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| 10535872315 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 10535872316 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event. | 1 | |
| 10535872317 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. | 2 | |
| 10535872318 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 10535872319 | anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. | 4 | |
| 10535872320 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. | 5 | |
| 10535872321 | Antithesis: | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 6 | |
| 10535872322 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth. | 7 | |
| 10535872323 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence. | 8 | |
| 10535872324 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. | 9 | |
| 10535872325 | Audience | : One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 10 | |
| 10535872326 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | 11 | |
| 10535872327 | Bias: | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 12 | |
| 10535872328 | Cite: | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source. | 13 | |
| 10535872329 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text. | 14 | |
| 10535872330 | Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language. | 15 | |
| 10535872331 | Common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions. | 16 | |
| 10535872332 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 17 | |
| 10535872333 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation). | 18 | |
| 10535872334 | Context | : Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 19 | |
| 10535872335 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. | 20 | |
| 10535872336 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific. | 21 | |
| 10535872337 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition. | 22 | |
| 10535872338 | Diction | Word choice. | 23 | |
| 10535872339 | Documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing. | 24 | |
| 10535872340 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of an author; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos). | 25 | |
| 10535872341 | Figurative language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect. | 26 | |
| 10535872342 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. | 27 | |
| 10535872343 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). | 28 | |
| 10535872344 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general. | 29 | |
| 10535872345 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result. | 30 | |
| 10535872346 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis. | 31 | |
| 10535872347 | Logos | A Greek term that means "reason"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos). | 32 | |
| 10535872348 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison. | 33 | |
| 10535872349 | Occasion/Exigence | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 34 | |
| 10535872350 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. | 35 | |
| 10535872352 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule. | 36 | |
| 10535872351 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. | 37 | |
| 10535872353 | Pathos | A Greek term that appeals to the readers' emotions; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos). | 38 | |
| 10535872354 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing. | 39 | |
| 10535872355 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. | 40 | |
| 10535872356 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. | 41 | |
| 10535872357 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 42 | |
| 10535872358 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. | 43 | |
| 10535872359 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." | 44 | |
| 10535872360 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer. | 45 | |
| 10535872361 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 46 | |
| 10535872362 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. | 47 | |
| 10535872363 | Source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information. | 48 | |
| 10535872364 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing. | 49 | |
| 10535872365 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 50 | |
| 10535872366 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 51 | |
| 10535872367 | Subordination | The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence. | 52 | |
| 10535872368 | Syntax | Sentence structure. | 53 | |
| 10535872369 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 54 | |
| 10535872370 | Thesis statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit. | 55 | |
| 10535872371 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 56 | |
| 10535872372 | Topic sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph,` | 57 | |
| 10535872374 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 58 | |
| 10721706198 | conventional | following traditional forma and genres | 59 | |
| 10721711909 | Disdainful | showing contempt or lack of respect | 60 | |
| 10721715209 | morose | sullen and ill-tempered | 61 | |
| 10721718898 | Indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 62 | |
| 10721724941 | Congenial | pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own | 63 | |
| 10721729383 | innocuous | not harmful or offensive | 64 | |
| 10721731920 | jocund | cheerful and lighthearted | 65 | |
| 10721734998 | archaic | old or old-fashioned | 66 | |
| 10821932044 | Narration | the action or process of telling a story | 67 | |
| 10821960563 | expository writing | a type of writing that is used to explain, describe, give information, or inform | 68 | |
| 10821991308 | description writing | In composition, description is a rhetorical strategy using sensory details to portray a person, place, or thing. | 69 | |
| 10822001165 | argumentation writing | a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner | 70 | |
| 10822006925 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 71 | |
| 10822019569 | periodic sentence | a type of sentence in which details are placed before the main idea or independent clause (hint: periodic means the point is made at the period-at the end of the sentence) | 72 | |
| 11622852121 | elegiac | of, relating to, or involving mourning or expressing sorrow | 73 | |
| 11622860151 | facetious | lightly ausin; unserious; frivolous; especially at the wrong time | 74 | |
| 11622865060 | wry | satiric; bitter | 75 | |
| 11622868934 | vexed | annoyed; irritated; distressed | 76 | |
| 11622872179 | inflammatory | likely to stir up anger or trouble | 77 | |
| 11622876387 | bemused | preoccupied; deep in thought | 78 | |
| 11622879486 | belligerent | aggressively hostile; warlike | 79 | |
| 11622885762 | sentimental | colored by emotion rather than realism | 80 | |
| 11907050013 | chloeric | hot-tempered, easily angered | 81 | |
| 11907053679 | didactic | intended to teach | 82 | |
| 11907062781 | haughty | proud and vain to the point of arrogance | 83 | |
| 11907066962 | ubiquitous | present or existing everywhere | 84 | |
| 11907071014 | reverent | feeling or showing deep and solemn respect | 85 | |
| 11907074495 | ribald | offensive in speech or gesture | 86 | |
| 11907082181 | apathetic | showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern | 87 | |
| 11907087202 | callous | showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others | 88 | |
| 12229580872 | trivalize | cause something to appear unimportant | 89 | |
| 12229580873 | denigrate | to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner | 90 | |
| 12229580874 | lionize | to treat as a celebrity | 91 | |
| 12229580875 | vilifies | to speak or write of in a disparaging manner | 92 | |
| 12229580876 | enumerates | mention (a number of things) one by one | 93 | |
| 12229580877 | cacophonous | harsh sounding, having dissonance | 94 | |
| 12229580878 | esoteric | (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret | 95 | |
| 12229580879 | bombastic | pompous; using inflated language | 96 | |
| 12739833284 | Bedlum | Wild uproar of confusion | 97 | |
| 12739833285 | antiseptic | clean, sterile | 98 | |
| 12739833286 | marquee | Rooflike structure usually made out of glass | 99 | |
| 12739833287 | Herniate | Protrude abnormally | 100 | |
| 12739833288 | adulation | excessive devotion to someone | 101 | |
| 12739833289 | impetus | a force that moves something along | 102 | |
| 12739833290 | rudimentary | Basic | 103 | |
| 12739833291 | enigma | Something/someone that is puzzling | 104 | |
| 12739833292 | Ostracized | shunned, excluded | 105 | |
| 12739833293 | vaunted | to boast about | 106 | |
| 13638814480 | Synesthesia | substituting one sensory response for another | 107 | |
| 13638817261 | double entendre | a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent. | 108 | |
| 13638818495 | banal | so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring | 109 | |
| 13638820100 | urbane | (esp. of a man) suave, courteous, and refined | 110 | |
| 13638821281 | ominous | giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening | 111 | |
| 13638825986 | discursive | digressing from subject to subject | 112 | |
| 13638827159 | austere | severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance | 113 | |
| 13638828988 | convoluted | extremely complex and difficult to follow | 114 | |
| 13638873472 | cryptic | something that is mysterious or obscure | 115 | |
| 13638875922 | Futile | having no useful purpose | 116 | |
| 13638877805 | quandary | a state of uncertainty or perplexity | 117 | |
| 13638879670 | indolent | wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy | 118 | |
| 13638881325 | listless | lacking energy and enthusiasm | 119 | |
| 13638882675 | flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable | 120 | |
| 13638885124 | mollify | to calm or soothe; reduce the severity of one's anger | 121 | |
| 13638886473 | dubious | hesitating or doubting | 122 |
