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| 7332105958 | Allegory | the device of using character and story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. usually deals with moral truth or generalization about human existence | 0 | |
| 7332105959 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. can be historical, literary, religious, topical, mythical. | 1 | |
| 7332105960 | Allusions | an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work. can be historical , literary, religious, topical, mythical. can be multiple layers of allusion | 2 | |
| 7332105961 | Ambiguity | multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 7332105962 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with it's similarity to something more familiar. Analogies can also make writing more vivid imaginative or intellectually engaging. | 4 | |
| 7332105963 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 7332105964 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas, the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 7332105965 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Can be a memorable summation of the authors point | 7 | |
| 7332105966 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses and absent or imaginary person or a person a fied abstraction. and addressed to someone or something that cannot answer and may add familiarity or emotional intensity | 8 | |
| 7332105967 | atmosphere | The emotional not created by the entirety of a literary work establish partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the atmosphere and frequently foreshadows | 9 | |
| 7332105968 | Caricature | A verbal description the purpose of which is to exaggerate or discomfort for comic effect a persons distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 10 | |
| 7332105969 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. an independent or main 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. The point that you want to consider is the question of what or why the author subordinates one element could also become aware of making effective use of subordination in your own writing | 11 | |
| 7332105970 | Colloquial | The use of slang or in for maladies in speech or writing. Not generally excepted for formal writing and give a conversational tone and include local or regional | 12 | |
| 7332105971 | Conceit | A fanciful expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between dissimilar objects | 13 | |
| 7332105972 | Connotation | the jon lit eral associative meaning of a word; the implied suggested meaning and can involve ideas emotions or attitudes | 14 | |
| 7332146080 | Denotation | The struct literal dictionary definition of the word devoid of any emotion attitude or color | 15 | |
| 7332146081 | Diction | related to style, dictionary definition refers to the writers word choices especially with regard to their correctness, clearness or effectiveness | 16 | |
| 7332146082 | Didactic | from the Greek it means teaching | 17 | |
| 7332146083 | Euphemism | good speech. More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 18 | |
| 7332146084 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed a great length occurring frequently in or out of work | 19 | |
| 7332146085 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry a literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 20 | |
| 7332146086 | figure of speech | A device used to provide figurative language, many compared to similar things. includes', hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, and an understatement | 21 | |
| 7332146087 | generic conventions | this term describes traditions for each genre. Please conventions help to define each genre | 22 | |
| 7332146088 | Genres | The major categories into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are pros, poetry, and drama | 23 | |
| 7332146089 | Homily | this term literally means sermon but more informally can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 24 | |
| 7332146090 | hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. The opposite is an understatement | 25 | |
| 7332146091 | imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe arouse emotion or represent abstractions. On a physical level, Imgur uses terms related to the five senses | 26 | |
| 7332146092 | Inference | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. Most reasonable inference is the safest answer choice | 27 | |
| 7332146093 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 28 | |
| 7332146094 | irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly. and what is really meant for the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. Often used to create humor. three different types; verbal irony = when the words literally. State the opposite of the writers meaning. Situational ironing = when the events turn out the opposite of what was expected. Dramatic irony = when the events are unknown to a character in a play or piece but is known to the reader | 29 | |
| 7332146095 | loose sentence or non periodic sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first followed by the dependent grammatical units such as phrases or clauses. If the period is at the end of the independent clause, the clause would be a complete sentence | 30 | |
| 7332282199 | metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other. Makes writing more vivid and thought-provoking and meaningful | 31 | |
| 7332282200 | Metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning changed label or substitute name. Figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 32 | |
| 7332282201 | mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of work. Setting tone and events can affect the mood and is similar to the tone and atmosphere | 33 | |
| 7332282202 | narrative | The telling of the story on account of an event | 34 | |
| 7332282203 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 35 | |
| 7332282204 | Oxymoron | from the Greek meaning pointedly foolish. Figure of speech where the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 36 | |
| 7332282205 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to the common sense but upon closer inspection contain some degree of truth or validity | 37 | |
| 7332282206 | Parallelism | "beside one another" refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words phrases sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity. can involve repetition of a grammatical elements such as a preposition or verbal phrase. frequently act as an organizing force to attract to the readers attention, add emphasis and organization, or provide a musical rhythm | 38 | |
| 7332282207 | anaphora | A subtype of parallelism on the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences | 39 | |
| 7332282208 | parody | I work that closely imitates the style or content of another with a specific aim of comic effect. Exploited peculiarities of an author's expression | 40 | |
| 7332282209 | pedantic | and adjective that describes words phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly academic or bookish | 41 | |
| 7332282210 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents at central meaning in a main clause at the end. Independent clauses proceeded by or phrase or clause I cannot stand alone. Affect is to add emphasis and structural variety | 42 | |
| 7332282211 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told. two divisions of point of you. First person narrator=. tells the story with the first person pronoun and there's a character in the story. Can be the protagonist a secondary character or an observing character. third person narrator = relate the events with a third person pronouns he she and Ed. There are two main subdivisions to be aware of. Third person omniscient = The narrator with God like knowledge presents the thoughts and actions of any or all characters. Third person limited omniscient= The narrator presents the feelings and thoughts of only one presenting only the actions of all of the remaining characters | 43 | |
| 7332282212 | prose | refers to fiction and nonfiction. In prose, The printer determines the length of the line, and poetry the poet determines the length of line | 44 | |
| 7332282213 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language such as sound word phrase clause sentence or grammatical pattern | 45 | |
| 7332282214 | Rhetoric | "orator" describes both governing the art of writing affectively eloquently and persuasively | 46 | |
| 7332282215 | rhetorical modes | describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. 1. The purpose of exposition is to explain analyze information by presenting an idea relevant evidence and appropriate discussion. 2. The purpose of argumentation is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning discussion and argument that the early convince the reader. Persuasive writing is a type of argumentation having an additional aim of urging some form of action. 3. The purpose of description as to re-create, and event, or visually present a person place or event or action so that the reader can picture that being described. 4. The purpose of narration is to tell a story or near write an event or series of events. | 47 | |
| 7332282216 | Sarcasm | "to tear flesh" involves better caustic language that is meant to hurt someone or something. It may use irony as a device | 48 | |
| 7332282217 | Satire | work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform. it can be recognized by the many devices used effectively = irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement, and sarcasm | 49 | |
| 7332282218 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words their historical and psychological development there connotations in relation to one another | 50 | |
| 7332282219 | style | 1. and a valuation of the sum of choice is an author makes and blending diction, syntax, figurative language and other literary devices 2. classification of authors to the group and comparison of an author to someone authors | 51 | |
| 7332282220 | subject complement | The word or clause the falls linking verb and complements or completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it. 1. The predicate nominative= A noun group of nouns or noun clause that renames the subject. It follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence. 2. the predicate adjective = an adjective group of adjectives or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. In the predicate, the sentence and modifies or describes the subject | 52 | |
| 7332282221 | subordinate clause | Word group contains both the subject and a verb but cannot stand alone and doesn't express a complete thought | 53 | |
| 7332282222 | Syllogism | "reckoning together" deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (major and minor) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 54 | |
| 7332282223 | Symbol | anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Usually something concrete. 1. natural symbols = objects and occurrences from nature to symbolize ideas commonly associated with them. 2. conventional symbols = those that have been invested with meaning by a group. 3. literary symbols = sometimes also conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works and are generally recognized | 55 | |
| 7332282224 | syndecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole or occasionally the whole is used to represent a part | 56 | |
| 7332282225 | Synesthesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 57 | |
| 7332282226 | Syntax | The way and author chooses to join words into phrases clauses in sentences. Similar to diction but you can differentiate them by thinking of syntax as groups of words | 58 | |
| 7332282227 | Themes | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. usually theme is understated and fictional works but in nonfiction it may be directly stated | 59 | |
| 7332282228 | Thesis | sentence or group of sentences that directly express the authors opinion purpose meaning or position | 60 | |
| 7332282229 | tone | describes the authors attitude toward his material the audience or both. Easier to determine and spoken language then in written language | 61 | |
| 7332282230 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas. | 62 | |
| 7332282231 | Understatement | The ironic minimalize thing of fact, understatement present something as well significant than it is. A fact can frequently be humorous and emphatic | 63 | |
| 7332282232 | wit | intellectually I'm using language that surprises and delights. Statement as humorous while suggesting the speakers verbal power and creating perceptive remarks. | 64 |
