to the rhetorical or grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. They act as an organizing force to attract the reader's attention, add emphasis and organization or simply provide a rhythm. | 39 | |
| 6193973090 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. | 40 | |
| 6193979017 | Parody | A work that closely imitated the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and or ridicule. It exploits peculiarities of an author's expression. | 41 | |
| 6193991294 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. (using big words for the sake of using big words) | 42 | |
| 6194012835 | Period sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 43 | |
| 6194021837 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 44 | |
| 6194034464 | Point of view | The perspective from which a story is told. First person narrator tells the story with the first person pronoun "I." Third person tells the story with third person pronouns, "He, she, it." Third person omniscient is when the narrator has godlike knowledge and tells the thoughts and feelings of all characters involved. | 45 | |
| 6194075031 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, it refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all of its forms. | 46 | |
| 6194082328 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 47 | |
| 6194090294 | Rhetoric | This term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently and persuasively. | 48 | |
| 6194102137 | Exposition | Rhetoric mode that works to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion. | 49 | |
| 6194111216 | Argumentation | Rhetorical mode that proves the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader. Persuasive writing is a type of this. | 50 | |
| 6194120881 | Description | Rhetorical mode used to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action so that the reader can picture that being described. Sometimes an author engages all five senses in this. | 51 | |
| 6194128858 | Narration | Rheotircal mode used to tell a story or narrate an vent or series of events. | 52 | |
| 6194184816 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device but not all ironic statements are sarcastic, (that is, intended to ridicule.) When well done, it can be witty and insightful; when poorly done, it is simply cruel. | 53 | |
| 6222840229 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Regardless of whether or not the work aims to reform human behavior, it is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing. It can be recognized by the many devices used effectively be the satirist: irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement, and sarcasm. Its effects are varied, depending on the writer's goal, but it is often humorous, thought provoking, and insightful about the human conditions. | 54 | |
| 6222855232 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 55 |
