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| 7080543390 | allegory (n) | a story where the characters and settings are abstract and there is an underlying meaning to the story | 0 | |
| 7080543391 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 7080543392 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
| 7080543393 | Anachronism (noun) | a person, thing, idea, or custom that seems to belong to a different time in history | 3 | |
| 7080543394 | analogy (n) | a comparison between things that are alike in some ways | 4 | |
| 7080543395 | anaphora definition | repetition of same word/phrase at the beginning of consecutive phrases/clauses | 5 | |
| 7080543396 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 6 | |
| 7080543397 | annotation (n) | a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work | 7 | |
| 7080543398 | antecedent | a noun that a later pronoun refers to | 8 | |
| 7080543399 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast. ( are you working hard or hardly working? ) | 9 | |
| 7080543400 | antithesis | an opposite structure used to show contrast between ideas | 10 | |
| 7080543401 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 11 | |
| 7080543402 | Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person, place, thing or personified abstraction | 12 | |
| 7080543403 | Appeal to authority (ethos) credibility | uses an authority figure to support a position, idea, argument, or course of action | 13 | |
| 7080543404 | appeal to emotion (pathos) | rhetorical persuasive argument where the speaker plays on the emotions of the audience | 14 | |
| 7080543405 | appeal to logic (logos) | rhetorical persuasive argument where the speaker appeals to audiences reason by providing facts and evidence | 15 | |
| 7080543406 | appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 16 | |
| 7080543407 | archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | 17 | |
| 7080543408 | Argument by analogy | a comparison of two similar situations, implying that the outcome of one will resemble the outcome if the other | 18 | |
| 7080543409 | Argumentation | to persuade an audience about a debatable issue using ethos, pathos, and logos supported by evidence and organization | 19 | |
| 7080543410 | aristotellian triangle | shows rhetorical situation as the relationship of the speaker, subject, and audience | 20 | |
| 7080543411 | Assertion | a declaration or statement | 21 | |
| 7080543412 | assonance (n) | the repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of successive words | 22 | |
| 7080543413 | assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 23 | |
| 7080543414 | asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. | 24 | |
| 7080543415 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by a literary work (also called mood) | 25 | |
| 7080543416 | attitude | a speakers position on a subject revealed through tone | 26 | |
| 7080543417 | attribution | the referring of a work to a particular author or artist | 27 | |
| 7080543418 | audience | the reader of the text; who the text is for | 28 | |
| 7080543419 | authority | support for an argument that is based on recognized experts in the field | 29 | |
| 7080543420 | bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 30 | |
| 7080543421 | biblical allusion | reference to the Bible in a work of literature | 31 | |
| 7080543422 | burlesque | a parody of an entire form/style/subject | 32 | |
| 7080543423 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds used deliberately in literature | 33 | |
| 7080543424 | cannon | that which has been accepted as authentic such as In cannon law or the literary cannon | 34 | |
| 7080543425 | caricature | exaggerates the traits of an idea or person to produce a ridiculous effect | 35 | |
| 7080543426 | cause and effect (casual analysis) | explaining in a logical manner why something happened or why it could happen if if action is not taken. the point is to show an uniterrupted, convincing link between cause and effect | 36 | |
| 7080543427 | Characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character (direct or indirect) | 37 | |
| 7080543428 | chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases ( same as antimetabole ) | 38 | |
| 7080543429 | cite | (v.) to quote; to mention; part of writing derived from a source | 39 | |
| 7080543430 | claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 40 | |
| 7080543431 | classicism | An adherence to the principals of Greek and Roman literature such as objectivity, sensibility, restraint, and formailty | 41 | |
| 7080543432 | clause | A structural element of a sentence, consisting of a grammatical subject and a predicate. | 42 | |
| 7080545513 | close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, and other literary elements | 43 | |
| 7080546334 | coherence | the quality of being logical, orderly, and clearly connected. all parts contribute to development of central idea | 44 | |
| 7080547530 | colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing ( everyday speech ) | 45 | |
| 7080549504 | common ground | shared beliefs, values or positions | 46 | |
| 7080550060 | compare-contrast | compare- similarities and differences contrast- focuses on differences | 47 | |
| 7080551706 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 48 | |
| 7080552679 | conceit | an elaborate figure of speech where two seemingly different things are compared | 49 | |
| 7080559317 | concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 50 | |
| 7080559933 | connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word (not denotation) | 51 | |
| 7080564810 | consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds | 52 | |
| 7080567894 | context | words, other evidence that help determine meaning | 53 | |
| 7080569090 | conundrum | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; it may also be a paradox or difficult problem | 54 | |
| 7080574173 | coordination | grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence often with conjunctions ( and, or, but) | 55 | |
| 7080575213 | counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. | 56 | |
| 7080575704 | credible | Able to be trusted in or believed | 57 | |
| 7080576672 | cumulative sentence | an independent clause followed by additional detail | 58 | |
| 7080577679 | cynicism | A tendency to doubt human goodness and to look on the negative side of things | 59 | |
| 7081631955 | declaration sentence | Sentence that makes a statement | 60 | |
| 7081632172 | deduction | reasoning from general to specific | 61 | |
| 7081633599 | deductive reasoning | the method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from established general principals | 62 | |
| 7081636180 | definition | to illustrate through example and rational thought what something is or what something is not | 63 | |
| 7081639896 | denotation | the literal meaning; dictionary definition | 64 | |
| 7081640856 | description | one of four modes of discourse. Description shows rather than tells by giving sensory images and details | 65 | |
| 7081644505 | dialect | the language and speech specific to a certain region or group | 66 | |
| 7081647074 | dialect journal | a double column journal in which someone writes a quote in one column and reflections on the quote in the other column | 67 | |
| 7081649525 | diction | the word choices made by a writer to convey tone, purpose, or effect | 68 | |
| 7081650504 | discourse | spoken or written language; the four types of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion | 69 | |
| 7081653413 | dissonance | harsh or grating sounds that do not go together | 70 | |
| 7081654605 | documentation | bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing | 71 | |
| 7081658526 | dynamic character | a character who undergoes an important inner change in personality or attitude | 72 | |
| 7081659150 | elegiac | Mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful - often used to describe tone | 73 | |
| 7081660072 | elegy | a sad or mournful poem about the death of a person(s) | 74 | |
| 7081661027 | ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 75 | |
| 7081661494 | epigram | a short, witty saying | 76 | |
| 7081663791 | epistrope | repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses | 77 | |
| 7081667375 | epitaph | writing in praise of a dead person (tombstone) | 78 | |
| 7081669154 | epithet | A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something "man's best friend" | 79 | |
| 7081672130 | eulogy | a written speech in praise of someone living or dead | 80 | |
| 7081674138 | ethos | greek term referring to the character of a person; builds credibility | 81 | |
| 7081677272 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant "pass away" or "he died" | 82 | |
| 7081681779 | euphony | Pleasing, harmonious sounds. opposite of cacophony | 83 | |
| 7081683703 | example | a model; writing by example models exactly what the writer is trying to convey | 84 | |
| 7081686606 | exemplum | a brief tale used in medieval times to teach a lesson or illustrate a moral | 85 | |
| 7081688584 | explication of text | explanation of a text s meaning through analysis of all its parts; similar to close reading | 86 | |
| 7081690308 | exposition | Background and setting information presented to understand the plot | 87 | |
| 7081692529 | extended metaphor | A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing | 88 | |
| 7081694194 | facts | information that is true or demonstrable | 89 | |
| 7081696594 | figurative language | the use of tropes or figures of speech to go beyond literal meaning for a greater literary effect | 90 | |
| 7081698934 | figure of speech | expressions such as similes, metaphors, and personifications to make imaginative rather than literal comparisons or associations | 91 | |
| 7081702745 | flashback | when an event that took place before present time is placed in the chronological order of a story | 92 | |
| 7081704972 | flat character | A character who is not very well developed but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author | 93 | |
| 7081707760 | foil | a secondary character whose personality/attitude is opposite of a major character | 94 | |
| 7081709527 | folklore | traditional stories, songs, customs that are passed down orally through generations until recorded by scholars | 95 | |
| 7081715287 | foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 96 | |
| 7081715729 | fragment | A word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence | 97 | |
| 7081716401 | genre | a major category or type of literature | 98 | |
| 7081717295 | hint of an ideal | even in the darkest satire, a hint of what the author believes to be ideal solution is given | 99 |
