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| 14677788133 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words/syllables in order. | 0 | |
| 14677788134 | Allusion | Comparison or reference to a story. | 1 | |
| 14677788135 | Analogy | Comparing two things | 2 | |
| 14677788136 | Anecdote | Short account of an event, made humorous; Unreliable illustration of a point or claim. | 3 | |
| 14677788137 | Annotation | A note or explanation added to a text | 4 | |
| 14677788138 | Argument | The main idea or claim; A process of reasoned inquiry | 5 | |
| 14677788139 | Assertion | A declaration of opinion stated as a fact; Presents a claim or thesis | 6 | |
| 14677788140 | Audience | The people a piece is performed to | 7 | |
| 14677788141 | Claim | Also called an assertion of preposition and states the argument's main idea or position. | 8 | |
| 14677788142 | Closed Thesis | A statement of the main ideas of the argument | 9 | |
| 14677788143 | Complex Sentence | A sentence with an independent and dependent clause | 10 | |
| 14677788144 | Compound Sentence | A sentence with two independent clauses. | 11 | |
| 14677788145 | Concession | An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be reasonable | 12 | |
| 14677788146 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 13 | |
| 14677788147 | Context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 14 | |
| 14677788148 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 15 | |
| 14677788149 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 16 | |
| 14677788150 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. It appeals to the senses. | 17 | |
| 14677788151 | Irony | Use of language that typically signifies the opposite | 18 | |
| 14677788152 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 19 | |
| 14677788153 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 20 | |
| 14677788154 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 21 | |
| 14677788155 | Modifier | a word or group of words that provides description for another word | 22 | |
| 14677788156 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 23 | |
| 14677788157 | occasion | the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 24 | |
| 14677788158 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 25 | |
| 14677788159 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words or clauses | 26 | |
| 14677788160 | Persona | an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting | 27 | |
| 14677788161 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 28 | |
| 14677788162 | Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. | 29 | |
| 14677788163 | Purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 30 | |
| 14677788164 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 31 | |
| 14677788165 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 32 | |
| 14677788166 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 33 | |
| 14677788167 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 34 | |
| 14677788168 | Subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about. | 35 | |
| 14677788169 | 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). | 36 | |
| 14677788170 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 37 | |
| 14677788171 | Text | While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be "read" - meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated. This includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons, fine art, photography, performances, fashion, cultural trends, and much more. | 38 | |
| 14677788172 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 39 | |
| 14677788173 | Understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 40 |
