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6612778867a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them; it can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiaranalogy0
6612783249a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event; the term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a personanecdote1
6612785803figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences; it creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideasantithesis2
6612797912the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing; they give a work a conversational, familiar tonecolloquial/colloquialism3
6612803292the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning; may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudesconnotation4
6612807775related to style, it refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectivenessdiction5
6612814729from the greek for "good speech," these are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concepteuphemism6
6612817931a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement; they often have a comic effecthyperbole7
6612824641the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; it uses terms related to the 5 senses; and one image can represent more than one thingimagery8
6612826277the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what actually is trueirony/ironic9
6612836362a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity; it makes writing more vivid, imaginative, thought provoking, and meaningfulmetaphor10
6612847484comes from greek roots meaning "beside one another"; refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarityparallelism11
6612850805in literature, the perspective from which a story is toldpoint of view12
6612854705the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical patternrepetition13
6612862439a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule; it is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writingsatire14
6612867192generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else; it is usually something concrete that represents something more abstractsymbol/symbolism15
6612874285the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences; it is similar to diction, but you can differentiate them by thinking of it as the groups of words, while diction refers to the individual wordssyntax16
6612878394in expository writing, it is the sentence or a group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or positionthesis17
6612881992similar to mood, it describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both; it is easier to determine in spoken language than in written languagetone18

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