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| 7201387537 | Allusion | Reference to something which the author assumes their audience is knowledgeable about. Eg. "Chocolate is her *Achilles' heel.*" | 0 | |
| 7201387538 | Argumentation | Providing a point/thesis/claim and supporting it with evidence and reasoning. | 1 | |
| 7201387539 | Diction | Word choice throughout a work. Eg. "shrill shriek" instead of "high-pitched yell" to make scream "sound" inhuman and/or scarier. | 2 | |
| 7201387540 | Exposition/Expository Writing | Writing with a goal of teaching or informing. Eg. A school textbook. | 3 | |
| 7201387541 | Figurative language | Umbrella term for language whose meaning differs from it's actual content. Eg. a metaphor. | 4 | |
| 7201387542 | Hyperbole | An obviously wild exaggeration. Eg. "He's like four meters tall!" | 5 | |
| 7201387543 | Imagery | Using words and phrases that appeal to the five senses. Eg. "The blade hummed and she pulled it from the sheath, oscillating as she drew it and stood ready. The stench of fresh blood hit her nose like a bullet." | 6 | |
| 7201387544 | Irony | When the opposite of what is expected occurs. | 7 | |
| 7201426078 | Situational Irony | When efforts to an end produce the opposite affect. Eg. Yung Mazi, an Atlanta rapper who claimed to have been shot multiple times and previously said "God made me bulletproof" was shot and killed on August 6th of this year. | 8 | |
| 7201426354 | Verbal Irony | Expressing an idea by stating the opposite. Eg. "Not like I cared or anything." | 9 | |
| 7201426355 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience has more knowledge about the situation than the protagonist, causing them to realize that the protagonist makes the wrong decision because of their lack of knowledge. |  | 10 |
| 7201387545 | Metaphor | Comparison equating two things without "like" or "as." Eg. "Ben is a bear." | 11 | |
| 7201387546 | Oxymoron | Two or more close-to-antonyms put together as a compound word. Eg. "civil war," "model prisoner," or "sophomore" (a more subtle oxymoron; sophos means wisdom and more means fool in Greek). | 12 | |
| 7201387547 | Paradox | A sentence, phrase or concept that contradicts itself. Eg. "I never tell the truth." | 13 | |
| 7201387548 | Parallelism | Repetition of sound, meter, or meaning. Eg. "Like father, like son." | 14 | |
| 7201387549 | Parody | A work created to mimic and exaggerate attributes of another work for comedic effect. Eg. "Weird Al" Yankovic's Smells Like Nirvana, a parody of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. | 15 | |
| 7201387550 | Personification | Giving inanimate objects characteristics of living things. Eg. The box screamed "OPEN ME!" | 16 | |
| 7201387551 | Point of View/Perspective | Type of narration employed by the author. (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited/omniscient) Eg. "What is that?" he inquired. (3rd person) | 17 | |
| 7201387552 | Rhetoric | Effective persuasion through speech or writing. | 18 | |
| 7201387553 | Simile | Comparison equating two things using "like" or "as." Eg. "He's about as sane as Jack the Ripper was." | 19 | |
| 7201387554 | Style | Technique an author uses to convey a message. (Using diction, tone, etc.) | 20 | |
| 7201387555 | Analogy | Comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation. Eg. Comparing the structure of an atom to the structure of our solar system, providing a way for someone learning to relate it to what they know. | 21 | |
| 7201387556 | Anecdote | Short and interesting nonfictional story, often used to explain or introduce a topic. | 22 | |
| 7201387557 | Ethos | Credibility and authority on the topic about with the author is arguing. Eg. Starting an argument with "According to Professor _______ of Carnegie Melon, [...]" | 23 | |
| 7201387558 | Logos | Appealing to the logical part of the brain (using statistics and facts to convince the audience). Eg. Argument against using fossil fuels by stating the amount of carbon compounds like CO and CO2 produced annually. | 24 | |
| 7201387559 | Pathos | Appealing to emotions to convince the audience. Eg. Pitying a stereotypically poor nation or region's children as a way to convince your child to eat their dinner. | 25 | |
| 7201387560 | Colloquialism | A word/phrase found in the vernacular (of a particular area). Eg. "I'm *gonna* go eat some lunch," meaning "I'm going to go eat some lunch." | 26 | |
| 7201387561 | Connotation | The thoughts and feelings that accompany a word, regardless of its denotation. Eg. Mob vs. Crowd. | 27 | |
| 7201387562 | Logical Fallacy | An error in reasoning that weakens an argument. Eg. Cherry-picked evidence. | 28 | |
| 7201387563 | Sarcasm | A type of verbal irony often used to mock. Eg. "Cassius is an honorable man." | 29 | |
| 7201387564 | Satire | Use of exaggeration to expose and criticize systems, people, organizations, etc. Eg. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism. | 30 | |
| 7201387565 | Tone | Attitude/perspective of the author towards a subject. | 31 | |
| 7201387566 | Allegory | A work with a hidden (usually political/moral) meaning. Eg. Animal Farm. | 32 | |
| 7201387567 | Anaphora | Deliberate repetition of the beginning of a sentence to create a desired effect. Eg. "Do you like Green eggs and ham?" "*I do not like* them, Sam-I-am. *I do not like* Green eggs and ham." | 33 | |
| 7201387568 | Thesis/Claim | A specific opinion on an issue/controversy. Eg. "It is in the hands of the government to regulate corporations to prevent pollution, not the consumer." | 34 | |
| 7201387569 | Cliché | Common phrases that have, over the decades, become overused and frowned upon. Eg. "Nails on a chalkboard," used to describe an annoyance. | 35 | |
| 7201387570 | Genre | Categories in art, grouped because of similar form or topic. Eg. Horror, comedy, romance, etc. | 36 | |
| 7201387571 | Rhetorical question | A question not meant to be answered, but instead to simply be thought about by the audience. Eg. "Are you INSANE?" | 37 | |
| 7201387572 | Syntax | Structural patterns that make a language. | 38 | |
| 7201387573 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words. Eg. The smell of *waffles wafting* down the hall." | 39 | |
| 7201387574 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity. Eg. Chu*ck*ling as she ki*ck*ed Chu*ck*'s toy *c*ar, she heard the *c*ra*ck* as it bro*k*e in half. | 40 | |
| 7201387575 | Denotation | The denotation of "denotation" is the literal "dictionary definition" of a word. | 41 | |
| 7201387576 | Motif | A common and reoccurring symbol/aspect in a literary work. | 42 | |
| 7201387577 | Antithesis | Two opposite ideas are put into the same sentence for a desired effect. Eg. Speech is silver, but silence is gold. | 43 | |
| 7201387578 | Deduction | Inferring based on a lack of other possibilities (after ruling out said possibilities). Eg. "Since I only have one suspect, they must be the killer!" | 44 | |
| 7201387579 | Induction | Using facts to find an answer (instead of simply ruling out possibilities). Eg. "This suspect's fingerprints were found on the knife, and they have confessed. They must be the killer!" | 45 | |
| 7201387580 | Dialect | Verbal variation of a language, usually native to a certain region. Eg. Hawaiian Pidgin English. | 46 | |
| 7201387581 | Didactic | For educational purposes, often trying to teach a moral lesson. | 47 | |
| 7201387582 | Inference | Making conclusions based on reasoning and evidence. | 48 | |
| 7201387583 | Elegy | Poem of reflection, often lamenting the dead. | 49 | |
| 7201387584 | Jargon | Terms specific to a profession, usually unknown to the average person. Eg. "Your *objection* is *sustained.*" | 50 | |
| 7201387585 | Prose | The ordinary form of the language (without metrical structure, rhyming, etc.) Eg. This definition is written in prose. | 51 |
