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| 4773391946 | Ad Hominem | In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." | 0 | |
| 4773727839 | Absolute | categorical | 1 | |
| 4773392802 | Anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 2 | |
| 4773411406 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 3 | |
| 4773413266 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 4 | |
| 4773434124 | antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite | 5 | |
| 4773439929 | aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. (if the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be folk proverb) | 6 | |
| 4773454888 | Asyndeton | The deliberate omission of conjunctions from series of related independent clauses. The effect is to create a tight, concise, and forceful sentence. for example: All the orcs ate the food, broke the dishes, trashed the hall, beat the dogs to the shower. | 7 | |
| 4773457599 | balanced sentence | A sentence made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure | 8 | |
| 4773458041 | cliché | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. | 9 | |
| 4773459232 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing | 10 | |
| 4773462188 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word ; the implied, suggested meaning. | 11 | |
| 4773474260 | declarative sentence | sentence that makes a statement or "declares" something | 12 | |
| 4773475557 | deductive reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case | 13 | |
| 4773478080 | denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definitions of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 14 | |
| 4773482962 | dialect | A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group | 15 | |
| 4773484925 | diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. When this device is combined with syntax, figurative language, literary devices, etc., it creates an author's style. | 16 | |
| 4773502565 | didactic | From Greek, didactic, literally means "teaching." The primary aim of teaching or instruction in this manner is to stress a moral or ethical principles. | 17 | |
| 4773517249 | hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. (The literal Greek meaning is "overshoot".) which will often have a comic effect; however, a serous effect is also possible and produces irony. It's opposite is understatement. | 18 | |
| 4773527994 | idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Example: Seeing the world through rose colored glasses = not seeing clearly or ignoring the bad in life. | 19 | |
| 4773532099 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin | 20 | |
| 4773534125 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 21 | |
| 4773535303 | inverted syntax | a sentence constructed so that the predicate comes before the subject | 22 | |
| 4773554576 | jargon | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand | 23 | |
| 4773562588 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 24 | |
| 4773563737 | maxim | A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying | 25 | |
| 4773565653 | metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name," . This is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. The substituted term generally carries a more potent emotional impact | 26 | |
| 4773609839 | motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design | 27 | |
| 4773611655 | non sequitur | A statement that does not follow logically from evidence | 28 | |
| 4773612084 | parallelism | This term comes from Greek roots meaning "beside one another." It refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to five structural similarity. This can involve, but is not limited to repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition of verbal phrase. The effects are numerous, but frequently they act as an organizing force to attract the reader's attention, add emphasis and organization or simply provide a musical rhythm. | 29 | |
| 4773624486 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 30 | |
| 4773629843 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy" | 31 | |
| 4773643739 | Rhetorical question | A question whose answer is assumed, and is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and is a significant tool in the study of rhetoric. One of the most basic purposes is cheerleading and propel an argument emotionally. They often look like extensions of a logical argument, but more often than not, they are setting you up to agree with the writer. | 32 | |
| 4773670712 | Sarcasm | From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," It involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are sarcastic When well done, it can be witty and insightful; when poorly done, it is simply cruel. | 33 | |
| 4773672534 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). | 34 | |
| 4773674402 | style | This term is (1) An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other We can analyze and describe an author's personal style and make judgments on how appropriate it is to the author's purpose. It can be called flowery, explicit, succinct, rambling, bombastic, commonplace, incisive, laconic, etc. (2) Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors. By means of such classification and comparison, we can see how an author's writing reflects and helps to define a historical period, such as the Renaissance or the Victorian period, or a literary movement, such as the romantic, transcendental, or realist movement. | 35 | |
| 4773681904 | syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together," It is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second called "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. A frequently cited example proceeds as follows: major premise: All men are mortal. minor premise: Socrates is a man. conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is a mortal. Its conclusion is valid only if each of the two premises is valid. These may also present the specific idea first ("Socrates") and the general second ("all men"). | 36 | |
| 4773683520 | vernacular | The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region | 37 |
