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| 14674198847 | Active voice | In grammar, an active voice is a type of clause or sentence in which a subject performs an action and expresses it through its representative verb; when a subject performs an action directly, it is an active voice | 0 | |
| 14674198848 | ad hominem | Directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining | 1 | |
| 14674198849 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 2 | |
| 14674198850 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 3 | |
| 14674198851 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 4 | |
| 14674198852 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. | 5 | |
| 14674198853 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 6 | |
| 14674198854 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 7 | |
| 14674198855 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 8 | |
| 14674198856 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 9 | |
| 14674198857 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 10 | |
| 14674198858 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 11 | |
| 14674198859 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. | 12 | |
| 14674198860 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 13 | |
| 14674198861 | Bandwagon | Used in reference to an activity, cause, etc. that is currently fashionable or popular | 14 | |
| 14674198862 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form ex: "poetry is the record of the best and happiest memories of the happiest and best minds" | 15 | |
| 14674198863 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 16 | |
| 14674198864 | Deductive | characterized by or based on the inference of particular instances from a general law. | 17 | |
| 14674198865 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 18 | |
| 14674198866 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 19 | |
| 14674198867 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 20 | |
| 14674198868 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 21 | |
| 14674198869 | fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | 22 | |
| 14674198870 | fugurative language | When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday meaning | 23 | |
| 14674198871 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 24 | |
| 14674198872 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 25 | |
| 14674198873 | Inductive | characterized by the inference of general laws from particular instances. | 26 | |
| 14674198874 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 27 | |
| 14674198875 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. | 28 | |
| 14674198876 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 29 | |
| 14674198877 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 30 | |
| 14674198878 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 31 | |
| 14674198879 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 32 | |
| 14674198880 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 33 | |
| 14674198881 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 34 | |
| 14674198882 | Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. | 35 | |
| 14674198883 | passive voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | 36 | |
| 14674198884 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 37 | |
| 14674198885 | Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 38 | |
| 14674198886 | point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. | 39 | |
| 14674198887 | Poisoning the Well | Discrediting a person's claim by presenting unfavorable information (true or false) about the person. Person B attacking Person A before Person A can make his/her claim. Example: 'John, an abusive alcoholic, will now give his argument for the legalization of public drinking'. | 40 | |
| 14674198888 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. | 41 | |
| 14674198889 | Red Herring | something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting. | 42 | |
| 14674198890 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 43 | |
| 14674198891 | Rhertoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques | 44 | |
| 14674198892 | rhetorical question | A question asked to create a dramatic effect or make a point rather than to get an answer | 45 | |
| 14674198893 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 46 | |
| 14674198894 | Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 47 | |
| 14674198895 | Straw Man | When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak. | 48 | |
| 14674198896 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 49 | |
| 14674198897 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 50 | |
| 14674198898 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 51 | |
| 14674198899 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 52 | |
| 14674198900 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 53 | |
| 14674198901 | Synthesis | combining parts into a whole | 54 | |
| 14674198902 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 55 | |
| 14674198903 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 56 | |
| 14674198904 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 57 | |
| 14674198905 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 58 | |
| 14674198906 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 59 |
