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| 14969446834 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 0 | |
| 14969446835 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event | 1 | |
| 14969446836 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. | 2 | |
| 14969446837 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 14969446838 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. | 4 | |
| 14969446839 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. | 5 | |
| 14969446840 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 6 | |
| 14969446841 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth. | 7 | |
| 14969446842 | Archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | 8 | |
| 14969446843 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence. | 9 | |
| 14969446844 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. | 10 | |
| 14969446845 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 11 | |
| 14969446846 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence. | 12 | |
| 14969446847 | Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language. | 13 | |
| 14969446848 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. | 14 | |
| 14969446849 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation). | 15 | |
| 14969446850 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 16 | |
| 14969446851 | Cumulative sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail. | 17 | |
| 14969446852 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement. | 18 | |
| 14969446853 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | 19 | |
| 14969446854 | Diction | Word choice | 20 | |
| 14969446855 | Epigram | A brief witty statement. | 21 | |
| 14969446856 | Figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning. | 22 | |
| 14969446857 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. | 23 | |
| 14969446858 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). | 24 | |
| 14969446859 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands | 25 | |
| 14969446860 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result. | 26 | |
| 14969446861 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis. | 27 | |
| 14969446862 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison. | 28 | |
| 14969446863 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole. | 29 | |
| 14969446864 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 30 | |
| 14969446865 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms | 31 | |
| 14969446866 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 32 | |
| 14969446867 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 33 | |
| 14969446868 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule. | 34 | |
| 14969446869 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 35 | |
| 14969446870 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions. | 36 | |
| 14969446871 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing (To ______________) | 37 | |
| 14969446872 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." | 38 | |
| 14969446873 | Rhetorical modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation. | 39 | |
| 14969446874 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer. | 40 | |
| 14969446875 | Rhetorical triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience. | 41 | |
| 14969446876 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 42 | |
| 14969446877 | Sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. | 43 | |
| 14969446878 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. | 44 | |
| 14969446879 | Simple sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause. | 45 | |
| 14969446880 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing. | 46 | |
| 14969446881 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 47 | |
| 14969446882 | Subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. | 48 | |
| 14969446883 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 49 | |
| 14969446884 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 50 | |
| 14969446885 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer. | 51 | |
| 14969446886 | Thesis statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit. | 52 | |
| 14969446887 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 53 | |
| 14969446888 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 54 | |
| 14969446889 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 55 |
