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| 4824023257 | alliteration | the sequential repetition of similar initial sounds, usually applied to consonants, usually in close proximate stressed syllables | 0 | |
| 4824026160 | attitude | the sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing; the author's feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or theme. It might even be his or her feelings for the reader | 1 | |
| 4824032890 | asyndeton | a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose | 2 | |
| 4824036196 | allegory | a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol for a personified abstraction | 3 | |
| 4824039843 | begging the question | an argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question | 4 | |
| 4824042798 | allusion | a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work | 5 | |
| 4824045521 | canon | that which has been accepted as authentic | 6 | |
| 4860839745 | anaphora | the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 7 | |
| 4860839746 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 8 | |
| 4860839747 | assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words | 9 | |
| 4860839748 | chiasmus | 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 | 10 | |
| 4860839749 | apostrophe | an address or invocation to something inanimate | 11 | |
| 4860839750 | aphorism | a concise statement designed to make a point of illustrate a commonly held belief | 12 | |
| 4860839751 | appeals to... authority, emotion, logic | rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason | 13 | |
| 4916809163 | diction | the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect | 14 | |
| 4916809164 | dialect | the language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group | 15 | |
| 4916809165 | critique | an assessment of analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for determining what it is, what its limitations are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre | 16 | |
| 4916809166 | consonance | the repetition of two or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels | 17 | |
| 4916809167 | connotation | the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase | 18 | |
| 4916809168 | conceit | a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature; in particular an extended metaphor within a poem | 19 | |
| 4916809169 | colloquial | a term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area | 20 | |
| 4955726360 | deductive reasoning | the method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement from the general to the specific | 21 | |
| 4955734647 | didactic | writing or speech that has an instructive purpose or a lesson, often associated with a dry, pompous presentation | 22 | |
| 4955741136 | elegy | a poem or prose that laments, or meditates upon the death of a person | 23 | |
| 4955746002 | epistrophe | in rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences | 24 | |
| 4955749497 | epitaph | writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone | 25 | |
| 4955754572 | ethos | in rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 26 | |
| 5050228995 | eulogy | a speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person | 27 | |
| 5050228996 | euphemism | an indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information | 28 | |
| 5050228997 | exposition | the interpretation or analysis of a text; also, the opening section of a narrative or dramatic structure in which characters, setting, theme, and conflict can be revealed | 29 | |
| 5050228998 | extended metaphor | a series of comparisons within a piece of writing; if they are consistently one concept, this is also known as conceit | 30 | |
| 5050228999 | figurative language | language with levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as personification, metaphor, litote, etc | 31 | |
| 5050229000 | flashback | an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration | 32 | |
| 5050229001 | genre | a type or class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography, history | 33 | |
| 5050229002 | homily | a sermon, but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life | 34 | |
| 5093813726 | hyperbole | overstatement characterized language, usually to make a point or draw attention | 35 | |
| 5093813727 | imagery | any sensory detail or evocation in a work to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. Involves any of all of the 5 senses. | 36 | |
| 5093813728 | inductive reasoning | the method of reasoning or argument in which general statements and conclusions are draw from specific principles; movement from specific principles; movement from specific to general | 37 | |
| 5093813729 | inference | a conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific date. Looking at the clues, learning to facts. | 38 | |
| 5093813730 | irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, the intended meaning is often the opposite of what is stated, often suggesting light-sarcasm | 39 | |
| 5093813731 | isocolon | parallel structure in which the parallel element are similar not in grammatical structure, but also in length | 40 | |
| 5093813732 | jargon | specialized of technical language of a trace, profession, or similar group | 41 | |
| 5451032532 | litote | a figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 42 | |
| 5451036945 | loose sentence | a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases | 43 | |
| 5451042867 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something | 44 | |
| 5451052645 | mood | a feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator's attitude and point of view | 45 | |
| 5451065724 | narrative | a mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straight-forward, chronological framework | 46 | |
| 5451073273 | onomatopoeia | a word capturing or approximately the sound of what is described | 47 | |
| 5451078098 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements | 48 | |
| 5451084515 | parallelism | the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts | 49 | |
| 5451087680 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory buy may probably be true | 50 | |
| 5451090834 | pathos | the element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 51 | |
| 5451095365 | periodic sentence | a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 52 | |
| 5451099542 | personification | treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities | 53 |
