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| 5047098430 | Active Voice | In this verb form, the subject of the sentence performs the action denoted by the verb. | 0 | |
| 5047098431 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | 1 | |
| 5047098432 | Example of Active Voice | "Gretchen sweeps the floor." | 2 | |
| 5047098433 | Example of Anaphora | "I came, I saw, I conquered." Julius Caesar | 3 | |
| 5047098434 | Example of Anaphora | "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" Winston S. Churchill | 4 | |
| 5047098435 | Anastrophe | Inversion of normal syntactic order of words. | 5 | |
| 5047098436 | Example of Anastrophe | "To market went she." | 6 | |
| 5047098437 | Antecedent | A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another. In grammar, a substantive word, phrase or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun. In logic, the conditional element in a proposition. | 7 | |
| 5047098438 | Asyndeton | A figure which omits the connective. (opposite of polysyndeton) | 8 | |
| 5047098439 | Complex Sentence | A sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause. | 9 | |
| 5047098440 | Example of Complex Sentence | "When the bell rings (dependent clause), walk out (main clause)." | 10 | |
| 5047098441 | Compound Sentence | A sentence of two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by a conjunction or conjunctions. | 11 | |
| 5047098442 | Example of Compound Sentence | "The problem was difficult, but I finally found the answer." | 12 | |
| 5047098443 | Diction | Specific word choice used in a piece of writing, often chosen for effect but also for correctness and clarity. | 13 | |
| 5047098444 | Parallelism | The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases. The structure required for expressing two or more grammatical elements of equal rank. | 14 | |
| 5047098445 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence in which the main clause or its predicate is withheld until the end. | 15 | |
| 5047098446 | Example of Periodic Sentence | "Despite heavy winds and nearly impenetrable ground fog, the plane landed safely." | 16 | |
| 5047098447 | Polysyndeton | The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect. | 17 | |
| 5047098448 | Example of Polysyndeton | "Here and there and everywhere." or "He ran and laughed and jumped for joy." | 18 | |
| 5047098449 | Scheme | A change in standard word order or pattern. | 19 | |
| 5047098450 | Syntax | The rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. | 20 | |
| 5047098451 | Zeugma | The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them--or is appropriate to each but in a different way. | 21 | |
| 5047098452 | Example of Zeugma | "On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold." | 22 | |
| 5047098453 | Convention | In writing, a practice or principle (such as spelling, grammar, or usage), that is accepted as true or correct. | 23 | |
| 5047098454 | Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. | 24 | |
| 5047098455 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word. | 25 |
