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8622254489AllegoryLesson being taught through image0
8622254490AllusionReference to an outside piece of literature (bible or mythology reference)1
8622254491AnalogyComparison2
8622254492AphorismShort witty saying with moral3
8622254493Colloquial/colloquialismInformal4
8622254494Connotation/denotationLiteral definition of something5
8622254495DidacticTeaches a lesson6
8622254496Extended metaphorMetaphor over many lines7
8622254497Figure of speechFigurative language8
8622254498GenreType of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio, drama, essay)9
8622254499HyperboleExaggeration10
8622254500Inference/infera conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.11
8622254501Irony/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
8622254502MetaphorComparison without using like or as13
8622254503MoodAudience reaction14
8622254504OnomonapeiaSound mimicking its meaning15
8622254505ParadoxContradiction16
8622254506ParodyMock up (making fun of something)17
8622254507PersonificationHuman qualities for an inanimate object18
8622254508Predicate adjectiveCompletes to be/linking verbs19
8622254509ProseLiterature20
8622254510RhetoricStyle of speaking of writing21
8622254511SarcasmSatire, ironic way of writing22
8622254512SemanticsStudy of words23
8622254513Subject complementSubject completion24
8622254514SyllogismTruth/premise25
8622254515UnderstatementType of satire, saying something is less important or exaggerated then it truly is26
8622254516ClassificationGenre27
8622254517Inductive/deductive logicSmall to big idea, specific to general28
8622254518AntithesisOpposite29
8622254519Begging the questionAnswering a question with a question30
8622254520(Over)generalizationGeneral statement that isn't always right31
8622254521AlliterationRepetition of initial consenent32
8622254522AmbiguityNot clear33
8622254523AntecedentBefore pronoun34
8622254524ApostropheDirect address without an answer35
8622254525Clausea unit of grammatical organization said to consist of a subject and predicate36
8622254526ConceitComparison of two dissimilar things37
8622254527Generic conventionsNonspecific38
8622254528HomilySermon that teaches a lesson39
8622254529invectivesomething nasty, rant40
8622254530loose/periodic sentencerun on sentence41
8622254531metonomyuse one phase over another that means the same42
8622254532oxymoroncontradiction43
8622254533pedanticcocky, inflated opinion of knowledge44
8622254534predicate nominativenoun/pronoun completion45
8622254535repetitionemphasis effect for repeating something46
8622254536rhetorical modesmethods47
8622254537satirepoking fun at the faults and foibles of society in order to effect change48
8622254538subordinate clauseclause that depends on a main clause49
8622254539symbol/symbolismsymbol for something50
8622254540false dilemmafalse syllogism51
8622254541chronological narrationin order52
8622254542ad hominem argumentagainst/attacking person53
8622254543damning with faint praisebackhanded compliment54
8622254544reasoning in a circlegoing in a circle55
8622254545begging the questionanswering the question with a question56
8622254546figurative languagefigures of speech57
8622254547syntaxposition of words in a sentence58
8622254548style or stylistic elementssum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of words59
8622254549rhetorical purpose of functionstrategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing60
8622254550assertionstatement or declaration61
8622254551metaphorimplicit comparison not using like or as62
8622254552anecdotepersonal story63
8622254553antithesiscontrast or opposition of thoughts (against thesis)64
8622254554euphemismless direct or offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is indirect or offensive65
8622254555informalpersonal rather than a formal, rhetoric style66
8622254556circumlocutiona round about, euphemistic way of saying something (not going to the point right away)67
8622254557parallel syntaxtwo or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure68

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