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| 14767243619 | Active voice | The subject of the sentence performs the action | 0 | |
| 14767245177 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 14767246928 | Alter-ego | A character that is used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts; when an author speaks directly to the audience through a character. | 2 | |
| 14767275837 | Anecdote | short account of event | 3 | |
| 14767280399 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 4 | |
| 14767291818 | Classicism | Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world; sticks to traditional themes and structures. | 5 | |
| 14767294752 | Comic relief | When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat. | 6 | |
| 14767298006 | Diction | Word choice, particularly as an element of style. | 7 | |
| 14767306422 | Colloquial | Ordinary or familiar type of conversation, similar to an adage or an aphorism. | 8 | |
| 14767390137 | Connotation | implied meaning rather than literal meaning of a word. | 9 | |
| 14769727356 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word, without its connotations | 10 | |
| 14769733410 | Jargon | The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity. | 11 | |
| 14769752880 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. | 12 | |
| 14769757865 | Didactic | A term used to describe a text that has a moral. | 13 | |
| 14769773732 | Adage | A folk saying with a lesson. Similar to aphorism and colloquialism. | 14 | |
| 14769779246 | Allegory | A story in which its parts represent qualities or conepts. | 15 | |
| 14769786321 | Aphorism | A statement which represents the general truth or moral principle | 16 | |
| 14769795319 | Ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author. | 17 | |
| 14769806864 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | 18 | |
| 14769822079 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. | 19 | |
| 14769829979 | Literal language | Writing that makes complete sense when you take it at face value. | 20 | |
| 14769847746 | Analogy | A comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables. The writer argues that the relationship between the first pair of variables is the same as the relationship between the second pair of variables. | 21 | |
| 14769909644 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 22 | |
| 14769913784 | Idiom | A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. | 23 | |
| 14769918041 | Metaphor | Making an implied comparison , not using "like", "as", or other such words. | 24 | |
| 14769947262 | Metonymy | Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept. Is often used with body parts: "I could not understand his tongue". | 25 | |
| 14769971945 | Synecdoche | A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa. "Check out my new wheels". | 26 | |
| 14769991656 | Simile | Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things. | 27 | |
| 14770006374 | Synesthesia | Describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound"). | 28 | |
| 14770011746 | Personification | The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. | 29 | |
| 14770022691 | Foreshadowing | When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story. | 30 | |
| 14770027641 | Genre | A major category or type of literature. | 31 | |
| 14770030482 | Gothic | Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear and/or death. | 32 | |
| 14770032481 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 33 | |
| 14770050171 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 34 | |
| 14770050908 | Irony | When the opposite of what is expected happens. | 35 | |
| 14770056099 | Verbal irony | When you say something and mean the opposite/something different. | 36 | |
| 14770058433 | Dramatic irony | When the audience knows something that the character doesn't. | 37 | |
| 14770063801 | Situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 38 | |
| 14770120309 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. | 39 | |
| 14770122024 | Mood | The atmosphere created by the literature and accomplished through word choice (diction). | 40 | |
| 14770140674 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea. | 41 | |
| 14770145201 | Oxymoron | Conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') | 42 | |
| 14770147564 | Pacing | The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented. | 43 | |
| 14993276186 | Paradox | A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true | 44 | |
| 14993304662 | Parallelism | Sentence construction which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns. | 45 | |
| 14993317496 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences or clauses in a row. | 46 | |
| 14993340964 | Chiasmus | When the same words are used twice in succession, but the second time, the order of the words is reversed. | 47 | |
| 14993368179 | Antithesis | Two contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure. | 48 | |
| 14993391446 | Zuegma (Syllepsis) | When a single word governs or modifies two or more other words, and the meaning of the first word must change for each of the other words it governs or modifies. "I quickly dressed myself and the salad." | 49 | |
| 14993406394 | Parenthetical Idea | Parentheses are used to set off an idea from the rest of the sentence. | 50 | |
| 14993413813 | Parody | An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. | 51 | |
| 14993425313 | Persona | The fictional mask or narrator that tells the story. | 52 | |
| 14993438267 | Poetic device | A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines. | 53 | |
| 14993451119 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. | 54 | |
| 14993462867 | Assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. | 55 | |
| 14993480710 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 56 | |
| 14993500060 | Onomatopoeia | The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes. | 57 | |
| 14993515591 | Internal rhyme | When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line | 58 | |
| 14993547793 | Slant rhyme | When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly. | 59 | |
| 14993567810 | End rhyme | When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme. | 60 | |
| 14993576996 | Rhyme scheme | The pattern of a poem's end rhymes. | 61 | |
| 14993589332 | Stressed and unstressed syllables | In every word of more than one syllable, one of the syllables is stressed, or said with more force than the other syllable(s). | 62 | |
| 14993610260 | Meter | A regular pattern to the syllables in lines of poetry. | 63 | |
| 14993633689 | Free verse | Poetry that doesn't have much meter or rhyme. | 64 | |
| 14993643915 | iamble pentameter | Poetry that is written in lines of 10 syllables, alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. | 65 | |
| 14993664607 | Sonnet | A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. | 66 | |
| 14993682795 | Polysyndeton | When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions. | 67 | |
| 14993697117 | Pun | When a word that has two or more meanings is used in a humorous way. | 68 | |
| 15189881911 | Rhetoric | The art of effective communication | 69 | |
| 15189891012 | Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle | The relationships, in any piece of writing, between the writer, the audience, and the subject. |  | 70 |
| 15189910975 | Romanticism | Art or literature characterized by an idealistic, perhaps unrealistic view of people and the world, and an emphasis on nature. | 71 | |
| 15189914861 | Sarcasm | A generally bitter comment that is ironically or satirically worded. | 72 | |
| 15189930491 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect. It targets human vices and follies, or special institutions and conventions. | 73 | |
| 15189977204 | Sentence | A group of words that expresses a complete thought (including subject and verb). | 74 | |
| 15189989646 | Appositive | A word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning. | 75 | |
| 15190000990 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 76 | |
| 15190018046 | Balanced sentence | A sentence in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale. | 77 | |
| 15190027048 | Compound sentence | Contains at least two independent clauses but no dependent clauses. | 78 | |
| 15190038318 | Complex sentence | Contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. | 79 | |
| 15190048266 | Cumulative (loose) sentence | When the writer begins with an independent clause, then adds subordinate elements. | 80 | |
| 15190067814 | Periodic sentence | When the main idea is not completed until the end of the sentence. | 81 | |
| 15190078963 | Simple sentence | Contains only one independent clause. | 82 | |
| 15190087140 | Declarative sentence | States an idea. | 83 | |
| 15190096637 | Imperative sentence | Issues a command. | 84 | |
| 15190100724 | interrogative sentence | Sentences incorporating interrogative pronouns. | 85 | |
| 15190106041 | Style | The choices in diction, tone, and syntax that a writer makes. | 86 | |
| 15190113221 | Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else. | 87 | |
| 15190124370 | Syntax/sentence variety | Grammatical arrangement of words. | 88 | |
| 15190129987 | Theme | The central idea or message of a group. | 89 | |
| 15190135398 | Thesis | The sentence or groups of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition. | 90 | |
| 15190144713 | Tone | A writer's attitude towards his subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language and organization. | 91 | |
| 15190164798 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 92 | |
| 15190167052 | Litotes | a particular form of understatement, is generated by the opposite of the statement which otherwise would be used. | 93 | |
| 15190188296 | Argument | a piece of reasoning with one or more premises and a conclusion. | 94 | |
| 15190204150 | Premises | Statements offered as reasons to support a conclusion. | 95 | |
| 15190213553 | Conclusion | The end result of an argument. | 96 | |
| 15190216119 | Aristotle's appeals | ethos, pathos, logos. | 97 | |
| 15190222312 | Ethos (credibility) | means being convinced by the credibility of the author. | 98 | |
| 15190229696 | Pathos (emotional) | persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions. | 99 | |
| 15190235079 | Logos (logical) | means persuading by the use of reasoning, using true premises and valid arguments. | 100 | |
| 15190241486 | Concession | Accepting at least part or all of an opposing viewpoint. | 101 | |
| 15190249074 | Conditional statement | An if-then statement that consists of two parts, an antecedent and a consequent. | 102 | |
| 15190265096 | Contradiction | occurs when one asserts two mutually exclusive propositions. | 103 | |
| 15190274791 | Counterexample | An example that runs counter to (opposes) a generalization, thus falsifying it. | 104 | |
| 15190285407 | Deductive argument | An argument in which it is thought that the premises provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion. | 105 | |
| 15190294783 | Fallacy | an attractive but unreliable piece of reasoning. | 106 | |
| 15190302029 | Ad hominem | Personally attacking your opponents instead of their arguements. | 107 | |
| 15190312450 | Appeal to authority | The claim that because somebody famous supports an idea, the idea must be right. | 108 | |
| 15190320443 | Appeal to the bandwagon | The claim, as evidence for an idea, that many people believe it, or used to believe it, or do it. | 109 | |
| 15190335380 | Appeal to emotion | An attempt to replace a logical argument with an appeal to the audience's emotions. | 110 | |
| 15190338532 | Bad analogy | Claiming that two situations are highly similar, when they aren't. | 111 | |
| 15190341422 | Cliche thinking | Using as evidence a well-known saying, as if it is proven, or as if it has no exceptions. | 112 | |
| 15190348858 | False cause | Assuming that because two things happened, the first one caused the second one. | 113 | |
| 15190356009 | Hasty generalization | A generalization based on too little or unrepresentative data. | 114 | |
| 15190361152 | Non sequitur | A conclusion that does not follow from its premises; an invalid argument. | 115 | |
| 15190365788 | Slippery slope | The assumption that once started, a situation will continue to its most extreme possible outcome. | 116 | |
| 15190376252 | Inductive argument | An argument in which it is thought that the premises provide reasons supporting the probable truth of the conclusion. | 117 | |
| 15190385624 | Sound argument | A deductive argument is said to be sound if it meets two conditions: First, that the line of reasoning from the premises to the conclusion is valid. Second, that the premises are true. | 118 | |
| 15190390765 | Unstated premises | not every argument is fully expressed. | 119 | |
| 15190399459 | Unstated premises | not every argument is fully expressed. | 120 | |
| 15190407705 | Valid argument | An argument is valid if the conclusion logically follows from the premises. | 121 | |
| 15252094310 | Abjure | To renounce | 122 | |
| 15252097481 | Anomaly | Deviation from the norm | 123 | |
| 15252104029 | Equanimity | Stability, calmness | 124 | |
| 15252107675 | Estrange | To alienate | 125 | |
| 15252112418 | Flay | To whip, to remove skin | 126 | |
| 15252120933 | Florid | Rosy-colored | 127 | |
| 15252141148 | Interminable | Tiresome and long | 128 | |
| 15252144324 | Lugubious | Mournful, gloomy | 129 | |
| 15252150140 | Nondescript | Having no individuality | 130 | |
| 15252156234 | Propitious | Favorable, auspicious | 131 | |
| 15252169444 | Rife | Abundant | 132 | |
| 15252171767 | Truncate | To shorten | 133 | |
| 15252178442 | Ubiquitous | Occurring everywhere | 134 | |
| 15252179005 | Vernacular | Everyday language | 135 | |
| 15252183372 | Zealous | Fervent, fanatical | 136 | |
| 15390833369 | Arable | fit for cultivation | 137 | |
| 15390836934 | Brigand | a robber or bandit | 138 | |
| 15390838295 | Carte blanche | authority with no bounds | 139 | |
| 15390840242 | Consommé | Clear soup | 140 | |
| 15390842398 | Contemptuous | scornful, haughty | 141 | |
| 15390848914 | Cosmopolitan | worldly; sophisticated | 142 | |
| 15390850560 | Discerning | distinguishing differences, detecting | 143 | |
| 15390853912 | Donnybrook | fight, uproar | 144 | |
| 15390855953 | Incantation | charm; recited magical spell | 145 | |
| 15390858873 | Interlocutor | questioner; an on-stage speaker | 146 | |
| 15390859905 | metamorphosis | a transformation or dramatic change | 147 | |
| 15390864653 | nomenclature | naming system in an art or science | 148 | |
| 15390868599 | Serendipity | a fortunate discovery made by accident | 149 | |
| 15390870849 | stentorian | extremely loud | 150 | |
| 15390872616 | Vestige | Trace; evidence | 151 | |
| 15428026678 | Abstemious | eating and drinking moderately | 152 | |
| 15428028845 | Archaic | no longer current or applicable; antiquated | 153 | |
| 15428037312 | Dulcet | melodious, pleasant to hear | 154 | |
| 15428042691 | Expurgate | to remove objectionable words from | 155 | |
| 15428055530 | Idyllic | carefree, simple; nearly perfect | 156 | |
| 15428060432 | Iniquity | sin; a wicked or evil act | 157 | |
| 15428065209 | Lithe | supple; graceful in motion | 158 | |
| 15428070669 | Patronizing | treating in a condescending manner, to talk down to | 159 | |
| 15428076850 | Pellucid | transparent; clear | 160 | |
| 15428086652 | Perspicacious | keen; mentally sharp | 161 | |
| 15428099288 | Relegate | to assign | 162 | |
| 15428102048 | Scapegoat | one who bears the blame for an offense | 163 | |
| 15428104187 | talisman | Magical charm for protection | 164 | |
| 15428108017 | Usurp | to take over; to seize power | 165 | |
| 15428119729 | Vacillate | to waver; to sway indecisively | 166 | |
| 15597016950 | Acme | the highest point | 167 | |
| 15597023091 | Apocryphal | of doubtful origin; fictitious | 168 | |
| 15597034947 | Catharsis | an extremely emotional experience | 169 | |
| 15597040833 | desiccate | to dry up completely | 170 | |
| 15597045137 | Dissipate | to waste; exhaust | 171 | |
| 15597050315 | Efficacious | effective; producing the desired outcome | 172 | |
| 15597054261 | Ineffable | inexpressible; beyond description | 173 | |
| 15597063788 | intrinsic | of or relating to the basic nature of a thing; inherent | 174 | |
| 15597070478 | inundate | to cover with; to be overwhelmed with | 175 | |
| 15597078656 | kudos | praise, fame, glory | 176 | |
| 15597082170 | maxim | fundamental principle; rule; familiar statement | 177 | |
| 15597089782 | putrid | partially decayed or decomposed; having a foul smell | 178 | |
| 15597097271 | revere | to regard with respect, awe, and adoration | 179 | |
| 15597102313 | servile | submissive, slavish | 180 | |
| 15597105540 | superfluous | unnecessary; excessive | 181 | |
| 15722476876 | Consternation | dismay or worry; concern | 182 | |
| 15722478538 | conundrum | a puzzle or dilemma; a problem | 183 | |
| 15722483048 | Coterie | a small group of people who share interests and associate | 184 | |
| 15722492254 | emollient | something softening; soothing to the skin | 185 | |
| 15722505012 | expiate | to atone, to make amends for | 186 | |
| 15722506617 | extricate | to release, disentangle | 187 | |
| 15722510421 | flippancy | disrespect | 188 | |
| 15722512425 | foist | to pass off as worthy or real | 189 | |
| 15722516198 | incongruous | incompatible; not harmonious to the situation or surroundings | 190 | |
| 15722522978 | innocuous | harmless | 191 | |
| 15722525223 | inveterate | habitual, continuing | 192 | |
| 15722528991 | plethora | abundance; excess | 193 | |
| 15722530709 | preamble | preliminary statement | 194 | |
| 15722532221 | soluble | easily dissolved | 195 | |
| 15722549279 | vitriolic | bitterly spiteful; caustic | 196 | |
| 15944809048 | Camaraderie | rapport between friends; comradeship | 197 | |
| 15944812099 | Haughty | proud, arrogant | 198 | |
| 15944813021 | Hubris | arrogance resulting from excessive pride | 199 | |
| 15944815067 | Imbroglio | a difficult situation | 200 | |
| 15944820239 | Impetuous | impulsive; rash | 201 | |
| 15944821330 | Malinger | to pretend to be ill or injured to avoid work | 202 | |
| 15944824978 | Peregrination | traveling on foot; walking | 203 | |
| 15944826221 | platitude | cliche | 204 | |
| 15944828299 | Sanctimonious | false piety or righteousness | 205 | |
| 15944829505 | Scullion | A kitchen servant | 206 | |
| 15944832356 | Sectarian | narrowly confined to a particular group | 207 | |
| 15944834100 | stringent | strict; rigorous | 208 | |
| 15944834809 | trite | hackneyed; cliched; lacking interest | 209 | |
| 15944837309 | Vernerate | to respect, worship, or revere | 210 | |
| 15944839588 | Wrenching | violent, forceful twisting | 211 |
