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| 8478337530 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told | 0 | |
| 8478349517 | Predicate Adjective | An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb | 1 | |
| 8478363880 | Predicate Normative | A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject | 2 | |
| 8478370696 | Prose | Fiction or nonfiction works that are written in ordinary langauge | 3 | |
| 8478378080 | Repetition | The duplication of any element of language | 4 | |
| 8478381059 | Rhetoric | Greek for "orator;" the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 5 | |
| 8478388189 | Rhetorical Modes | The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing | 6 | |
| 8478422093 | Sarcasm | Greek for "to tear flesh;" bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 7 | |
| 8478446629 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 8 | |
| 8478455230 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, heir historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another | 9 | |
| 8478464141 | Style | An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices | 10 | |
| 8478474439 | Subject Complement | The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it | 11 | |
| 8478481434 | Subordinate Clause | A clause that does not express a clear thought and therefore can not stand alone | 12 | |
| 8478488139 | Syllogism | Greek for "reckoning together;" a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 13 | |
| 8478498756 | Symbolism | Anything that represents something else | 14 | |
| 8481613572 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 15 | |
| 8481620974 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work; the insight it offers into life | 16 | |
| 8481625041 | Thesis | The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition | 17 | |
| 8481633069 | Tone | The author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both | 18 | |
| 8481641954 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas | 19 | |
| 8481645962 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact; presenting something as less significant than it is | 20 | |
| 8481652924 | Wit | Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 21 |
