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| an informally-stated syllogism which omits either one of the premises or the conclusion; the omitted part must be clearly understood by the reader | ||
| deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises..all humans are mortal, i am a human, therefore, i am mortal | ||
| one independent clause | ||
| a direct opposite, a contrast | ||
| the act of leaving out or neglecting | ||
| a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | ||
| omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses | ||
| repetition of initial consonant sounds | ||
| repetition of vowel sounds | ||
| repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses | ||
| repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. | ||
| repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | ||
| informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions | ||
| a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | ||
| The dictionary definition of a word | ||
| the feelings or emotions surrounding a word | ||
| comparison not using like or as | ||
| comparison using like or as | ||
| A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). | ||
| A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | ||
| the principal character in a work of fiction | ||
| Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer | ||
| understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | ||
| a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | ||
| taking for granted something that really needs proving |
