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| 4828666687 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 0 | |
| 4828666688 | connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning |  | 1 |
| 4828666689 | point of view | The position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted (e.g., first person (narrator often uses pronoun "I"), second person (narrator often uses pronoun "you"), third person limited, third person omniscient, (narrator never says "I"...only pronouns such as "they", "them", "he", "she"). |  | 2 |
| 4828666690 | formal language | Writing which is appropriate in serious writing and speaking situations. It avoids the use of slang, and contractions. | 3 | |
| 4828666691 | informal language | Writing that is appropriate for personal letters, journals, and personal essays. Although it should be grammatically correct, it can include contractions and first person pronouns | 4 | |
| 4828666692 | colloquial language | language used in conversation, not formal writing; gives a sense of familiarity or informality |  | 5 |
| 4828666693 | slang | informal, nonstandard language, often used within a particular group |  | 6 |
| 4828666694 | jargon | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand |  | 7 |
| 4828666695 | bathos | an abrupt transition in style from the elevated/formal to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect; an anticlimax |  | 8 |
| 4828666696 | concrete language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities that can be perceived through the senses |  | 9 |
| 4828666697 | figurative language | A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. |  | 10 |
| 4828666698 | syntax | Arrangement of words in phrases and sentences...including word order, punctuation, or word patterns. |  | 11 |
| 4828666699 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. |  | 12 |
| 4828666700 | alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds |  | 13 |
| 4828666701 | assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity |  | 14 |
| 4828666702 | parallel structure | Also called "balanced phrases/sentences", it is the repetition of the same grammatical structure (ex: She will go hiking, biking, and swimming tomorrow. The 'ing' verb structure repeats...even though the words themselves don't repeat). |  | 15 |
| 4828666703 | catalog | A list of things, people, or events. |  | 16 |
| 4828666704 | ellipsis | omission of words from a text; the meaning can be understood without them (ex: "I grabbed two sodas, and Bill [grabbed] one." The word in [brackets] is omitted but is still understood). |  | 17 |
| 4828666705 | inversion | A reversal of the usual order of words. |  | 18 |
| 4828666706 | periodic sentence | The opposite of cumulative sentence, it is a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end (near the period...get it?). (Example: After a long, bumpy flight and multiple delays, I arrived at the San Diego airport.) |  | 19 |
| 4828666707 | cumulative sentence | The opposite of a periodic sentence, it is a sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on with additional clauses/phrases. (Ex: I arrived at the San Diego airport after a long, bumpy flight and multiple delays.) |  | 20 |
| 4828666708 | repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. |  | 21 |
| 4828666709 | anaphora | Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |  | 22 |
| 4828666710 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. (Ex: "whenever you [subject] swim [verb] in the pool") | 23 | |
| 4828666711 | independent clause | A clause that can stand alone as a sentence with a subject and verb. |  | 24 |
| 4828666712 | dependent clause (subordinate clause) | this clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction, which makes the clause an incomplete thought |  | 25 |
| 4828666713 | simple sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clauses |  | 26 |
| 4828666714 | compound sentence | two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so), or a semi-colon | | 27 |
| 4828666715 | complex sentence | A sentence with only one independent clause, and at least one (or more) dependent clause(s). (The example photo has a dependent, then independent clause). |  | 28 |
| 4828666716 | compound-complex sentence | contains two or more independent clauses, and at least one dependent clause |  | 29 |
| 4828666717 | antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in parallel phrases or clauses. (Ex: You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart.) | 30 | |
| 4828666718 | antimetabole | the words in one phrase or clause are repeated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause (A-B, B-A: For example, "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country") |  | 31 |
| 4828666719 | polysyndeton | the opposite of 'asyndeton', it is the deliberate over-use of conjunctions in close succession. (Ex: "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy") |  | 32 |
| 4828666720 | asyndeton | the opposite of 'polysyndeton', leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses (see what I did there?) | | 33 |
| 4828666721 | zeugma | the use of a word to modify two or more other words, but used for different meanings--it can be a verb applied to two separate objects, or an adjective applied to more than one noun. "He close the door and his heart on his lost love." |  | 34 |
| 4828666722 | metaphor | A comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. |  | 35 |
| 4828666723 | simile | A comparison between two unlike things using "like", "as" or "than". |  | 36 |
| 4828666724 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which a word represents something else which it suggests. (Ex: The pen is mightier than the sword. -- 'pen' represents diplomacy, and 'sword' represents violence) | 37 | |
| 4828666725 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 38 |
| 4828666726 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 39 |
