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| 6780771121 | diction | word choice | 0 | |
| 6780771122 | syntax | the ordering of words in a sentence | 1 | |
| 6780771123 | style | the manner of expression | 2 | |
| 6780771124 | tone | the attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by the style; describes how the author seems to be feeling | 3 | |
| 6780771125 | point of view | stance revealed by the style and tone of the writing; expresses his/her opinion on the topic | 4 | |
| 6780771126 | rhetoric | the art of using language to communicate effectively | 5 | |
| 6780771127 | logos | a classical appeal to reason and logic | 6 | |
| 6780771128 | ethos | a classical appeal to the speaker's credibility | 7 | |
| 6780771129 | pathos | a classical appeal to the emotions, values, or desires of the audience | 8 | |
| 6780771130 | figurative language | language not meant to be taken literally to achieve a special effect | 9 | |
| 6780771131 | imagery | figurative language used to convey a sensory perception using any or all of the five senses | 10 | |
| 6780771132 | hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement | 11 | |
| 6780771133 | understatement | presents facts in the way that makes them seem much less significant than they really are | 12 | |
| 6780771134 | simile | a comparison between two unlike objects using like or as | 13 | |
| 6780771135 | metaphor | a comparison between two unlike objects | 14 | |
| 6780771136 | extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike objects that lasts longer that a phrase or sentence | 15 | |
| 6780771137 | symbol | a word that represents something other than itself | 16 | |
| 6780771138 | denotation | the literal significance or dictionary definition | 17 | |
| 6780771139 | connotation | the vast range of other meanings a word suggests | 18 | |
| 6780771140 | oxymoron | contradiction: two contradictory terms or ideas used together; always only two words (sweet sorrow, jumbo shrimp) | 19 | |
| 6780771141 | paradox | an apparent contradiction of an idea or statement but,in fact, does have a dash of truth (oxymoron on a larger scale) | 20 | |
| 6780771142 | personification | a figurative device in which inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities | 21 | |
| 6780771143 | rhetorical question | a question whose answer is obvious | 22 | |
| 6780771144 | bombast | language that is overly pompous (full of itself) | 23 | |
| 6780771145 | pun | a play on words | 24 | |
| 6780771146 | metonymy | when one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely related | 25 | |
| 6780771147 | synecdoche | where a part is used to signify the whole | 26 | |
| 6780771148 | theme | the general idea contained in the text | 27 | |
| 6780771149 | aphorism | a concise, pithy statement of an opinion or general truth | 28 | |
| 6780771150 | malapropism | the unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but had a very different meaning | 29 | |
| 6780771151 | circumlocution | talking around a subject | 30 | |
| 6780771152 | euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or harsh | 31 | |
| 6780771153 | verbal irony | stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated | 32 | |
| 6780771154 | sarcasm | verbal irony with the intent to injure or harm | 33 | |
| 6780771155 | situational irony | a situation that runs contrary to what was expected | 34 | |
| 6780771156 | satire | attacks human vice or folly through humor and/or ridicule | 35 | |
| 6780771157 | antithesis | the placing of opposing or contrasting words or ideas within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity | 36 | |
| 6780771158 | parallel structure | balanced construction in a sentence or entire work | 37 | |
| 6780771159 | polysyndeton | the use of many conjunctions to slow the pace of the reader; may be used to try to create the feeling of being overwhelmed | 38 | |
| 6780771160 | asyndeton | conjunctions are omitted producing fast-paced rapid prose | 39 | |
| 6780771161 | allusion | a reference to another text or assumed knowledge of a reference; an allusion draws on the authority of the alluded work: typically literary, Biblical, historical, mythological, or current event | 40 | |
| 6780771162 | conceit | an elaborate comparison between two different subjects (salvation is a cage); a little more than a metaphor | 41 | |
| 6780771163 | speaker | who is talking in a piece? what is his/her perspective? | 42 | |
| 6780771164 | occasion | what is the purpose for the writing? | 43 | |
| 6780771165 | audience | to whom is the writer speaking? | 44 | |
| 6780771166 | purpose | what is the reason for the writer communicating? | 45 | |
| 6780771167 | situation | the set of circumstances surrounding a work being written | 46 | |
| 6780771168 | prepositional phrase | will begin with a preposition and end with the object (in the beginning, on the deck, within the house) | 47 | |
| 6780771169 | subordinate clause | a dependent clause; cannot stand alone as a sentence | 48 | |
| 6780771170 | declarative sentence | sentence in the form of a statement | 49 | |
| 6780771171 | imperative sentence | sentence that expresses a request or command | 50 | |
| 6780771172 | interrogative sentence | sentence that asks a question | 51 | |
| 6780771173 | exclamatory sentence | sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation | 52 | |
| 6780771174 | analogy | a similarity between like features of two things (the brain as a command center) | 53 | |
| 6780771175 | apostrophe | the direct address of something that cannot respond, usually something without a physical presence (death, thou shalt die) | 54 | |
| 6780771176 | antimetabole | is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but is transposed grammatical order ("I know what I like, and I like what I know") | 55 | |
| 6780771177 | anaphora | a form of regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or strategically placed paragraphs | 56 | |
| 6780771178 | litotes | another word for understatement | 57 | |
| 6780771179 | anticlimax | an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected | 58 | |
| 6780771180 | alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sound | 59 | |
| 6780771181 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 60 | |
| 6780771182 | claim | a primary point being made to support an argument | 61 | |
| 6780771183 | assertion | a positive statement or declaration | 62 | |
| 6780771184 | counterargument | contrasting or opposing an argument | 63 | |
| 6780771185 | concession | acknowledgements to objections of a proposal | 64 | |
| 6780771186 | refutation | part of an argument on which a speaker or writer counters opposing points of view | 65 | |
| 6780771187 | ad hominem | latin-"to the man"; any kind of fallacious argument that criticizes an idea by pointing something out about the person who holds the idea rather than directly addressing the real merit of the idea | 66 | |
| 6780771188 | non sequitur | latin-"it doesn't follow"; a statement that does not relate logically to what comes before it | 67 | |
| 6780771189 | cacophonous tone | harsh sounding words | 68 | |
| 6780771190 | euphonious tone | pleasant sounding device | 69 | |
| 6780771191 | syllogism | rhetorical device where a major premise + minor premise= conclusion is used (all birds are animals-all parrots are birds-all parrots are animals) | 70 |
