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11337973662conventiona generally agreed-upon practice or attitude0
11338036102concrete dictionwords that describe specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities1
11338058033formal dictionlanguage that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal2
11338065583colloquial​ ​dictionconversational, informal refer to types of speech or to usages not on a formal level.3
11338116571Denotationdictionary definition4
11338121470ConnotationAll the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests5
11338124696ToneAttitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character6
11338139974AmbiguityAn event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.7
11338147733SyntaxThe arrangement of words and phrases to create a complete sentence8
11338158892parallelismPhrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other9
11338173675stream of consciousnessa style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind10
11338184336AsyndetonA construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions11
11338191759PolysyndetonDeliberate use of many conjunctions12

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