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| 8696139990 | comparison | the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one. |  | 0 |
| 8696139991 | contrast | identify differences between two subjects, places, persons, things, or ideas. Simply, it is a type of opposition between two objects, highlighted to emphasize their differences. |  | 1 |
| 8696141491 | illustration | an example or anecdote used to explain, clarify, or justify a point |  | 2 |
| 8696141492 | narration | a report of related events presented to listeners or readers, in words arranged in a logical sequence. A story | 3 | |
| 8696141493 | definition | precisely explains the fundamental state or meaning of something | 4 | |
| 8696142797 | analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect (Sword is to a warrior as pen is to a writer) | 5 | |
| 8696142798 | anecdote | A short, amusing true story | 6 | |
| 8696143636 | process analysis | a method of paragraph or essay development by which a writer explains step by step how something is done or how to do something. Information about how something works (informative) An explanation of how to do something (directive). | 7 | |
| 8696143637 | enumeration | means counting or reciting numbers or a numbered list. A waiter's lengthy enumeration of all the available salad dressings might seem a little hostile if he begins with a deep sigh. | 8 | |
| 8696144253 | detailed description | Think about the anatomy of the human skin |  | 9 |
| 8696144254 | causal analysis | attempting to determine a cause for an effect. Everytime you try to answer a question that asks WHY? | 10 | |
| 8696152303 | Allegory | a short moral story (often with animal characters) like a metaphor on steroids: a writer tells a fictional story where everything and everyone in it is supposed to represent a deeper meaning. Using a plain old metaphor, you might call death "the grim reaper," but an______ might build a whole tale of how the grim reaper goes around in a black cloak and informs people of their impending doom. | 11 | |
| 8696152304 | Archetype | perfect example or model of something. If you have long blonde hair, a sparkly ball gown, and a fairy godmother hovering over your head, you're the ________ of a fairytale princess | 12 | |
| 8696153680 | Apostrophe | Oh lovely orange, you golden treat, tell me why arn't you easy to eat? | 13 | |
| 8696156923 | allusion | That little nod to a Dylan Thomas poem that you sneaked into your PowerPoint presentation? That was an ________, a quick reference to something that your audience will have to already know in order to "get." (Can be biblical or classical) | 14 | |
| 8696159733 | Anachronism | An ________ is something that doesn't fit its time period, like if you say you'll "dial" your smartphone. | 15 | |
| 8696159734 | Alliteration | Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers | 16 | |
| 8696161613 | Aside | a digression- If something's aside, it's not in the middle of things — it's off to the side, either literally or figuratively, as with the papers and books you push aside on the couch, to make room to sit. | 17 | |
| 8696161614 | Catharsis | the experience a person can have of releasing emotional tension and feeling refreshed afterwards. | 18 | |
| 8696161615 | Conceits | a term used to describe an extended comparison between 2 ideas. A far fetched simile or metaphor- when the speaker compares two highly dissimilar things (The pen is mighter than the sword) | 19 | |
| 8696162874 | Comic Relief | The drunk porter in Macbeth |  | 20 |
| 8696162875 | Equivocation | I know evolution is true because we see evolution happening all the time | 21 | |
| 8696164472 | In Medias Res | Middle, Beginning, End | 22 | |
| 8696165778 | Dramatic irony | Occurs when there is a difference between what a character thinks and what the reader knows (Cat "feeding the fish" with pepper when actually prepping them for a meal) | 23 | |
| 8696165779 | Verbal irony | saying one thing but meaning something else (Romeo and Juliet- flower well pumped) (sarcsm is a form of this) | 24 | |
| 8696166922 | Situational irony | When what actually happens is opposite of what is expected. (A man takes a step back to avoid the sprinkler and falls into a swimming pool) (Bill Gates spotted using an apple computer) | 25 | |
| 8696169601 | Foil | pairs of characters whose differences illuminate the important charateristics in each other | 26 | |
| 8696169602 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech involving exageration to help create a desired image (Why does a boy who's fast as a jet, take all day- and sometimes two to get to school?) | 27 | |
| 8696170534 | Metaphor | A comparison w/o like or as (my mom is a teddy bear) | 28 | |
| 8696170535 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for something closely associated with it. (The "white house" declared that we are at war with mars... white house= president) | 29 | |
| 8696170546 | Nihilism | Nothingness seems to go on forever. God is dead. | 30 | |
| 8696171945 | Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself, but reveals a deeper truth through its contradiction (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times War is peace Freedom is slavery ignorance is strength) | 31 | |
| 8696171946 | Personification | When human feelings, actions, and characteristics are given to inanimate objects (The lonely sea, the boat sleeps) | 32 | |
| 8696172904 | Pun | I used to be a ballet dancer but I found it to be too too (tutu) difficult | 33 | |
| 8696174190 | Simile | comparison using like or as | 34 | |
| 8696174191 | Soliloquy | reveals innermost thoughts of a character | 35 | |
| 8696174192 | Synecdoche | When the name of a part is used to refer to a whole (Let his hands eat the dinner) | 36 | |
| 8696176063 | Tragedy | In the play Julius Caesar, the lead character is an ambitious, fearless and power hungry king who ignores all the signs and does not heed the advice of the well-meaning: finally being stabbed to death by his own best friend and advisor Brutus. This moment has been immortalized by the phrase "Et tu Brute?", wherein Caesar realizes that he has finally been defeated, and that too through betrayal. | 37 | |
| 8696176064 | Tragic Hero | Romeo | 38 | |
| 8696177264 | Zeitgeist | the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era | 39 | |
| 8696178560 | anaphora | I have a dream... I have a dream... I have a dream... (comes at beginning of sentence) | 40 | |
| 8696178561 | antithesis | Figure of balance when two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallet structure (love is an irresistable desire to be irresistably desired) | 41 | |
| 8696179846 | anadiplosis | When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child | 42 | |
| 8696179847 | asyndeton | I came, I saw, I conquered (omitting conjunctions) | 43 | |
| 8696180929 | chiasmus | Fair is foul and foul is fair Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you | 44 | |
| 8696184145 | complex parallel | Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written. It is grammatically correct to ensure that phrases, clauses and items on a list after a colon use the correct parallel structure. | 45 | |
| 8696184146 | epistrophe | When the same word is (or group of words) is used at the end of the same sentence to emphasize it. (... and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth). | 46 | |
| 8696184147 | ellipsis | I know I saw my keys somewhere... -deliberate omission of a word or words implied by context | 47 | |
| 8696185294 | hyperbaton | In inversions of the normal order of words for the sake of emphasis (This I must see) (instead of I must see this) | 48 | |
| 8696185295 | polyptoton | repetition of words derived from the same root. (But alas... the gate is narrow, the threshold high, few are chosen because few choose to be chosen) | 49 | |
| 8696185296 | polysyndeton | I love to spend time with my mother and brother and father and sister and dog and cat | 50 | |
| 8696188406 | effective short sentence | I cried. | 51 | |
| 8696189368 | synesthesia | The use of one sensory image to describe another (the bitter cold...uses taste and touch to say how cold it is) (a cool shirt) | 52 | |
| 8696190316 | propaganda | ads | 53 | |
| 8696190317 | euphemism | Can I use the "restroom" | 54 | |
| 8696191214 | diction | the way we express words | 55 | |
| 8696191215 | syntax | the structure of the words | 56 | |
| 8696192143 | imagery | evokes the senses | 57 | |
| 8696192144 | selection of detail | details are used to evoke the story purpose as a whole | 58 | |
| 8696193107 | tone | the authors attitude toward the subject matter | 59 | |
| 8696193108 | TOOLS of Thinking | Observation Details (retain-try to consider purpose) Patterns Connections (see larger picture + connect to a meaning) (put pattern in context) Insight | 60 | |
| 8696195295 | theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually, __ is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, the __ may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing. | 61 | |
| 8696195908 | SOAPStone | Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject Tone | 62 |
