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| 2811909113 | antipode | the exact opposite | 0 | |
| 2811913248 | synecdoche | a part of something to represent the whole | 1 | |
| 2811913558 | metonomy | refer to something closely related as the actual object | 2 | |
| 2811914299 | ad hominem | an attack on the person rather than the issues at hand | 3 | |
| 2811916675 | anadiplosis | the last word of the clause begins the next clause | 4 | |
| 2811918108 | analogy | relational comparison between two things | 5 | |
| 2811919903 | anastrophe | reversal of the natural order of words | 6 | |
| 2811920436 | aphorism | a brief statement of elemental truth | 7 | |
| 2811921730 | apostrophe | direct address to somebody who is not present (oh, the muses) | 8 | |
| 2811922230 | chiasmus | ABBA syntax structure | 9 | |
| 2811923308 | connotation | associations of a word | 10 | |
| 2811924483 | deductive | logical argument similar to geometry proofs | 11 | |
| 2811924864 | denotative | literal meaning of a word | 12 | |
| 2811925843 | dialect | region speech pattern | 13 | |
| 2811925844 | diction | particular words used by author | 14 | |
| 2811926527 | epanalepsis | repetition of the opening word near the end of the sentence | 15 | |
| 2811927187 | epistrophe | ending lines with the same word | 16 | |
| 2811927817 | euphemism | nicer way to say something unpleasant | 17 | |
| 2811928200 | fallacy | failure of logical reasoning | 18 | |
| 2811928784 | gerund | verb ending in "ing" that acts as a noun | 19 | |
| 2811929584 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 20 | |
| 2811929585 | imagery | any time one of the senses is evoked | 21 | |
| 2811930075 | imperative sentence | command | 22 | |
| 2811930802 | independent clause | clause that can stand alone as a sentence | 23 | |
| 2811931464 | inductive | a form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples | 24 | |
| 2811932011 | infinitive | to + verb = works as a noun | 25 | |
| 2811933059 | interrogative sentence | question | 26 | |
| 2811933527 | irony | express something that is the opposite of the literal meaning (verbal, dramatic, situation) | 27 | |
| 2811935719 | jargon | a pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people | 28 | |
| 2811936203 | loose sentence | an independent clause followed by all sorts of debris, usually dependent clauses | 29 | |
| 2811937061 | malapropism | word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar | 30 | |
| 2811937703 | metaphor | unknown is compared to something that is known | 31 | |
| 2811938444 | non sequitur | misdirected and irrelevant argument | 32 | |
| 2811938939 | object | noun which thought, feeling, action is directed | 33 | |
| 2811939355 | onomatopoeia | sound imitates action/thing | 34 | |
| 2811939722 | oxymoron | two words that together create opposition | 35 | |
| 2811940889 | paradox | contradictory statement | 36 | |
| 2811941670 | parallel syntax | two rhythms of repetition | 37 | |
| 2811943428 | parentheticals | phrases, sentences, and words inside parentheses | 38 | |
| 2811944163 | participle | verb used as adjective ending in "ing" | 39 | |
| 2811946707 | periodic sentence | sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause | 40 | |
| 2811947425 | phrase | grouping of words that define or clarify (like a sentence without a verb) | 41 | |
| 2811947985 | poisoning the well | character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable | 42 | |
| 2811950002 | predicate | verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence | 43 | |
| 2811950402 | predicate adjective | adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence | 44 | |
| 2811951120 | predicate nominative | noun that uses a linking verb to rename the noun | 45 | |
| 2811951672 | premise | a claim | 46 | |
| 2811952421 | correct prompt | language that defines the essay task | 47 | |
| 2811953367 | common prompt | essay question | 48 | |
| 2811953799 | pun | play on words | 49 | |
| 2811953800 | red herring | argument that distracts from real argument | 50 | |
| 2811954222 | repitition | stress on word, phrase, image etc | 51 | |
| 2811955469 | rhetorical shift | author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction, syntax | 52 | |
| 2811956060 | stem | multiple choice question, pick best answer | 53 | |
| 2811957578 | subordinate conjuction | conjunction that makes an independent clause into dependent clause | 54 | |
| 2811957579 | syllogism | three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth | 55 | |
| 2811958555 | syntax | rules of grammar | 56 | |
| 2811958940 | synthesis | synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end | 57 | |
| 2811959505 | tricolon | sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts separated by commas | 58 | |
| 2811959933 | understatement | exaggeration by making less of something | 59 | |
| 2811960707 | zeugma | two or more elements tied together by the same verb or noun (She dashed his hopes and out of his life when she walked through the door) | 60 |
