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| 4970190974 | ad hominem | involving a comment on or against an opponent instead of against his argument | 0 | |
| 4970190975 | allegory | form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself | 1 | |
| 4970190976 | alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in tow or more neighboring words | 2 | |
| 4970190977 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 3 | |
| 4970190978 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 4 | |
| 4970190979 | antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. | 5 | |
| 4970190980 | analogy | Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple. | 6 | |
| 4970190981 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 7 | |
| 4970190982 | aphorism | A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 8 | |
| 4970190983 | apostrophe | used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't physically present in the environment. | 9 | |
| 4970190984 | argument | The combination of reasons, evidence, etc that an author uses to convince an audience of their position. | 10 | |
| 4970190985 | atmosphere | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back | 11 | |
| 4970190987 | "begging the question" | which is closely related to the vicious circle and consists of a proof that uses a premise the argument intended to serve as conclusion and upon which the latter depends | 12 | |
| 4970190989 | "circular reasoning" | This restates the argument rather than proving it. | 13 | |
| 4970190990 | chronological narration | A narrative written or told in an ordered sequence of events | 14 | |
| 4970190991 | classification | arrangement into groups based on ways they are alike. Type of writing essays in that similar ideas facts and evidence are grouped together. | 15 | |
| 4970190992 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 16 | |
| 4970190994 | colloquialism" | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 17 | |
| 4970190995 | conceit | an elaborate and imaginative metaphor, usually comparing an abstract concept to a concrete object or action | 18 | |
| 4970190996 | connotation | The implied meaning of a word; words can broadly have positive, negative, or neutral connotations. | 19 | |
| 4970190998 | "damning with faint praise" | delivering a backhanded compliment, or one so feeble it is almost like it is not a compliment at all. | 20 | |
| 4970191000 | "deductive logic" | The process of logic in which a thinker takes a rule for a large, general category and assumes that specific individual examples fitting within that general category obey the same rule. | 21 | |
| 4970191001 | denotation | The literal, dictionary-definition meaning of a word. | 22 | |
| 4970191002 | diction | The style of language used; generally tailored to be appropriate to the audience and situation. | 23 | |
| 4970191003 | didactic | intending to instruct, a piece of literature that intends to convince the reader of a certain point with pleasure and entertainment. Used to preach morals | 24 | |
| 4970191004 | euphemism | A mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive, lets you say things indirectly so it isn't awkward or uncomfortable to say. | 25 | |
| 4970191006 | "extended metaphor" | Comparison between two dissimilar things that often lasts through many sentences or paragraphs. | 26 | |
| 4970191008 | "false dilemma" | a logical fallacy that involves the reduction of possible options to often just two diametrically opposite ones, to give the appearance of a dilemma | 27 | |
| 4970191010 | "(over) generalization" | A "hasty" generalization is too quick, that is, it jumps to a conclusion before acquiring sufficient evidence to justify it | 28 | |
| 4970191012 | "figurative language" | The use of language in a non-literal way; i.e. metaphor, simile, etc. | 29 | |
| 4970191013 | "figure of speech" | A figure of speech is a trope, metaphorical use of a word or an expression, used for rhetorical effect | 30 | |
| 4970191014 | "generic conventions" | traditions for each genre in literature. These conventions help to define each genre. | 31 | |
| 4970191015 | genre | The specific type of work being presented. | 32 | |
| 4970191016 | homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 33 | |
| 4970191017 | hyperbole | Hyperboleis bold overstatement, or the extravagant exaggeration of fact or of possibility. It originates from the Greek word for "overshoot," and may be used for either serious or comedic effect | 34 | |
| 4970191018 | imagery | Any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image of something; includes figurative language. | 35 | |
| 4970191019 | "inductive logic" | Making a generalization based on specific evidence at hand. | 36 | |
| 4970191020 | "inference infer" | prediction logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true | 37 | |
| 4970191021 | invective | attacks or insults to a person or thing through the use of abusive language and tone. | 38 | |
| 4970191022 | irony/ironic | At the most basic sense, saying the opposite of what you mean; also used to describe situations in which the results of an action are dramatically different than intended. | 39 | |
| 4970191023 | loose or periodic sentence | A Sentence grammatically complete before the end; the opposite of periodic sentence | 40 | |
| 4970191024 | metaphor | A comparison or analogy stated in such a way as to imply that one object is another one, figuratively speaking. | 41 | |
| 4970191025 | metonymy | A word used to describe another subject, associated with said subject but not part of the subject. | 42 | |
| 4970191026 | mood | In a literary work the mood is the emotional-intellectual attitude of the author toward the subject. | 43 | |
| 4970191027 | narrative | A narrative is a story, whether told in prose or verse, involving events, characters, and what the characters say and do | 44 | |
| 4970191028 | onomatopoeia | Words that by their sound suggest their meaning: "hiss," "buzz," "whirr," "sizzle." However onomatopoeia becomes a much subtler device when, in an effort to suit sound to sense, the poet creates verses that themselves carry their meaning in their sounds. | 45 | |
| 4970191029 | oxymoron | A "paradox" is a statement that seems on its face to be ... absurd, yet turns out to be interpretable in a way that makes sense ... if a paradoxical utterance conjoins two terms that in ordinary usage are contraries | 46 | |
| 4970191030 | paradox | a statement that seems on its face to be ... absurd, yet turns out to be interpretable in a way that makes sense. | 47 | |
| 4970191031 | parallelism | Also referred to as parallel construction or parallel structure, 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 give structural similarity. | 48 | |
| 4970191032 | parody | an imitation of a particular writer, artist or agenre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect. | 49 | |
| 4970191033 | pedantic | Pedantic is a term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing | 50 | |
| 4970191034 | personification | is when "either an inanimate object or an abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with life or with human attributes or feelings" | 51 | |
| 4970191035 | "point of view" | the vantage point from which an author presents a story | 52 | |
| 4970191036 | "predicate adjective" | One type of subject complement - an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause, that follows a linking verb. It is in the predicate of the sentence, and modifies or describes the subject. | 53 | |
| 4970191037 | "predicate nominative" | a noun or pronoun that is shown through the verb of the clause to have a direct relationship with the subject of the sentence | 54 | |
| 4970191038 | prose | an inclusive term for all discourse, spoken or written, which is not patterned into the lines of either of metric verse or free verse. It is possible to discriminate a great variety of nonmetric types of discourse, which can be placed along a spectrum according to the degree to which they exploit, and make prominent, modes of formal organization. | 55 | |
| 4970191039 | repetition | a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. As a rhetorical device, it could be a word, a phrase or a full sentence or a poetical line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text | 56 | |
| 4970191040 | "rhetoric/rhetorical" | The use of spoken or written word (or a visual medium) to convey your ideas and convince an audience. | 57 | |
| 4970191041 | sarcasm | A caustic and bitter expression of strong disapproval. Sarcasm is personal, jeering, intended to hurt. | 58 | |
| 4970191042 | satire | a way of using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc. : humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc. | 59 | |
| 4970191043 | scheme | A term once used for a rhetorical figure (or figure of speech), usually one that departs from the normal order ... | 60 | |
| 4970191044 | semantics | The study of actual meaning in languages--especially the meanings of individual words and word combinations in sentences-- as opposed to other linguistic aspects like grammar, morphology, etymology, and syntax. | 61 | |
| 4970191045 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 62 | |
| 4970191046 | style | a combination of two elements: the idea to be expressed and the individuality of the author. | 63 | |
| 4970191047 | "subject complement" | A word that describes the subject of the sentence and follows a linking verb. | 64 | |
| 4970191048 | "subordinate clause" | In English grammar, a _______ ________ is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb but (unlike an independent clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. Also known as a subordinate clause. | 65 | |
| 4970191049 | syllogism | arguments made up of facts and conclusions that may or may not be true | 66 | |
| 4970191050 | "symbol/symbolism" | Something that is itself and also stands for something else | 67 | |
| 4970191051 | synecdoche | where a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice versa. | 68 | |
| 4970191052 | trope | one of two types of figurative language "in which words or phrases are used in a way that effects a conspicuous change in what we take to be the standard meaning." | 69 | |
| 4970191053 | understatement | A common figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is said falls detectably short of (or "under") the magnitude of what is being talked about. | 70 |
