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| 7355813997 | Abstract | Refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images. | 0 | |
| 7355822808 | Ad Hominem | In an argument this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. Comes from Latin "against the man" | 1 | |
| 7355829273 | Allegory | An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story | 2 | |
| 7355840891 | Alliteration | Repetition of a consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another | 3 | |
| 7355845829 | Allusion | Reference to a well known person, place, or thing from literature, history etc... | 4 | |
| 7660858641 | analogy | comparison of two similar but different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship | 5 | |
| 7660866186 | anaphora | repetition of a word phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row | 6 | |
| 7660871826 | anecdote | a short simple narrative of an incident | 7 | |
| 7660876544 | annotation | explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources or give bibliographical data | 8 | |
| 7660883683 | antithesis | the presentation of two contrasting images. ie: To be or not to be | 9 | |
| 7660891264 | aphorism | a short often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life | 10 | |
| 7660899341 | apostrophe | usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, place, thing or personified abstraction | 11 | |
| 7660916723 | argumentation | writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments | 12 | |
| 7660925118 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds between difference consonants, such as in neigh/fade | 13 | |
| 7660931421 | asyndeton | commas used to separate a series of words. Effects flow of the sentence | 14 | |
| 7660941956 | cacophony | harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose | 15 | |
| 7660943928 | caricature | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates or distorts a persons physical features | 16 | |
| 7660943929 | colloquialism | a word or phrase used in every day conversation, that should be omitted from formal writing | 17 | |
| 7660943930 | coherence | quality of a peice of writing in that all parts of it relate back and contribute to the central idea, theme or thesis | 18 | |
| 7660947754 | concrete language | language that describes physical things as opposed to abstract thoughts | 19 | |
| 7964161715 | Connotation | implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind | 20 | |
| 7964168854 | Consonance | repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity | 21 | |
| 7964175748 | conundrum | a riddle whos answer is or involves a pun | 22 | |
| 7964179954 | deduction | the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 23 | |
| 7964184602 | denotation | literal meaning of a word as defined | 24 | |
| 7964191594 | description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation | 25 | |
| 7964198624 | diction | word choice; an element of style | 26 | |
| 7964201907 | didactic | writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach (moral or ethical concerns) | 27 | |
| 7964209591 | discourse | spoken or written language including literary works (description, exposition, narration and persuasion) | 28 | |
| 7964247709 | dissonance | harsh grating sounds that do not go together | 29 | |
| 7964251609 | dramatic irony | when the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional characters perception of a situation and the truth of that situation | 30 | |
| 7964261030 | emotional appeal | when a writer appeals to the readers emotions (pathos) to excite and involve the argument | 31 | |
| 7964274916 | epigraph | the use of quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at the theme | 32 | |
| 7964282436 | ethical appeal | when a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him/her based on a presentation of image of self through text | 33 | |
| 7964300832 | euphemism | a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. | 34 | |
| 7964313918 | euphony | a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose | 35 | |
| 7964317886 | example | an individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern | 36 | |
| 7964324664 | explication | the art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text | 37 | |
| 7964329343 | exposition | the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot | 38 | |
| 7964336168 | extended metaphor | a sustained comparison often referred to as a conceit | 39 | |
| 8395163269 | false analogy | when two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them | 40 | |
| 8395186260 | figurative language | language that contains figures of speech such as similes and metaphors in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal | 41 | |
| 8395199731 | figurative speech | expressions such as similes metaphors and personification that make imaginative rather than literal comparisons and associations | 42 | |
| 8395216761 | foreshadowing | the use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs late in the work | 43 | |
| 8395225243 | freight train | sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions | 44 | |
| 8395237195 | generalization | when a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable | 45 | |
| 8395251227 | genre | a type of literary work such as a novel or poem | 46 | |
| 8395259131 | hubris | the excessive pride of ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom eventually causing his or her downfall | 47 | |
| 8395274917 | humor | anything that causes laughter or amusement | 48 | |
| 8395280112 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor of emphasis | 49 | |
| 8395287818 | image | a word or words either figurative or literal used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the sense | 50 | |
| 8395306480 | imagery | words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five sense in order to create a mental picture | 51 | |
| 8395318715 | induction | the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization | 52 | |
| 8395328583 | inference | a conclusion one can draw from the presented details | 53 | |
| 8395340466 | interior monologue | writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a characters head | 54 | |
| 8395347128 | invective | a verbally abusive attack | 55 | |
| 8395351520 | inversion | reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase | 56 | |
| 8395366001 | irony | a situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected | 57 | |
| 8395380086 | jargon | the special language of a profession or group | 58 | |
| 8395391489 | logic | the process of reasoning | 59 | |
| 8395394189 | logical fallacy | a mistake in reasoning | 60 | |
| 8395399749 | lyrical | songlike | 61 | |
| 8395404152 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another | 62 | |
| 8395408779 | metonymy | a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated | 63 | |
| 8395422676 | mode | the method or form of a literary work | 64 | |
| 8395428929 | mood | similar to tone mood is primarily emotional attitude of a work | 65 | |
| 8395435491 | moral | the lesson drawn from a piece of literature | 66 | |
| 8395443054 | motif | main theme or subject of a work that is elaborated on in the development of the piece | 67 | |
| 8395453432 | narration | the telling of a story | 68 | |
| 8395456766 | negative positive | sentence that begins by stating what is NOT true then ending by stating what is true | 69 | |
| 8667818498 | non-sequitur | Latin for it does not follow. when one statement is'nt logically connected to another | 70 | |
| 8667827946 | objectivity | an impersonal presentation of events and characters | 71 | |
| 8667831971 | onomatopoeia | sound words | 72 | |
| 8667834140 | oversimplification | when a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an asrgument | 73 | |
| 8667839351 | oxymoron | a figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases | 74 | |
| 8667846810 | pacing | the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another | 75 | |
| 8667857247 | parable | a short tale that teaches a moral | 76 | |
| 8667859842 | paradox | a statement that seems to contradict itself but turns out to have a rational meaning | 77 | |
| 8667872573 | parallelism | the technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form | 78 | |
| 8667879704 | parody | a work that ridicules the style of another work by imitating and exaggerating its elements | 79 |
