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| 4642675579 | allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 4642675580 | alliteration | the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 4642675581 | allusion | a direct or indirect referance to something which is presumably commonly known such as an event, book, myth, place or work of art. | 2 | |
| 4642675582 | ambiquity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, or a word, phrase, sentance or passage. | 3 | |
| 4642675583 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between twodifferent things or the relationship betweenthem. Can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. | 4 | |
| 4642677121 | anaphora | A subtype of parallelism, with the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines | 5 | |
| 4642675584 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause reffered to by a pronoun. | 6 | |
| 4642675585 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. | 7 | |
| 4642675586 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 8 | |
| 4642675587 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described. | 9 | |
| 4642675588 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. an independant of main clause expresses a complete thought and can stand aloneas a sentance. A dependant or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentance and must be accompanied by an independant clause. | 10 | |
| 4642675589 | colloquial/colliguialism | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.Give conversational, familiar tone. | 11 | |
| 4642682156 | coherence | product of many different factors, which combine to make every paragraph, every sentence, and every phrase contribute to the meaning of the whole piece. | 12 | |
| 4642675590 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness due to the unusual comparison being made. | 13 | |
| 4642675591 | connotation | the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word;the implied, suggested meaning. Involve ideas,emotions, or attitudes. | 14 | |
| 4642675592 | denotation | the strict, literal dictionary definition or a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude or color. | 15 | |
| 4642675593 | diction | related tostyle, diction refers to the writers choices,especially with regard to their correctness, clearness or effectiveness. | 16 | |
| 4642675594 | didactic | "teaching". have the primary aim of teaching or instructing,especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 17 | |
| 4642675595 | euphemism | "good speech". are more agreeableor less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. | 18 | |
| 4642696094 | exposition | to explain/analyze info by presenting an idea and an explanation | 19 | |
| 4642675596 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occuring frequently in or throughout a work. | 20 | |
| 4642675597 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 21 | |
| 4642675598 | figure of speech | a device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech include, for example, apostrophe, hyperbole, irony. | 22 | |
| 4642675599 | generic conventions | this term describes traditions for each genre. these conventions helpto define eachgenre,for example,they diffentiate between an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 23 | |
| 4642675600 | genre | the major category into which a literary work fits. basic divisions of genre are prose,poetry and drama. | 24 | |
| 4642675601 | homily | this term literally means 'sermon' but more informally, it can include serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 25 | |
| 4642675602 | hyperbole | a figure of speech using diliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Have a comic effect; however,a serious effect is possible. | 26 | |
| 4642675603 | imagery | the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.[visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory or olfactory imagery.] | 27 | |
| 4642675604 | inference/infer | to draw reasonable conclusions from the information presented. | 28 | |
| 4642675605 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 29 | |
| 4642675606 | irony/ironic | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what actually is true.[three major types in clude: verbal, situational and dramatic]. | 30 | |
| 4642675607 | loose sentance | a type of sentance in which the main idea comes first, followed by the dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. If a period were placed at the end of the independant clause, the clause would be a complete sentance. | 31 | |
| 4642675608 | metaphor | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. Metaphorical language makes writing more vivid, imaginative thought provoking and meaningful. | 32 | |
| 4642675609 | metonomy | a term from the greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name". a figure of speech which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 33 | |
| 4642675610 | mood | 1. indicative mood- only for factual sentences. Subjenctive- used for a doubtful or conditional attitude. | 34 | |
| 4642675611 | narrative | the telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 35 | |
| 4642675612 | onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 36 | |
| 4642675613 | oxymoron | from the greek for "pointlessly foolish"- figure of speech where in the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest paradox. | 37 | |
| 4642675614 | paradox | a statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed tocommon sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 38 | |
| 4642675615 | parallelism | also reffered to as parallel structure. refers to grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentances or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 39 | |
| 4642675616 | parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim or comic effect and or ridicule. As comedy,parody distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original. As ridicule, it mimics the work by repeating or borrowing words, phrases or characteristics to illuminate weaknesses in the original. | 40 | |
| 4642675617 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly,academic or bookish. | 41 | |
| 4642675618 | periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 42 | |
| 4642675619 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inatimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 43 | |
| 4642675620 | point of view | the persepctive from which a story is told. [first person- tells story in first person [I]. third person- he she it. | 44 | |
| 4642675621 | predicate adjectives | one type of subject complement-- an adjective, group or adjectives or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. | 45 | |
| 4642675622 | predicate nominative | a second type of subject complement- a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject. | 46 | |
| 4642675623 | prose | one of the major divisions of genre, it refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all forms, because they are written in ordinary language and most closely resemble everyday speech. | 47 | |
| 4642675624 | repetition | the duplication, either exact of approximate, or any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase sentence or grammatical pattern. | 48 | |
| 4642675625 | rhetoric | describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively,eloquently and persuasively. | 49 | |
| 4642675626 | rhetorical modes | the flexible term describes the variety,the conventions and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.[exposition-to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence and appropriate discussion][arugmentation-prove validity of an idea point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion and argument that thoroughly convinces the reader][description- recreate, invent or visually present a person, place,event or action sothat the reader can picture that being described.][narration- totell a story or anevent or series of events]. | 50 | |
| 4642675628 | sarcasm | bitter or caustic language that is meant to hurt of ridicule someone or something. | 51 | |
| 4642675629 | satire | a workthat targets humanvices and follies or social insitutions and conventions, for reform or ridicule. | 52 | |
| 4642699753 | semantics | one of the important branches of linguistics that deals with interpretation and meaning of the words, sentence structure and symbols, while determining the reading comprehension of the readers how they understand others and their interpretations. | 53 | |
| 4642675631 | style | -evaluation of the sum of choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax,figurative language and other literary devices. Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors. | 54 | |
| 4642675632 | subject complement | the word of clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes,the subject of the sentence by either [1] renaming it [2] describing it. | 55 | |
| 4642675633 | subcoordinate clause | contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike the ___ ___, the ___ ___ cannot stand alone. | 56 | |
| 4642675634 | syllogism | is a deductive systemof formal logic that presents two premises-the first one called major and the second minor- that inevitable lead to a sound conclusion. | 57 | |
| 4642675635 | symbol | anything that represents or stands for something else.[natural-conventional-literary] | 58 | |
| 4642675636 | syntax | the way the author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 59 | |
| 4642675637 | theme | the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 60 | |
| 4642675638 | thesis | the sentance or group of sentances that directly expresses the authors opinion, purpose, meaning or proposition. | 61 | |
| 4642675639 | tone | similar tomood, ___ describes the authors attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both. | 62 | |
| 4642675640 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas. Used especially although not exculsively, inexpository and arugmentative writing, transtitions effectively signal a shift from one idea or another. | 63 | |
| 4642675641 | understatement | the ironic minimalizing of fact, ___ presents something as less significant that it is. | 64 | |
| 4642689104 | undertone | the attitude that may lie under the tone of a piece. I get along with undertone because he's sneaky and could be a little bit of a sassy rhetorical device. | 65 | |
| 4642690714 | wit | in a literary work designed to make the audience laugh or feel amused | 66 |
