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| 10070542086 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables. | 0 | |
| 10070542087 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event. | 1 | |
| 10070542088 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. | 2 | |
| 10070542089 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses. | 3 | |
| 10070542092 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. | 4 | |
| 10070542095 | Antithesis | A kind of parallelism in which two opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures. The structures of phrases and clauses are similar in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers. | 5 | |
| 10070542096 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth. | 6 | |
| 10070542098 | Archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | 7 | |
| 10070542091 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. | 8 | |
| 10070542103 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. | 9 | |
| 10070542105 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 10 | |
| 10070542110 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence. | 11 | |
| 10070542112 | Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language. | 12 | |
| 10070542114 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. | 13 | |
| 10070542117 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation). | 14 | |
| 10070542118 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 15 | |
| 10070542120 | Cumulative sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail. | 16 | |
| 10070542099 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence. | 17 | |
| 10070542123 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition. | 18 | |
| 10070542124 | Diction | Word choice. | 19 | |
| 10070542127 | Epigram | A brief witty statement. | 20 | |
| 10070542131 | Figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning. | 21 | |
| 10070542132 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. | 22 | |
| 10070542133 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). | 23 | |
| 10070542121 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement. | 24 | |
| 10070542137 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result. | 25 | |
| 10070542138 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis. | 26 | |
| 10070542141 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison. | 27 | |
| 10070542142 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole. | 28 | |
| 10070542143 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 29 | |
| 10070542144 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. | 30 | |
| 10070542145 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. | 31 | |
| 10070542146 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 32 | |
| 10070542147 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule. | 33 | |
| 10070542150 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. | 34 | |
| 10070542151 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions. | 35 | |
| 10070542155 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 36 | |
| 10070542157 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." | 37 | |
| 10070542158 | Rhetorical modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation. | 38 | |
| 10070542159 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer. | 39 | |
| 10070542160 | Rhetorical triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience. | 40 | |
| 10070542161 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 41 | |
| 10070542163 | Sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. | 42 | |
| 10070542165 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. | 43 | |
| 10070542166 | Simple sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause. | 44 | |
| 10070542168 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing. | 45 | |
| 10070542171 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 46 | |
| 10070542172 | Subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. | 47 | |
| 10070542175 | Syntax | Sentence structure. | 48 | |
| 10070542176 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 49 | |
| 10070542177 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer. | 50 | |
| 10070542178 | Thesis statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit. | 51 | |
| 10070542179 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 52 | |
| 10070542183 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 53 | |
| 10070542184 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 54 | |
| 10070542134 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 55 |
