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| 7801665326 | occasion | This is the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 0 | |
| 7801665327 | onomatopoeia | This is the use of words that refer to sounds and whose pronunciations mimic those sounds. For example: "That echoed to many a parting groan...And all is hushed at Shiloh. " Herman Melville | 1 | |
| 7801665328 | oxymoron | From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," this is a figure of speech in which the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. For example: This is a peaceful revolution... " John F. Kennedy | 2 | |
| 7801665329 | paradox | This is a statement or situation that is seemingly contradictory on the surface but delivers an ironic truth | 3 | |
| 7801665330 | parallelism (or parallel structure) | This is the similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses. For example: "Let both sides explore... Let both sides for the first time formulate serious and precise proposals... Let both sides seek to invoke... " John F. Kennedy* | 4 | |
| 7801665331 | parenthetical idea | This is a situation when parentheses are used to set off an idea from the rest of the sentence. It is like an aside, and should be used for an effect. not repeatedly. For example: "In a short time (and the time is getting shorter by the gallon) America will be out foil | 5 | |
| 7801665332 | parody | This is a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. As comedy, parody distorts distinctive features of the original. As ridicule, it mimics the work by repeating and borrowing words, phrases, or characteristics in order to illuminate weaknesses in the original | 6 | |
| 7801665333 | passive voice | A sentence employs passive voice when the subject doesn't act but is acted upon | 7 | |
| 7801665334 | pathos | This is Greek for "suffering" Speakers and writers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audiences. More specific appeals to pathos might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes - or fears and prejudices | 8 | |
| 7801665335 | periodic sentence | The *opposite of a loose sentence*, this is a sentence in which the main clause is withheld until the end. For examples "To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments | 9 | |
| 7801665336 | personification | This is the attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea | 10 | |
| 7801665337 | polemic | Greek for "hostile," this is an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others, a polemic generally does not concede that opposing opinions have any Merit | 11 | |
| 7801665338 | polysyndeton | This is the deliberate use of multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses or words. For example: I paid for my plane ticket and the taxes and the fees and the charge for the checked bag and five dollars for a bottle of water.* | 12 | |
| 7801665339 | point of view | In literature, this is the perspective from which a work is told, including first-person ("I"), second person ("you"), and third person ("he" or "she"). In addition be aware that when you are asked to analyze an author's point-of-view, you should address the author's attitude | 13 | |
| 7801665340 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | This fallacy is Latin for "after which therefore because of which, " meaning that it is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier For example: We elected Johnson as president and look where it got us: hurricanes, floods, stock market crashes | 14 | |
| 7801665341 | propaganda | This is the spread of ideas and information to further a cause. In its negative sense, propaganda is the use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause | 15 | |
| 7801665342 | pun | This is a play on words that derives its humor from the replacement of one word with another that has a similar pronunciation or spelling but a different meaning | 16 | |
| 7801665343 | purpose | This is the goal the speaker or writer wants to achieve | 17 | |
| 7801665344 | rhetorical question (erotesis) | This is a question that is used for effect, emphasis, or provocation | 18 | |
| 7801665345 | rhetorical modes (or four "modes of discourse") | The purpose of *exposition* (or expository writing) is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and discussion. The purpose of *argumentation* is to prove the validity of a point through sound reasoning and discussion. The purpose of *description* is to recreate, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action. The purpose of *narration* is to tell a story or narrate a series of events | 19 | |
| 7801665346 | satire | This is a work that targets human voices and follies or social institutions and conventions. Whether or not the work aims to reform human behavior. satire is best seen as a style of writing not a purpose for writing. It can be recognized by the many devices used effectively by a satirist: *irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole understatement, and sarcasm.* Good satire is thought provoking and insightful about the human condition | 20 | |
| 7801665347 | semantics | This is the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 21 | |
| 7801665348 | subordinate clause (or dependent clause) | Like all c1au.ses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike an independent clause, it cannot stand alone and does not express a complete thought | 22 | |
| 7801665349 | syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together, " o syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second called "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion For example major premise: All men are Mortal minor premise: Socrates is a man conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is a mortal. A syllogism's conclusion is valid only if each of the two premises is valid. Syllogisms may also present the specific idea first (Socrates) and the general second (all men) | 23 | |
| 7801665350 | symbol | This is a setting, an object, or an event in a story that carries more than literal meaning and therefore represents something significant to understanding the meaning of a work of literature | 24 | |
| 7801665351 | synecdoche | This is a figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole, or occasionally, the whole to represent a part, For example, a "sail" represents a boat or wheels" represent a car. (*Do not confuse this with Metonymy*, in which one thing is represented by another thing that is commonly physically associated with it (but not necessarily a part of it), such as referring to a monarch as "the crown" or the President as The White House.") | 25 | |
| 7801665352 | synesthesia | This occurs when one land of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another (for example, the *sight* of red ants makes you *itchy*). In literature, this refers to the practice of associating two or more different senses in the same image, such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song titled "Taste the Pain". | 26 | |
| 7801665353 | syntax | This is the arrangement of words into phrases, clauses and sentences. This includes word order, the length and structure of sentences, and such devices as *parallelism, juxtaposition, antithesis, and antimetabole.* | 27 | |
| 7801665354 | tone | Tone is a Speaker's attitude toward his subject and audience, and it is created through the deliberate use of language. A Writer will manipulate all the devices of language to create tone, such as figurative language, imagery, diction, and syntax. | 28 | |
| 7801665355 | trope | From the Greek word for "turning," this is "artful diction" or a figure of speech such as *metaphor, simile, hyperbole, metonymy or synecdoche.* | 29 | |
| 7801665356 | understatement | This is a figure of speech in which something is presented as less important, dire, urgent, or good than it actually is, often for satirical or comical effect Also called litotes, it is the opposite of hyperbole. For example: "The night in prison was novel and interesting enough. " Henry David Thoreau | 30 | |
| 7801665357 | vernacular | This is the language or dialect of a particular country, region, or group. It can also refer to everyday speech. | 31 | |
| 7801665358 | wit | In rhetoric, this is the use of laughter, humor, irony or satire in the confirmation or refutation of an argument. | 32 | |
| 7801665359 | zuegma (syllepsis) | This is the use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings. For example: "Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as o call to bear arms, though arms we need ....not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden. " John F Kennedy | 33 | |
| 7839707380 | persona | This is Greek for "mask." It is the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience | 34 |
