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6621661389AllegoryLesson being taught through image0
6621661390AllusionReference to an outside piece of literature (bible or mythology reference)1
6621661391AnalogyComparison2
6621661392AphorismShort witty saying with moral3
6621661393Colloquial/colloquialismInformal4
6621661394Connotation/denotationLiteral definition of something5
6621661395DidacticTeaches a lesson6
6621661396Extended metaphorMetaphor over many lines7
6621661397Figure of speechFigurative language8
6621661398GenreType of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio, drama, essay)9
6621661399HyperboleExaggeration10
6621661400Inference/infera conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.11
6621661401Irony/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 does12
6621661402MetaphorComparison without using like or as13
6621661403MoodAudience reaction14
6621661404OnomonapeiaSound mimicking its meaning15
6621661405ParadoxContradiction16
6621661406ParodyMock up (making fun of something)17
6621661407PersonificationHuman qualities for an inanimate object18
6621661408Predicate adjectiveCompletes to be/linking verbs19
6621661409ProseLiterature20
6621661410RhetoricStyle of speaking of writing21
6621661411SarcasmSatire, ironic way of writing22
6621661412SemanticsStudy of words23
6621661413Subject complementSubject completion24
6621661414SyllogismTruth/premise25
6621661415UnderstatementType of satire, saying something is less important or exaggerated then it truly is26
6621661416ClassificationGenre27
6621661417Inductive/deductive logicSmall to big idea, specific to general28
6621661418AntithesisOpposite29
6621661419Begging the questionAnswering a question with a question30
6621661420(Over)generalizationGeneral statement that isn't always right31
6621661421AlliterationRepetition of initial consenent32
6621661422AmbiguityNot clear33
6621661423AntecedentBefore pronoun34
6621661424ApostropheDirect address without an answer35
6621661425Clausea unit of grammatical organization said to consist of a subject and predicate.36
6621661426ConceitComparison of two dissimilar things37
6621661427Generic conventionsNonspecific38
6621661428HomilySermon that teaches a lesson39
6621661429invectivesomething nasty, rant40
6621661430loose/periodic sentencerun on sentence41
6621661431metonomyuse one phase over another that means the same42
6621661432oxymoroncontradiction43
6621661433pedanticcocky, inflated opinion of knowledge44
6621661434predicate nominativenoun/pronoun completion45
6621661435repetitionemphasis effect for repeating something46
6621661436rhetorical modesmethods47
6621661437satirepoking fun at the faults and foibles of society in order to effect change48
6621661438subordinate clauseclause that depends on a main clause49
6621661439symbol/symbolismsymbol for something50
6621661440false dilemmafalse syllogism51
6621661441chronological narrationin order52
6621661442ad hominem argumentagainst/attacking person53
6621661443damning with faint praisebackhanded compiment54
6621661444reasoning in a circlegoing in a circle55
6621661445begging the questionanswering the question with a question56
6621661446figurative languagefigures of speech57
6621661447syntaxposition of words in a sentence58
6621661448style or stylistic elementssum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of words59
6621661449rhetorical purpose of functionstrategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing60
6621661450assertionstatement or declaration61
6621661451metaphorimplicit comparison not using like or as62
6621661452anecdotepersonal story63
6621661453antithesiscontrast or opposition of thoughts (against thesis)64
6621661454euphemismless direct or offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is indirect or offensive65
6621661455informalpersonal rather than a formal, rhetoric style66
6621661456circumlocutiona round about, euphemistic way of saying something (not going to the point right away)67
6621661457parallel syntaxtwo or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure68

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