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| 2297418461 | Allusion | A reference to some famous literary work, historical figure, or event. | 0 | |
| 2297484353 | Argumentation | The writer's attempt to convince his reader to agree with him. It is based upon appeals to reason, evidence proving the argument, and sometimes the emotion to persuade. | 1 | |
| 2297495825 | Coherence | The principle of clarity and logical adherence to a topic that binds together all parts of composition. | 2 | |
| 2297501935 | Description | A rhetorical mode used to develop an essay whose primary aim is to depict a scene, person, thing, or idea. Evokes the look, feel, sound, and sense of events, people, or things. | 3 | |
| 2297530771 | Diction | Choice of words a writer uses in an essay or other writing to express ideas. | 4 | |
| 2297537404 | Exposition | Writing whose chief aim is to explain. Rather than showing, as in narration. Writing contains this to convey information, give background, or tell how events occurred or processes work. | 5 | |
| 2304070941 | Figurative Language | Said of a word or expression used in a nonliteral way. | 6 | |
| 2304078373 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Usually have a comical effect. | 7 | |
| 2304084670 | Image/ Imagery | A phrase or expression that evokes a picture or describes a scene. Can be literal or figurative. | 8 | |
| 2304092286 | Irony | The use of language in such a way that apparent meaning contrasts sharply with the real meaning. Softer form of sarcasm. | 9 | |
| 2304102585 | Verbal Irony | Words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning. | 10 | |
| 2304106597 | Situational Irony | Events turn out the opposite of what was expected. | 11 | |
| 2304114344 | Dramatic Irony | Facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the audience. Used to create poignancy or humor. | 12 | |
| 2304123383 | Metaphor | A figurative image that implies the similarity between things otherwise dissimilar. | 13 | |
| 2304128613 | Mood | The pervading impression made on the feelings of the reader. There can be multiple. | 14 | |
| 2304133761 | Narration | An account of events as they happen. It is used to organize material on the basis of chronological order or pattern, stressing the sequence of events and pacing these events according to the emphasis desired. | 15 | |
| 2304147057 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Means "pointedly foolish" in Greek. | 16 | |
| 2304157108 | Pacing | The speed at which a piece of writing moves along. It depends on a balance between summarizing action and representing action in detail. | 17 | |
| 2304164042 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some truth or validity. | 18 | |
| 2304175546 | Parallelism | The principle of coherent writing requiring that coordinating elements be given the same grammatical form. | 19 | |
| 2304183213 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. Distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original. | 20 | |
| 2304200357 | Personification | Attributing human qualities to objects, abstractions, or animals. | 21 | |
| 2304207515 | Point of View | The perspective from which a piece of writing is developed. Can be first or third person in fictional writing. | 22 | |
| 2304217454 | Rhetoric | The art of using persuasive language. The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer or reader might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective. | 23 | |
| 2304328471 | Rhetorical Modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purpose of the major kinds of writing. The four most common of these include exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. | 24 | |
| 2304336532 | Simile | A figure of speech which implies a similarity between things otherwise dissimilar. Always uses like, as, or so to introduce the comparison. | 25 | |
| 2304348039 | Slanting | The characteristic of selecting facts, words or emphasis to achieve a preconceived intent (favorable of unfavorable). | 26 | |
| 2304360929 | Style | The way a writer writes. The expression of an author's individuality through the use of words, sentence patterns, and a selection of details (diction, sentence length, structure, rhythm, figures of speech, and tone). | 27 |
