8722802411 | Diction | Word choice | 0 | |
8722802413 | Slang | It is a group of recently coined words | 1 | |
8722805517 | Jargon | Words and expression characteristics of a particular trade profession or pursuit | 2 | |
8722808803 | Dialect | Used by people at a specific area,social or economic class or other groups of people | 3 | |
8722814507 | Concrete | This includes words that describe physical qualities or conditions we can identify with our five senses | 4 | |
8722819322 | Abstract | That represents ideas emotions conditions or concepts that are intangible that can't be measured bye the 5 senses | 5 | |
8722841831 | Denotation | This is the exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning | 6 | |
8722845043 | Connotation | This is the implicit meaning of a word- suggestions, associations and emotional overtones attached to a word | 7 | |
8722851773 | Tone | Speakers or writers attitude toward a subject | 8 | |
8722856860 | Imagery | Description through the senses (sight,touch,taste,smell,hearing) | 9 | |
8722861610 | Syntax | An arrangement of words and phrases to creat a well formed sentences | 10 | |
8722883589 | Anaphora | The deliberate use of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 11 | |
8722889977 | Chiamus | The arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first clause | 12 | |
8722895942 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis; to highlight quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing continuous sentence pattern | 13 | |
8722901444 | Zuegma | The use of verbs that has two different meaning (literal and figurative) with objects that complement both meanings | 14 | |
8722909409 | Juxtaposition | Two things placed close together to highlight comparison and contrast | 15 | |
8722912619 | Parallelism | Using the same pattern to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance | 16 | |
8722915997 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 17 | |
8722919038 | Allusion | A brief and indirect referrence to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literacy or political signifance | 18 | |
8722929278 | Irony | When something seem contrary to (opposite) what you except and is often amusing as a result | 19 | |
8722932918 | Verbal irony | When a person says or writes something that is the opposite of how they actually feel (like sarcasm) | 20 | |
8722936867 | Situational irony | When the exact opposite of what is expected to happen, happens | 21 | |
8722939764 | Dramatic irony | When the audience knows something that the characters of the story do not | 22 | |
8722942288 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose the criticize someone of something's weakness/stupidity | 23 | |
8722950326 | Parody | An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist or genre with a deliberated exaggeration for comic effect | 24 | |
8722960480 | Synecdoche | Replacing the name of a thing with the name of part of it | 25 | |
8722962014 | Metonymy | Replacing the name of a thing with the name of something it is closely associated with | 26 | |
8727399422 | Symbolism | is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. | 27 | |
8727407752 | Antithesis | means opposite and is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together. This emphasizes the difference between the two ideas and adds interest to writing. | 28 | |
8727438185 | Metaphor | figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 29 | |
8727445681 | Personification | Personification is a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. This device is often used in poetry to enhance the meaning and beauty of poems. | 30 | |
8727462513 | Hyperbole | Overly exaggerated statement | 31 | |
8727470163 | Asyndeton | Deliberated omission of conjunctions in a series of conjuctions in a series of related clauses | 32 | |
8733939625 | Sarcasm | Tends to insult or defend | 33 | |
8733968556 | Appeals | To convince their audience to believe their claim | 34 |
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