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| 13753706233 | disdainful tone | scornful and arrogant | 0 | |
| 13753706240 | Apathetic tone | showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern | 1 | |
| 13753706241 | Equivocation | the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication | 2 | |
| 13753706242 | ipso facto | by the fact itself | 3 | |
| 13753706243 | Invocation | To call up | 4 | |
| 13753706244 | active voice | the subject performs the action | 5 | |
| 13753706245 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence. | 6 | |
| 13753706246 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 7 | |
| 13753706247 | Demotic tone | conversational, colloquial | 8 | |
| 13753706248 | Haughty tone | proud and vain to the point of arrogance | 9 | |
| 13753706249 | Gothic | of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction | 10 | |
| 13753706250 | superfluous information | Unnecessary | 11 | |
| 13753706253 | malapropism | a word humorously misused | 12 | |
| 13753706254 | sanguineous tone | optimistic, cheerful | 13 | |
| 13753706257 | Travesty | a grossly inferior imitation | 14 | |
| 13753706258 | Slippery Slope | a fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented | 15 | |
| 13753706259 | Staccatto | Word.word.word | 16 | |
| 13753706260 | round character | a well-developed character | 17 | |
| 13753706261 | subjective tone | Opinionated | 18 | |
| 13753706262 | imperative statement | A command statement with a verb phrase that indicates an operation to perform (example: "move forward") | 19 | |
| 13753706263 | Impunity | freedom from punishment or harm | 20 | |
| 13753706264 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement(he is not that bad) | 21 | |
| 13753706265 | tongue-in-cheek | expressing a thought in a way that appears to be sincere, but is actually joking | 22 | |
| 13753706268 | dichotomy/dichotomous | having two conflicting sides, one person is divided. | 23 | |
| 13753706269 | Semantics | Meaning of words and sentences | 24 | |
| 13753706270 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 25 | |
| 13753706271 | flat character | Character without lots of info | 26 | |
| 13753706272 | Flippant tone | lacking proper respect or seriousness | 27 | |
| 13753706273 | obfuscation | confusing, making unclear | 28 | |
| 13753706274 | Ominicent narrator | Knows all about characters | 29 | |
| 13753706275 | Platonic Theory | Plato's phil ass | 30 | |
| 13753706276 | Philosophical assumptions | the writer's basic beliefs about life | 31 | |
| 13753706277 | Dirty Realism | stories are reduced to the barest elements; often a bleak quality; prominent in the UK | 32 | |
| 13753706278 | altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others | 33 | |
| 13753706279 | discourse | conversation | 34 | |
| 13753706280 | Straw Man | A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea. | 35 | |
| 13753706281 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 36 | |
| 13753706282 | stock character | a stereotypical character | 37 | |
| 13753706283 | Structural device | devices used to construct the form of a composition | 38 | |
| 13753706284 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 39 | |
| 13753706285 | dynamic character | A character that changes throughout the story | 40 | |
| 13753706286 | Epistle | Fancy letters | 41 | |
| 13753706289 | cyclical structure | material heard in one movement recurs in later movements; creates structural unity in a multi-movement work | 42 | |
| 13753706290 | didacticism (tone) | when the writer addresses the readers as if they must learn something | 43 | |
| 13753706291 | Ere | before | 44 | |
| 13753706292 | Ergo | conj. therefore | 45 | |
| 13753706293 | Erudite tone | having or showing profound knowledge /learned, polished, scholarly | 46 | |
| 13753706294 | extended metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. | 47 | |
| 13753706295 | Exsistentialism | a philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individual as basic and important | 48 | |
| 13753706296 | Impudent tone/diction | arrogant, cocky, cheeky | 49 | |
| 13753706297 | incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility | 50 | |
| 13753706298 | independent variable | a variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another. | 51 | |
| 13753706299 | Pedantic tone | Intellectually boring | 52 | |
| 13753706300 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 53 | |
| 13753706304 | Archetype | a perfect example; an original pattern or model | 54 | |
| 13753706305 | Appositive | A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it(an insect,a cockroach...) | 55 | |
| 13753706307 | Assertion | a declaration or statement | 56 | |
| 13753706309 | Cognizant diction | Knowledge of something usually out of personal experience | 57 | |
| 13753706310 | code switching | Shifting back and forth between languages in the same conversation | 58 | |
| 13753706311 | Cohesive | condition of sticking together | 59 | |
| 13753706312 | didactic tone | intended to teach people a moral lesson | 60 | |
| 13753706313 | dependent clause | A phrase that can't stand alone as a complete sentence. | 61 | |
| 13753706314 | elevated diction | Talking about something spiritual or philosophical | 62 | |
| 13753706315 | Elliptical structure | A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words to make it shorter w/o changing the meaning (I ate the apple;my brother, the orange) | 63 | |
| 13753706320 | Anachronism | something out of place in time or sequence | 64 | |
| 13753706321 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or forces of nature | 65 | |
| 13754418810 | Anon | soon, shortly | 66 | |
| 13754418811 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.(Adeline but her lip) Adeline and her | 67 | |
| 13758375914 | accoutrement | equipment; outfit | 68 | |
| 13758375915 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 69 | |
| 13758375916 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 70 | |
| 13758375917 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells sea shells) | 71 | |
| 13758375918 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 72 | |
| 13758375919 | Altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others | 73 | |
| 13758375920 | ambivalent (tone) | indecisive | 74 | |
| 13758375921 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause(strength through purity,purity through faith) | 75 | |
| 13758375922 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 76 | |
| 13758375923 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses( good food. Good times. Good cheer) | 77 | |
| 13758375924 | anomaly | The one that doesn't fit | 78 | |
| 13758375925 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 79 | |
| 13758375926 | Apollonian perspective | Apollo | 80 | |
| 13758375927 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 81 | |
| 13758375928 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity(it made you feel real) | 82 | |
| 13758375929 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions(I came. I saw. I conquered) | 83 | |
| 13758375930 | balanced sentence | a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast | 84 | |
| 13758375931 | Bathos | insincere or overdone sentimentality | 85 | |
| 13758375932 | begging the question | A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt. | 86 | |
| 13758375933 | belletristic | written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | 87 | |
| 13758375934 | Bellicose tone | argumentative | 88 | |
| 13758375935 | Bildungsroman | A coming of age story | 89 | |
| 13758375936 | Bombastic diction | high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated | 90 | |
| 13758375937 | Bourgeoisie | upper class | 91 | |
| 13758375938 | burlesque | A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation. | 92 | |
| 13758375939 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 93 | |
| 13758375940 | callous tone | unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others | 94 | |
| 13758375941 | candid (tone) | 1. frank and sincere; 2. natural and unrehearsed | 95 | |
| 13758375942 | casual relationship | Form of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as part of a logical argument. | 96 | |
| 13758375943 | Chiasmus | xyyx | 97 | |
| 13758375944 | circular reasoning | a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence | 98 | |
| 13758375945 | circumlocution | talking in circles | 99 | |
| 13758375946 | Comic Juxtaposition | Linking things which do not normally go together to make a point | 100 | |
| 13758375947 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 101 | |
| 13758375948 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions(I like tea, and he likes coffee) | 102 | |
| 13758375949 | compound-complex sentence | at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses | 103 | |
| 13758375950 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 104 | |
| 13758375951 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds(the furrow followed free) | 105 | |
| 13758375952 | contemptuous tone | showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect | 106 | |
| 13758375953 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 107 | |
| 13758375954 | Dark Romanticism | Focused on the dark, evil aspects of human nature. | 108 | |
| 13758375955 | deductive reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) | 109 | |
| 13758375956 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 110 | |
| 13758375957 | dependent clause | does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence | 111 | |
| 13758375958 | dissonance | Unpleasant or unharmonious sound | 112 | |
| 13758375959 | Dogma | Belief or theology | 113 | |
| 13758375960 | dogmatism | Religious language | 114 | |
| 13758375961 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 115 | |
| 13758375962 | dynamic character | A character that changes throughout the story | 116 | |
| 13758375963 | Dystopia | imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful | 117 | |
| 13758375964 | either/or reasoning | When the writer reduces an argument or issue to two polar opposites and ignores any alternatives. | 118 | |
| 13758375965 | Elongated Sentence | An extended/lengthened sentence used to create an effect. | 119 | |
| 13758375966 | emulation | effort or desire to equal or excel others | 120 | |
| 13758375967 | Enthymeme | an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated | 121 | |
| 13758375968 | epic poetry | A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character | 122 | |
| 13758375969 | epic simile | a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length | 123 | |
| 13758375970 | epigram | witty comment | 124 | |
| 13758375971 | Episodic Structure | made up of a series of chapters or stories linked together by the same character, place, or theme but held apart by their individual plot, purpose, and subtext. | 125 | |
| 13758375972 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences(see no evil,feel no evil,speak no evil) | 126 | |
| 13758375973 | epitome | a typical example | 127 | |
| 13758375974 | Et al | others | 128 | |
| 13758375975 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 129 | |
| 13758375976 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 130 | |
| 13758375977 | euphony | beautiful sound | 131 | |
| 13758375978 | Exhorative tone | A. Offering advice | 132 | |
| 13758375979 | exhortation | a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action | 133 | |
| 13758375980 | expository text | this type of text informs or instructs the reader. It is nonfiction. | 134 | |
| 13758375981 | external conflict | A struggle between a character and an outside force | 135 | |
| 13758375982 | False Dilemma | A fallacy of oversimplification that offers a limited number of options (usually two) when in fact more options are available. | 136 | |
| 13758375983 | Faulty enthymeme | argument in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not explicitly stated. | 137 | |
| 13766081160 | innocuous | Meaningless | 138 | |
| 13766081161 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 139 | |
| 13766081162 | Literary Conceit | an extended metaphor, sometimes using apparent opposites to highlight an underlying truth. | 140 | |
| 13766081163 | pathetic fallacy | faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects | 141 | |
| 13766081164 | Sic | 142 |
