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| 2815577999 | Allusion | a reference to another text | 0 | |
| 2815582373 | Ambiguity | when something can have multiple meanings | 1 | |
| 2815589083 | antithesis | when two ideas are given and balanced | 2 | |
| 2815591627 | annotations | comment and thoughts the reader has on the text | 3 | |
| 2815593460 | Aphorism | a short witty statement about a principal on life | 4 | |
| 2815595950 | argumentation | supporting an argument and being persuasive | 5 | |
| 2815599840 | colloquium | a casual word or phrase not used in formal writing. | 6 | |
| 2815601306 | concession | a valid point of the opposing argument | 7 | |
| 2815607225 | connotation | when a word have a different feeling or idea that just its definition | 8 | |
| 2815611257 | Counterargument | a direct rebuttal to an opposing argument | 9 | |
| 2815613837 | denotation | direct definition of a word | 10 | |
| 2815614442 | diction | word choice, contains powerful connotation | 11 | |
| 2815618308 | discourse | language using four traditional modes | 12 | |
| 2815621659 | Dramatic irony | when audience knows something the character doesn't | 13 | |
| 2815624110 | Euphemism | a sugar coated and appropriate explanation for something bad or uncomfortable | 14 | |
| 2815628816 | Generalization | when a writer says something applies to all when it really only applies to some | 15 | |
| 2815630837 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration | 16 | |
| 2815633266 | Imagery | words evoking the senses | 17 | |
| 2815634622 | Inference | a conclusion someone comes to based on clues | 18 | |
| 2815636970 | Irony | speaker means something opposite of what they said | 19 | |
| 2815638405 | Metaphor | a comparison | 20 | |
| 2815638932 | Motif | something that receptively shows up in the text | 21 | |
| 2815641085 | onomatopoeia | words displaying the sounds they make | 22 | |
| 2815645383 | Paradox | a statement that seems to contradict itself, but turns out to be true. | 23 | |
| 2815647461 | Parallelism | a technique that arranges words in similar form | 24 | |
| 2815651118 | Personification | animal or object with human characteristics | 25 | |
| 2815673871 | Persuasive Ideals | Aristotle list of ideals a writer uses to persuade reader | 26 | |
| 2815677121 | Prose | traditional writing uses sentences and paragraphs | 27 | |
| 2815680613 | Purpose | a writers primary motovation | 28 | |
| 2815681563 | Repetition | Repeated uses of words | 29 | |
| 2815683612 | Rhetorical questions | a question writers ask without intention of an answer | 30 | |
| 2815684349 | Simile | comparison using like or as | 31 | |
| 2815685036 | Situational irony | a situation where things are complete opposite of what you think they will be | 32 | |
| 2815687978 | Syllogism | reasoning with two statements are made and a conclusion drawn from them | 33 | |
| 2815691965 | Symbolism | when something means beyond the literal meaning | 34 | |
| 2815697616 | Syntax | Grammatical structure of a sentence | 35 | |
| 2815700638 | Thesis | main idea of a piece of writing | 36 | |
| 2815704034 | Tone | attitude of the text using figurative language | 37 | |
| 2815705332 | Tragic hero | a protagonist that is powerful and is ruined by own internal flaw | 38 | |
| 2815707034 | Transition | a word or phrase that linking two ideas together | 39 | |
| 2815707926 | Understatement | opposite of exaggeration | 40 | |
| 2815710732 | Verse | writing that has a flow or melody, usually poetry | 41 | |
| 2815713338 | Voice | writers individual style | 42 | |
| 2815714716 | allegory | writing with double meaning, where abstract ideas, and symbolic and not literal. | 43 | |
| 2815719643 | Parody | an imitation thats usually funny | 44 | |
| 2815720418 | Satire | use of entertainment, usually humor, to sharply criticize | 45 | |
| 2815722314 | Dystopia | a hell on earth situation | 46 | |
| 2815724616 | Bildungsroman | where someone must face a conflict and mature because of it | 47 | |
| 2815726215 | Tragedy | where there are a lot of bad events leading to catastrophe | 48 |
