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| 5778010374 | Active Voice | any sentence with an active verb | 0 | |
| 5778010375 | Ad Hominem | argument on the character of the person you're arguing against, rather than the actual issues at hand. | 1 | |
| 5778010376 | Alliteration | repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence. | 2 | |
| 5778010377 | Allusion | a reference that recalls another WORK, TIME IN HISTORY, FAMOUS PERSON. | 3 | |
| 5778010378 | Anadiplosis | form of repetition that has the last word of the clause beginnings the next creating a connection of ideas | 4 | |
| 5778010379 | Analogy | A term that signifies a relational comparison between two objects or ideas | 5 | |
| 5778010380 | Anaphora | the deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase at the BEGINNING of several successive poetic lines | 6 | |
| 5778010381 | Anastrophe | the reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry ("the poisoned apple she ate to her gave cramps of a serious nature") | 7 | |
| 5778010382 | Antithesis | an observation that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim. | 8 | |
| 5778010383 | Aphorism | an elemental truth | 9 | |
| 5778010384 | Apostrophe | direct address of someone who is not present | 10 | |
| 5778010385 | Appositive | a noun phrase that modifies the noun next to it | 11 | |
| 5778010386 | Argument From Ignorance | an argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false | 12 | |
| 5778010387 | Asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses | 13 | |
| 5778010388 | Bandwagon | "everyone's doing it" fallacy | 14 | |
| 5778010389 | Begging The Question | argument occurs when the speaker states a claim that includes a word or phrase that requires defining | 15 | |
| 5778010390 | Cause and Effect | fallacy that says this caused this | 16 | |
| 5778010391 | Chiasmus | ABBA syntactical structure rather than normal ABAB syntactical structure | 17 | |
| 5778010392 | Complex Sentence | A sentence structure that has a dependent clause and an independent clause | 18 | |
| 5778010393 | Compound Sentence | two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction | 19 | |
| 5778010394 | Compound-Complex Sentence | a combination of a compound and complex sentence | 20 | |
| 5778010395 | Connotation | the associations or moods that accompany a word (negative or positive) | 21 | |
| 5778010396 | Declarative Sentence | a basic statement or assertion | 22 | |
| 5778010397 | Deductive | a form of logical argumentation that uses claims or premises; | 23 | |
| 5778010398 | Denotation | dictionary definition | 24 | |
| 5778010399 | Dependent Clause | clause that has a noun and a verb but cannot standalone due to it containing a subordinating conjuction | 25 | |
| 5778010400 | Dialect | a regional speech pattern | 26 | |
| 5778010401 | Diction | the particular words that an author uses in any essay (building block of composition) | 27 | |
| 5778010402 | Distractor | a possible answer that seems to be correct but is wrong or not as good as the other answers | 28 | |
| 5778010403 | Ellipsis | three dots that indicate the omission of words | 29 | |
| 5778010404 | Epanalepsis | repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or or idea | 30 | |
| 5778010405 | Epistrophe | the ending of a series of lines, phrases , clauses, or sentences with the same word or words | 31 | |
| 5778010406 | Ethos | appeal to credibility | 32 | |
| 5778010407 | Etymology | the study of the origin of words and their historical uses. | 33 | |
| 5778010408 | Euphemism | to us a nicer word for something find inapproprate | 34 | |
| 5778010409 | Exclamatory Sentence | sentence that conveys excitement | 35 | |
| 5778010410 | Fallacy | a failure of logical reasoning | 36 | |
| 5778010411 | False Analogy | an argument using an inappropriate metaphor. | 37 | |
| 5778010412 | False Dilemma | fallacy in the argument that the problem of debate only has two solutions | 38 | |
| 5778010413 | Gerund | a verb ending in "ing" that serves as a noun | 39 | |
| 5778010414 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration | 40 | |
| 5778010415 | Imagery | one of the five sentences, evoked by what you have read. | 41 | |
| 5778010416 | Imperative Sentence | command | 42 | |
| 5778010417 | Independent Clause | a clause that can stand alone | 43 | |
| 5778010418 | Inductive | type of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples; drawing conclusions based on specific evidence | 44 | |
| 5778010419 | Inifinitive | the word "to" plus a verb that functions as a noun/predicate of a sentence | 45 | |
| 5778010420 | Interrogative Sentence | a question | 46 | |
| 5778010421 | Irony | the use of words meant to express the opposite of the literal meaning. | 47 | |
| 5778010422 | Jargon | a pattern of speech/ vocab that is associated with a particular group of people | 48 | |
| 5778010423 | Juxtaposition | making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite (foils) | 49 | |
| 5778010424 | Logos | A rhetorical appeal to reason; strategy of argumentation; with rational tone | 50 | |
| 5778010425 | Loose Sentence | An independent clause followed by many dependent clauses | 51 | |
| 5778010426 | Malapropism | Word play where a word is falsely substituted for another that sounds similar, usually pretty funny ("He is the very PINEAPPLE of politeness") | 52 | |
| 5778010427 | Metaphor | A figure of speech where something is compared to something that is known to better gauge its importance. | 53 | |
| 5778010428 | Metonymy | a minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is close associated with. (the "crown" = the king) | 54 | |
| 5778010429 | Non Sequitur | an argument by misdirection | 55 | |
| 5778010430 | Object | a noun towards which thought, feeling, or action is directed | 56 | |
| 5778010431 | Onomatapoeia | a minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it. | 57 | |
| 5778010432 | Oxymoron | two words that together create a sense of opposition | 58 | |
| 5778010433 | Paradox | a major figure of speech often used in rhet. analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity , which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity. | 59 | |
| 5778010434 | Parallel Syntax | a pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition. (""(drinking coffee and eating food) (We ... We ...) | 60 | |
| 5778010435 | Parentheticals | a phrase inside parentheses | 61 | |
| 5778010436 | Participle | a verbal that is used as an adjective that ends it -ing or -ed | 62 | |
| 5778010437 | Passive Voice | passive voice where something HAPPENS TO someone | 63 | |
| 5778010438 | Pathos | appeal to emotion | 64 | |
| 5778010439 | Periodic Sentence | several dependent clauses followed by its independent clause | 65 | |
| 5778010440 | Personification | giving human attributes to a non human object | 66 | |
| 5778010441 | Phrase | a grouping of words that defines or clarifies; does not have a verb (i.e. prepositional phrase) | 67 | |
| 5778010442 | Point of View | The perspective from which a book is written | 68 | |
| 5778010443 | Poisoning the Well | When a person is introduced as unreliable before even seeing anything bad | 69 | |
| 5778010444 | Polysyndeton | The use of using consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed, to make the reader breathless. | 70 | |
| 5778010445 | Predicate | The verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of a sentence | 71 | |
| 5778010446 | Predicate Adjective | An adjective that FOLLOWS the linking verb (was grey) | 72 | |
| 5778010447 | Predicate Nominative | A noun/pronoun that uses a linking verb to describe the subject in the sentence | 73 | |
| 5778010448 | Premise | a claim | 74 | |
| 5778010449 | Prompt | the language/ paragraph that defines the essay task | 75 | |
| 5778010450 | Pun | a play on words | 76 | |
| 5778010451 | Red Herring | an argument that distracts by raising issues irrelevant to the case | 77 | |
| 5778010452 | Repetition | rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word for emphasis of meaning | 78 | |
| 5778010453 | Rhetorical Question | a question whose answer is assumed | 79 | |
| 5778010454 | Rhetorical Shift | occurs when author significantly alters her diction/syntax (occur @ critical points in an argument) | 80 | |
| 5778010455 | Simile | a crucial figure in a speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using like or as | 81 | |
| 5778010456 | Simple Sentence | an independent clause | 82 | |
| 5778010457 | Slippery Slope (Domino Theory ) | logical fallacy that argues that one thing leads to another | 83 | |
| 5778010458 | Stem | multiple choice question | 84 | |
| 5778010459 | Straw Man | occurs when a person is engaging in an argument with essentially noone, defining his opponent's argument without him or her actually being there | 85 | |
| 5778010460 | Subject | the formal term for the noun that is the basic focus of the sentence | 86 | |
| 5778010461 | Subordinating Conjuction | A conjunction that makes an independent clause a dependent one (i.e "WHEN I go to work") | 87 | |
| 5778010462 | Syllogism | three part argument, with a minor premise, major premise, then a truth | 88 | |
| 5778010463 | Synecdoche | a minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (all HANDS on deck) | 89 | |
| 5778010464 | Syntax | the study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences | 90 | |
| 5778010465 | Synthesis | to unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end. | 91 | |
| 5778010466 | Theme | the basic message or meaning conveyed through elements of character and conflict | 92 | |
| 5778010467 | Thesis | the writer's statement of purpose | 93 | |
| 5778010468 | Tricolon | a sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts, used for dramatic purposes | 94 | |
| 5778010469 | Understatement | creates exaggeration by showing restraint | 95 | |
| 5778010470 | Zeugma | minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb/noun (i.e "She dashed his hopes and out of his life when she walked through the the door") | 96 |
