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| 15159321555 | Allusion | A reference to some famous literary work | 0 | |
| 15159335265 | Argumentation | The writers attempt to get the reader to agree with him | 1 | |
| 15159339834 | Coherence | Organized parts of writing that bind it all together | 2 | |
| 15159358688 | Description | describes a scene using sensory details. | 3 | |
| 15159365243 | Diction | Word choice | 4 | |
| 15159370601 | Exposition | writing whos chief aim is to explain | 5 | |
| 15159382814 | Figurative language | A word or expression used in a non- literal way. | 6 | |
| 15159393581 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 7 | |
| 15159403666 | Imagery | paints a picture with words | 8 | |
| 15159419949 | Verbal irony | when words state the opposite of their true meaning | 9 | |
| 15159438248 | Situational irony | when events turn out the opposite way as you'd expect | 10 | |
| 15159444562 | dramatic irony | when the reader knows something the characters do not | 11 | |
| 15159454601 | Metaphor | A direct comparison without using like or as | 12 | |
| 15159463849 | Mood | The way the author wants the reader to feel; atmosphere | 13 | |
| 15159469873 | narration | writing that tells a story | 14 | |
| 15159473593 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech with 2 contradictory TERMS | 15 | |
| 15159483616 | Pacing | The speed at which a writing moves along | 16 | |
| 15159494779 | Paradox | A single statement that contradicts itself but proves to be true | 17 | |
| 15159503437 | Parallelism | The things that remain the same throughout a writing | 18 | |
| 15159511591 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 19 | |
| 15159513847 | Rhetoric | Meaningful parts of a text; the art of persuasive writting | 20 | |
| 15159527682 | rhetorical modes | modes of writing; exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 21 | |
| 15159547042 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 22 | |
| 15159548946 | slanting | distort the order of words to achieve a desired effect; untrue | 23 | |
| 15160079602 | Style | the way a writer writes | 24 | |
| 15160093904 | ad hominem argument | Argument that attacks person and not the issue | 25 | |
| 15160107384 | Analogy | Explains something by likening it to something else. | 26 | |
| 15160128336 | Anecdote | a brief narrative at the beginning of a story | 27 | |
| 15160132343 | Ethos | appeals to ethics or credibility | 28 | |
| 15160141654 | logos | appeal to logic | 29 | |
| 15160145290 | Pathos | appeals to emotion | 30 | |
| 15160148871 | Begging the question | When someone bases an argument of something no one else believes; no one is listening | 31 | |
| 15160159611 | Casual relationship | Relationship where one thing leads to another | 32 | |
| 15160202558 | Colloquialism | Words that can be used informally; slang | 33 | |
| 15160218032 | Conclusion | The final paragraph of an essay | 34 | |
| 15160224076 | Connotation | how a word makes you feel | 35 | |
| 15160230119 | Emphasis | stress put on the important parts of an essay | 36 | |
| 15160244526 | essay | a short prose over a specific topic | 37 | |
| 15160248211 | Eupherism | substitution of a generally acceptable word or concept | 38 | |
| 15160272163 | Example | illustration of a concept or idea | 39 | |
| 15160282343 | Generalization | A statement that asserts some broad truth based on specific array of cases | 40 | |
| 15160296163 | logical fallacy | errors in reasoning | 41 | |
| 15160299759 | objective writing | writing the is based on hard facts | 42 | |
| 15160313670 | subjective writing | writing based on a personal opinion | 43 | |
| 15160321885 | red herring | side argument to distract from the main argument | 44 | |
| 15160328663 | Sarcasam | bitter caustic language to hurt or ridicule someone | 45 | |
| 15160338097 | Satire | the use of wit and humor tin order to ridicule society's weaknesses > critical to make a point > humorous but serious | 46 | |
| 15169868907 | Subordination | parts of a sentence that aren't important to the main idea (dependent clauses) | 47 | |
| 15169881203 | Tone | how the writer feels about the subject audience | 48 | |
| 15169892269 | Understatement | extreme under exaggeration | 49 | |
| 15169894666 | voice | the presence of the author in a writing ( dashes, humor) | 50 | |
| 15169909424 | Abstract | words that refer to something that cannot be observed with the five sentences (love, happiness..) | 51 | |
| 15169921787 | Ad populum argument | where something is assumed to be true because many people believe that it is | 52 | |
| 15169928503 | Allegory | story form with a literal and figurative meaning | 53 | |
| 15169936148 | Anaphora | repetition of words in sentences in a row (I have a dream...I have a dream...I have a dream...) | 54 | |
| 15169954071 | Aphorism | Statement that expresses a general truth or moral | 55 | |
| 15169957811 | Apostrophe | when someone speaks to something that is dead or not there | 56 | |
| 15169962903 | attitude | the writer's position or emotion regarding a writings subject | 57 | |
| 15169979607 | Audience | who the writer's message is intended for | 58 | |
| 15169981947 | claim | something you have to support or prove | 59 | |
| 15169987278 | cliche | expression that is used to often and is not longer effective | 60 | |
| 15169994215 | Compare and contrast | finding similarities and differences | 61 | |
| 15169998435 | complex sentence | sentence with a main clause and 1 or more dependant clauses | 62 | |
| 15170011823 | concrete | objects or words that are visible to the senses | 63 | |
| 15170026821 | Evidence | supports a claim | 64 | |
| 15170028697 | Genre | the category all literary works fit under (prose, drama, poetry) | 65 | |
| 15170035369 | inversion | reversing the order of words for desired effect | 66 | |
| 15170045175 | loose sentence | a sentence where the main clause comes at the beginning; followed by dependant clauses | 67 | |
| 15170052923 | metonymy | when the name of one object is swapped for another closely associated with it | 68 | |
| 15170065522 | Periodic sentence | Sentence where the main clause comes at the end (period comes at the end of a sentence) | 69 | |
| 15170069346 | process analysis | listing things in a sequence | 70 | |
| 15170075655 | Rhetorical Question | question that is not meant to be answered ( to prove a point) | 71 | |
| 15170091357 | Synecdoche | when part of something is used to refer to the whole | 72 | |
| 15170096337 | syntax | sentence structure | 73 | |
| 15170116742 | Transition | Words or phrases used to connect ideas | 74 | |
| 15170118656 | Unity | having all parts contribute to the overall effect of one idea (J.K Rowling) | 75 |
