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| 10966650151 | symbol | Anything that represents itself and stands for something else | 0 | |
| 10966650152 | synecdoche | A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole or the whole for a part | 1 | |
| 10966650153 | synecdoche | Ex. Farmer Joe has two hundred head of cattle , and three hired hands. If we had some wheels, I'd put on my best threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage. | 2 | |
| 10966650154 | syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 3 | |
| 10966650155 | theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 4 | |
| 10966650156 | thesis | A sentence that expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. | 5 | |
| 10966650157 | tone | The writer/speaker's attitude toward his the text, the audience, or both. | 6 | |
| 10966650158 | transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas. | 7 | |
| 10966650159 | understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact | 8 | |
| 10966650160 | wit | Intellectually amazing language that surprises and delights | 9 | |
| 10966650161 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 10 | |
| 10966650162 | periodic sentence | For example: "Ecstatic with my AP score, I let out a loud, joyful shout!" | 11 | |
| 10966650163 | personification | A figure of speech in which the author gives concepts, animals, or inanimate objects human qualities or emotions. | 12 | |
| 10966650164 | polysyndeton | The deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. | 13 | |
| 10966650165 | polysyndeton | Ex: "It's [football] a way of life, really, to those particular people who are a part of it. It's more than a game, and regardless of what level it's played upon, it still demands those attributes of courage and stamina and coordinated efficiency and goes even beyond that for [it] is a means - it provides a mental and physical relaxation to everybody that watches it, like yourself." | 14 | |
| 10966650166 | prose | One of the major divisions of genre; refers to fiction and non-fiction | 15 | |
| 10966650167 | rhetorical question | Differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice. | 16 | |
| 10966650186 | paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but is actually true and valid | 17 | |
| 10966650187 | parallelism | comes from the Greek roots meaning "beside one another"; refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 18 | |
| 10966650188 | parallelism | Ex: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." | 19 | |
| 10966650189 | parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 20 | |
| 10966650190 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 21 | |
| 10966695043 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 22 | |
| 10966696688 | personification | Ex: The delicious bread danced in my stomach. | 23 | |
| 10966701373 | sarcasm | From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh"; harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule; may use irony | 24 | |
| 10966709739 | satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 25 |
