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| 7260100374 | Allegory | a narrative in which the characters, behavior, etc. demonstrate symbolism on many levels | 0 | |
| 7260100375 | Alliteration | the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound | 1 | |
| 7260100376 | Allusion | a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference | 2 | |
| 7260100377 | Anaphora | the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases | 3 | |
| 7260100378 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases, words, grammatical, structure or ideas | 4 | |
| 7260100379 | Aphorism | A concise statement of a truth or principle | 5 | |
| 7260100380 | Apostrophe | An address or invocation to something inanimate | 6 | |
| 7260100381 | Appeals to authority, emotion or logic | Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in field. Ex. Ethos, logos and pathos | 7 | |
| 7260100382 | Assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | 8 | |
| 7260100383 | Asyndeton | A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose | 9 | |
| 7260100384 | Attitude | The sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing, the authors feeling towards their subject, characters l, events or theme. | 10 | |
| 7260100385 | Begging the question | An argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question. | 11 | |
| 7260100386 | Cannon | That which has been accepted as authentic, such as in cannon law, or the "cannon according to the theories of Einstein" | 12 | |
| 7260100387 | Chiasmus | a figure of speech containing two phrases that are parallel but inverted to each other | 13 | |
| 7260100388 | Claim | A figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second. | 14 | |
| 7260100389 | Colloquial | A term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area. Example: southerns using the colloquial expression "y'all" | 15 | |
| 7260100390 | compare and contrast | Shows how two or more things are alike and how they are different | 16 | |
| 7260100391 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 17 | |
| 7260100392 | Conceit | Comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem. | 18 | |
| 7260100393 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 19 | |
| 7260100394 | Convention | An accepted manner, model or tradition. | 20 | |
| 7260100395 | Critque | An assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for the purpose of the determining what it is, what its limitation are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre | 21 | |
| 7260100396 | deductive reasoning | The process of using logic to draw conclusions | 22 | |
| 7260100397 | Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Example: southerners using y'all | 23 | |
| 7260100398 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 24 | |
| 7260100399 | Didactic | (Greek: "good teaching") writing or speech is didactic when it has an instructive purpose or a lesson. | 25 | |
| 7260100400 | Elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | 26 | |
| 7260100401 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the same words or phrases at the ends of successive sentences | 27 | |
| 7260100402 | epitaph | Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone | 28 | |
| 7260100403 | Ethos | Credibility. | 29 | |
| 7260100404 | Euphemism | Indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant info. | 30 | |
| 7260100405 | Exposition | the interpretation or analysis of a text | 31 | |
| 7260100406 | eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died | 32 | |
| 7260100407 | extended metaphor | A series of comparisons within a piece of writing | 33 | |
| 7260100408 | Figurative language | Figurative language has levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as personification, metaphor hyperbole, irony, oxymoron, and others | 34 | |
| 7260100409 | Flashback | An earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration | 35 | |
| 7260100410 | Genre | A type or class literature such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography history | 36 | |
| 7260100411 | Homily | A sermon but more contemporary uses include a serious talk speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual life | 37 | |
| 7260100412 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 38 | |
| 7260100413 | Imagery | Broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work; more narrowly the use of figurative speech to evoke feeling, call to find an idea, or to describe an object. basically involves any or all of the five senses | 39 | |
| 7260100414 | Inductive reasoning | The method of reasoning or argument and which general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles | 40 | |
| 7260100415 | Inference | I conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data | 41 | |
| 7260100416 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly what is really meant Verbal irony: what the author/error says is actually the opposite of what is meant. Situational irony: when events end up the opposite of what is expected Dramatic irony: and drama and fiction, fax or situations are going to the audience but not the characters | 42 | |
| 7260100417 | Isocolon | Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only to grammatical structure but also in length | 43 | |
| 7260100418 | Jargon | Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession or similar group | 44 | |
| 7260100419 | Juxtaposition | the location of one thing as being adjacent or juxtaposed with another to create an effect, reveal an attitude or accomplish some other purpose | 45 | |
| 7260100420 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 46 | |
| 7260100421 | Loose sentence | A long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases. | 47 | |
| 7260100422 | Metaphor | One thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or an analogy. Metaphor is an implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another without the use of a verbal signal such as like or as | 48 | |
| 7260100423 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something | 49 | |
| 7260100424 | Mode of discourse | The way in which information is presented in written or spoken form. | 50 | |
| 7260100425 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 51 | |
| 7260100426 | Narrative | Amount of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected if that's, usually presented in a straightforward chronological framework | 52 | |
| 7260100427 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 53 | |
| 7260100428 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 54 | |
| 7260100429 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 55 | |
| 7260100430 | parallel structure | The use of similar forms a writing nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts, | 56 | |
| 7260100431 | Pathos | appeal to emotion | 57 | |
| 7260100432 | periodic sentence | A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 58 | |
| 7260100433 | Personification | Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features of qualities | 59 | |
| 7260100434 | Point of view | The relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse | 60 | |
| 7260100435 | Prose | The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry. | 61 | |
| 7260100436 | Realism | Attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail | 62 | |
| 7260100437 | rebuttal/refutation | An argument technique where in opposing arguments are anticipated and countered | 63 | |
| 7260100438 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 64 | |
| 7260100439 | Rhetorical question | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 65 | |
| 7260100440 | Sarcasm | A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical | 66 | |
| 7260100441 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 67 | |
| 7260100442 | Similes | A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection | 68 | |
| 7260100443 | Style | The manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure. It is a distinctive manner of expression that represents the authors typical writing style | 69 | |
| 7260100444 | Symbolism | Use of a person, place, thing, events, or pattern that figuratively represents or stands for something else | 70 | |
| 7260100445 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa example: fifty masts = fifty ships | 71 | |
| 7260100446 | Syntax | The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Syntax is sentence structure and how it influences the way the reader receives a particular piece of writing | 72 | |
| 7260100447 | Theme | The central of dominant idea or focus of a work | 73 | |
| 7260100448 | Tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience | 74 | |
| 7260100449 | Voice | The acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story; the speakers or narrators particular take an idea based on particular passage and how all the elements of the style of the piece come together to express his or her feelings | 75 | |
| 7260100450 | Zeugma | A grammatically correct construction it which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated | 76 |
