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| 14576938181 | abstract | existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. | 0 | |
| 14576938834 | active voice | Expresses an action done by its subject. | 1 | |
| 14576939496 | passive voice | The subject of the sentence receives the action. | 2 | |
| 14576940852 | ad hominem | In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." | 3 | |
| 14576940853 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 4 | |
| 14576941379 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 5 | |
| 14576942117 | allude | to refer to casually or indirectly | 6 | |
| 14576943131 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 7 | |
| 14576943863 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 8 | |
| 14576944620 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 9 | |
| 14576944621 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 10 | |
| 14576946461 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 11 | |
| 14576947084 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 12 | |
| 14576947941 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 13 | |
| 14576948590 | assertion | a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief | 14 | |
| 14576948591 | Bias | prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 15 | |
| 14576949002 | cliche | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. | 16 | |
| 14576949514 | common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions. | 17 | |
| 14576950315 | concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 18 | |
| 14576950316 | concrete | existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract. | 19 | |
| 14576951650 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 20 | |
| 14576952301 | contextualize | place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances | 21 | |
| 14576953612 | dangling participle | a participle intended to modify a noun that is not actually present in the text. | 22 | |
| 14576955441 | decorum | proper behavior, good taste; orderliness | 23 | |
| 14576958590 | Deductive | reasoning from general to specific | 24 | |
| 14576960173 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 25 | |
| 14576960731 | dichotomy | Two opposite parts of one whole | 26 | |
| 14576961238 | digression | a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing | 27 | |
| 14576962451 | discredit | to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue | 28 | |
| 14576962452 | distinction | a difference or contrast between similar things or people | 29 | |
| 14576962939 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 30 | |
| 14576963340 | Enumeration | a list of words, phrases or clauses, sometimes numbered or bulleted | 31 | |
| 14576964806 | Euphamism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 32 | |
| 14576973303 | examine | Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue. | 33 | |
| 14576974150 | exemplify | To illustrate by being an example of | 34 | |
| 14576975274 | fallacy | a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument | 35 | |
| 14576975952 | function | the special, normal, or proper activity of an organ or part | 36 | |
| 14576977045 | generalize | general rather than specific; to form a general conclusion | 37 | |
| 14576977872 | homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 38 | |
| 14576978353 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 39 | |
| 14576980025 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 40 | |
| 14576980494 | imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important | 41 | |
| 14576981844 | imply/infer | Imply - to indirectly suggest Infer - to draw a conclusion | 42 | |
| 14576982731 | Inductive | a form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples | 43 | |
| 14576992420 | Interrogative | A sentence that asks a question | 44 | |
| 14576993216 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 45 | |
| 14576993217 | Jargon | nonsensical talk; specialized language | 46 | |
| 14576993688 | justify | show or prove to be right or reasonable | 47 | |
| 14576994536 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 48 | |
| 14576995009 | Linguistuc | relating to language or linguistics | 49 | |
| 14576996651 | loaded diction | Words and/or phrases intended to inspire emotion in the audience | 50 | |
| 14576997336 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 51 | |
| 14576998520 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 52 | |
| 14577000325 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 53 | |
| 14577002902 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 54 | |
| 14577002903 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 55 | |
| 14577003545 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 56 | |
| 14577004158 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 57 | |
| 14577004940 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 58 | |
| 14577006260 | pragmatic | practical, as opposed to idealistic | 59 | |
| 14577021558 | Proofs | used with a statement and supported by a reason | 60 | |
| 14577022573 | Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 61 | |
| 14577023547 | qualify | reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated | 62 | |
| 14577024928 | rationalize | justify; give reason for | 63 | |
| 14577024929 | refute | to prove incorrect | 64 | |
| 14577025719 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 65 | |
| 14577026774 | rhetorical modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 66 | |
| 14577027183 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 67 | |
| 14577027184 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 68 | |
| 14577051410 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 69 | |
| 14577052081 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 70 | |
| 14577052633 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 71 | |
| 14577054149 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 72 | |
| 14577054787 | Theorem | a statement that has been proven | 73 | |
| 14577054788 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 74 | |
| 14577055995 | underscore | to emphasize | 75 | |
| 14577056635 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 76 | |
| 14577057783 | Heresay | information heard by one person about another. Heresay is generally inadmissible as evidence in court because it's not based on personal knowledge. | 77 | |
| 14577058663 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 78 | |
| 14577059741 | Pathos | emotional appeal | 79 | |
| 14577060253 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 80 | |
| 14577060254 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 81 | |
| 14577060722 | phrase | A group of words with a meaning; an expression | 82 | |
| 14577062258 | colon | a statement of proportion between two numbers, or to separate hours from minutes (and minutes from seconds) in a numerical statement of time. | 83 | |
| 14577063912 | semi-colon | a punctuation mark (;) which connects two independent parts of a sentence. | 84 | |
| 14577065371 | hypen | A punctuation mark that is used to connect words or parts of words. | 85 |
