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| 8949994892 | epigraph | is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or book (remember Fitzgerald's epigraph at the beginning of Gatsby) | 0 | |
| 8950005597 | epitaph | a short text honoring a deceased person, often inscribed on a tombstone | 1 | |
| 8975874778 | persona | a charcter assumed by an author in a written work | 2 | |
| 8975883020 | cliche | an overused phrase, expression, or element of a work | 3 | |
| 9060173995 | anachronism | a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other | 4 | |
| 9060184501 | Antihero or antiheroine | a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like | 5 | |
| 9201978386 | polysyndeton | repetition of conjunctions in close succession (as in we have ships and men and money) | 6 | |
| 9201985028 | asyndeton | omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses (as in "I came, I saw, I conquered") | 7 | |
| 9227210411 | invective | Abusive language: discourse that casts blame on somebody or something | 8 | |
| 9227225503 | paean | A song or expression of joy or praise | 9 | |
| 9262778583 | anaphora | a form of parallel structure in which there is repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences ex) "we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground" Abraham Lincoln | 10 | |
| 9287849230 | euphony | Agreeable sound, especially in the phonetic quality of words ex) The majesty euphony of Milton's poetry | 11 | |
| 9287855714 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds ex) A cacophony of deafening alarm bells"; a cacophony of architectural styles | 12 | |
| 9321742370 | claim | the overall thesis the writer will argue for | 13 | |
| 9321744900 | Warrant | Explanation of why or how the data supports the claim, the underlying assumption that connects your data to your claim | 14 | |
| 9349737115 | zeugma | (also known as syllepsis) the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense (as in "opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy") | 15 |
