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| 7308045678 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sentence | 0 | |
| 7308045679 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person, event or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art | 1 | |
| 7308045680 | Close reading | Analysis of a text; read closely and be able to reread the book and understand the text | 2 | |
| 7308045681 | Colloquialism | Informal words or phrases; common in a conversation rather than in a formal speeh or writing | 3 | |
| 7308045682 | Style | The way that an author writes, types of words, sentences, etc. | 4 | |
| 7308045683 | Tone | The voice the writer or speaker tries to achieve; deciphered by analyzing diction, examples, syntax, and purpose | 5 | |
| 7308045684 | Diction | Choice of words | 6 | |
| 7308045685 | Syntax | Arrangement or organization of words in sentences | 7 | |
| 7308045686 | Trope | Simply a figure of speech. (When using this literary device, you intend for the word or words to have a meaning that is different from the literal meaning. In other words, there is a shift from the literal meaning of a word or words to a non-literal meaning) | 8 | |
| 7308045687 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two things but does not use like or as | 9 | |
| 7308045688 | Simile | A figure of speech that compares two things and uses "like" or "as" or "resembles" | 10 | |
| 7308045689 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea | 11 | |
| 7308045690 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration that is deliberate and obvious, used for effect | 12 | |
| 7308045691 | Figures of speech | Where a word or words are used to create an effect, often where they do not have their original or literal meaning | 13 | |
| 7308045692 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 14 | |
| 7308045693 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 15 | |
| 7308045694 | Periodic sentence | Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end (ex; To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius.) | 16 | |
| 7308045695 | Cumulative sentence | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 17 | |
| 7308045696 | Annotation | Reading with pen or pencil in hand and jotting notes or underlining | 18 | |
| 7308045697 | Thesis | The main idea of an essay, report, speech, or research paper, sometimes written as a single declarative sentence (thesis statement). A thesis may be implied rather than stated directly | 19 | |
| 7308045698 | Imagery | Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses. Sometimes also refers to figurative language, in particular metaphors and similes | 20 | |
| 7308045699 | Oxymoron | Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another | 21 | |
| 7308045700 | Dialectical journal | A double entry notebook used to perform a close reading of a text. Usually broken down by "Text says," "I say." | 22 | |
| 7308045701 | Zeugma | Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings (ex; He took his hat and his leave) | 23 | |
| 7308045702 | Graphic organizer | A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships | 24 | |
| 7308045703 | Archaic diction | Antiquated, old, out of use, old fashioned words | 25 | |
| 7308045704 | Complex sentences | Sentences that contain both a main clause, and one or more subordinate clauses | 26 | |
| 7308045705 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement | 27 | |
| 7308045706 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, lines (ex; not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need-not as a call to battle, though embattled we are) | 28 | |
| 7308045707 | Hortative sentence | Sentence that calls to action | 29 | |
| 7308045708 | Imperative sentence | Sentence used to command or teach or enjoin | 30 | |
| 7308045709 | Antimetabole | The repetition of word in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order (ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country) | 31 | |
| 7308045710 | Antithesis | Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction (ex; We shall support any friend, oppose any foes) | 32 | |
| 7308045711 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between subordinate phrases, clauses or words (ex; We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, etc.) | 33 | |
| 7308045712 | Inversion | Variation of the subject-verb-object order (ex; United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do) | 34 | |
| 7308045713 | Rhetorical question | Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer | 35 | |
| 7308045714 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole (ex; In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success of failure of our course) | 36 |
