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| 7805069517 | SOAPS | A method for rhetorical analysis. S=Subject O=Occasion A=Audience P=Purpose S=Speaker | 0 | |
| 7805072903 | Allusion | A reference to another literary work, mythology, history, pop culture, etc. outside of the present work. | 1 | |
| 7805072904 | Analogy | Drawing a comparison to show a similarity in some respect. It is assumed that what applies to a parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. | 2 | |
| 8876657911 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. | 3 | |
| 8876674976 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers to. | 4 | |
| 8876683490 | Antithesis | The presentation of two contrasting ideas. The ideas are balance by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. | 5 | |
| 8876705883 | Apostrophe | When a speaker address someone/something that isn't there. Ex. "HOBBES! What are you saying?" | 6 | |
| 8876726996 | Argumentation | Writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or idea by presenting reasoned arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation. | 7 | |
| 8876760582 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence. Ex: X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. | 8 | |
| 8876784350 | Colloquialism | Slang in writing, used often to create a local color and to provide an informal tone. Ex: "That dawg don't hunt." | 9 | |
| 8876805634 | Deductive Reasoning | Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect). Ex: "Teenagers cause the most car accidents. You're a teenager, you will get in a car accident." | 10 | |
| 8876831540 | Dependent Clause | Does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence, even though it has a subject and a verb. | 11 | |
| 8876842477 | Diction | The author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning. | 12 | |
| 8876855504 | Dramatic Irony | In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work. | 13 | |
| 8876877886 | Epitrophe | Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect. Opposite of anaphora. Ex: "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child." | 14 | |
| 8876926540 | Ethos | The speakers credibility; an appeal based on the character/reputation/credibility of the speaker. | 15 | |
| 8876941647 | Euphemism | A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. Ex: "He went to his final reward." rather than "He died." | 16 | |
| 8876963815 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that continues beyond its initial use, can be developed at great length. | 17 | |
| 8876975594 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. | 18 | |
| 8876992227 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 19 | |
| 8876999723 | Independent Clause | Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. Has both a subject and a verb. | 20 | |
| 8877015662 | Inductive Reasoning | Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. Ex: "All of the ice we have examined so far is cold. Therefore, all ice is cold." | 21 | |
| 8877030981 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 22 | |
| 8877042262 | Juxtaposition | Placing to elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast. | 23 | |
| 8877053281 | Logos | An appeal based on logic or reason. | 24 | |
| 8877058786 | Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as. Ex: "Your eyes are stars." | 25 | |
| 8877077062 | Metonymy | A type of metaphor in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. Ex: "The White House declare," from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substituted name." | 26 | |
| 8877111866 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms. Ex: "Jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness" | 27 | |
| 8877128540 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection appears to contain some level of truth or validity. Ex: "I'm lying to you right now." | 28 | |
| 8877158382 | Parallelism | Similarity in structure and syntax in a series of related words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that develops balance. Ex: "When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative." -MLK | 29 | |
| 8877187390 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect/ridicule. | 30 | |
| 8877205858 | Pathos | An appeal based on emotion. | 31 | |
| 8877215231 | Pedantic Tone | Describes a tone that borders on lecturing, and is overly complex, scholarly, distant, and difficult. | 32 | |
| 8877231769 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing. | 33 | |
| 8877251400 | Personification | Assigning human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. | 34 | |
| 8877264867 | Point of View | Who tells a story and how it is told. (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient) | 35 | |
| 8877284568 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjuctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible use extensively. Ex: "He ran and jumped and laughed for joy." | 36 | |
| 8877309124 | Prose | The literary genre that is written in ordinary language and most closely resembles everyday speech. Opposite of verse. | 37 | |
| 8877320916 | Sarcasm | Bitter, caustic language designed to hurt or ridicule someone or something. Often satirical or verbally ironic. | 38 | |
| 8877333302 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and convention for reform or ridicule. Often uses imitation, irony, and/or sarcasm. | 39 | |
| 8877358559 | Simile | A comparison using like or as. | 40 | |
| 8877361851 | Situational Irony | A type of irony in which events turn out the opposite of what was expected. | 41 | |
| 8877372242 | Stream-of-consciousness | A narrative technique that places the reader in the mind and thought process of the narrator, no matter how random and spontaneous that might be. | 42 | |
| 8877389623 | Symbol | Anything that represents, stands for, something else. Usually concrete- such as an object, action, character, or scene- that represents something more abstract. | 43 | |
| 8877408843 | Synecdoche | Part as representative of the whole. Ex: "All hands on deck." | 44 | |
| 8877419474 | Syntax | The grammatical structure of prose and poetry. | 45 | |
| 8877424759 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually unstated in fictional works, nut in nonfiction may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing. | 46 | |
| 8877455841 | Third Person Omniscient Point of View | In which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters. | 47 | |
| 8877468860 | Tone | Attitudes or presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices) | 48 | |
| 8877489419 | Understatement | The opposite of an exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 49 | |
| 8877504302 | Unreliable Narrator | A narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleading, biased, or otherwise distorted. | 50 | |
| 8877519485 | Verbal Irony | In this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning. | 51 | |
| 8877529878 | Voice | Two definitions/uses: 1.) Refers to the total "sound" of the writers style. 2.) Refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive). | 52 |
