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6693504566AllegoryLesson being taught through image0
6693504567AllusionReference to an outside piece of literature (bible or mythology reference)1
6693504568AnalogyComparison2
6693504569AphorismShort witty saying with moral3
6693504570Colloquial/colloquialismInformal4
15042566391Connotationthe implied or associative meaning of a word5
6693504571DenotationLiteral definition of something6
6693504572DidacticTeaches a lesson7
6693504573Extended metaphorMetaphor over many lines8
6693504574Figure of speechFigurative language9
6693504575GenreType of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio, drama, essay)10
6693504576HyperboleExaggeration11
6693504577Inference/infera conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.12
6693504578Irony/ironic3 types: Verbal- say one thing mean another Situational- expect one thing to happen but something else does Dramatic- for drama, characters don't know something that audience does13
6693504579MetaphorComparison without using like or as14
6693504580MoodAudience reaction15
6693504581OnomonapeiaSound mimicking its meaning16
6693504582ParadoxContradiction17
6693504583ParodyMock up (making fun of something)18
6693504584PersonificationHuman qualities for an inanimate object19
6693504585Predicate adjectiveCompletes to be/linking verbs20
6693504586ProseLiterature21
6693504587RhetoricStyle of speaking of writing22
6693504588SarcasmSatire, ironic way of writing23
6693504589SemanticsStudy of words24
6693504590Subject complementSubject completion25
6693504591SyllogismTruth/premise26
6693504592UnderstatementType of satire, saying something is less important or exaggerated then it truly is27
6693504593ClassificationGenre28
6693504594Inductive/deductive logicSmall to big idea, specific to general29
6693504595AntithesisOpposite30
6693504596Begging the questionAnswering a question with a question31
6693504597(Over)generalizationGeneral statement that isn't always right32
6693504598AlliterationRepetition of initial consenent33
6693504599AmbiguityNot clear34
6693504600AntecedentBefore pronoun35
6693504601ApostropheDirect address without an answer36
6693504602Clausea unit of grammatical organization said to consist of a subject and predicate37
6693504603ConceitComparison of two dissimilar things38
6693504604Generic conventionsNonspecific39
6693504605HomilySermon that teaches a lesson40
6693504606invectivesomething nasty, rant41
6693504607loose/periodic sentencerun on sentence42
6693504608metonomyuse one phase over another that means the same43
6693504609oxymoroncontradiction44
6693504610pedanticcocky, inflated opinion of knowledge45
6693504611predicate nominativenoun/pronoun completion46
6693504612repetitionemphasis effect for repeating something47
6693504613rhetorical modesmethods48
6693504614satirepoking fun at the faults and foibles of society in order to effect change49
6693504615subordinate clauseclause that depends on a main clause50
6693504616symbol/symbolismsymbol for something51
6693504617false dilemmafalse syllogism52
6693504618chronological narrationin order53
6693504619ad hominem argumentagainst/attacking person54
6693504620damning with faint praisebackhanded compliment55
6693504621reasoning in a circlegoing in a circle56
6693504622begging the questionanswering the question with a question57
6693504623figurative languagefigures of speech58
6693504624syntaxposition of words in a sentence59
6693504625style or stylistic elementssum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of words60
6693504626rhetorical purpose of functionstrategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing61
6693504627assertionstatement or declaration62
6693504628metaphorimplicit comparison not using like or as63
6693504629anecdotepersonal story64
6693504630antithesiscontrast or opposition of thoughts (against thesis)65
6693504631euphemismless direct or offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is indirect or offensive66
6693504632informalpersonal rather than a formal, rhetoric style67
6693504633circumlocutiona round about, euphemistic way of saying something (not going to the point right away)68
6693504634parallel syntaxtwo or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure69

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