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| 14567313788 | abstract language | Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places | 0 | |
| 14567315218 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 1 | |
| 14567316677 | allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 2 | |
| 14567318486 | alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 3 | |
| 14567319088 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 4 | |
| 14567319864 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 5 | |
| 14567324280 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 6 | |
| 14567325096 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 7 | |
| 14567335173 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 8 | |
| 14567335174 | annotation | Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data. | 9 | |
| 14567336016 | antecedent | a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another | 10 | |
| 14567337286 | antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast in a balanced sentence | 11 | |
| 14567341177 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 12 | |
| 14567341592 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 13 | |
| 14567342552 | Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words | 14 | |
| 14567346576 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 15 | |
| 14567348186 | Balance | made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure, as in the advertising slogan for KFC: "Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun." | 16 | |
| 14567354038 | begging the question | Often called circular reasoning, occurs when the believability of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim. | 17 | |
| 14567358387 | cacophany | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 18 | |
| 14567359896 | causal relationships | relationships in which a condition or variable leads to a certain consequence | 19 | |
| 14567360791 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 20 | |
| 14567363630 | Citation/Documentation | Reference to the original source of information | 21 | |
| 14567363631 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 22 | |
| 14567364517 | Colloquiallism | normal speech, a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. | 23 | |
| 14567367685 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 24 | |
| 14567369393 | Concrete Language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | 25 | |
| 14567369394 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 26 | |
| 14567370805 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 27 | |
| 14569943988 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 28 | |
| 14569945357 | deduction | reasoning down from principles | 29 | |
| 14569945875 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 30 | |
| 14569945876 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 31 | |
| 14569946615 | didactic | instructive | 32 | |
| 14569948091 | either/or reasoning | An argument that something complex can be looked at in only two different ways | 33 | |
| 14569948575 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 34 | |
| 14569949052 | Elliptical Sentence | sequence of words in which some words have been omitted | 35 | |
| 14569949465 | emotional appeal (pathos) | When a writer appeals to readers' emotions (often through pathos) to excite and involve them in the argument. | 36 | |
| 14569949649 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 37 | |
| 14569951546 | euphony | pleasant sound | 38 | |
| 14569951934 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 39 | |
| 14569952189 | False Analogy | When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them. | 40 | |
| 14569952888 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 41 | |
| 14569954353 | Generalization | A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person | 42 | |
| 14569955135 | homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 43 | |
| 14569955390 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 44 | |
| 14569956359 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 45 | |
| 14569956360 | Induction | the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization; factual reasoning | 46 | |
| 14569958195 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 47 | |
| 14569958869 | inverted sentence | a sentence in a normally subject-first language in which the predicate (verb) comes before the subject (noun) | 48 | |
| 14569959140 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 49 | |
| 14569959540 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant; sarcasm | 50 | |
| 14569962976 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 51 | |
| 14569963513 | situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. | 52 | |
| 14569963790 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 53 | |
| 14569964017 | logic | Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity | 54 | |
| 14569964233 | logical appeal (logos) | When a writer tries to persuade the audience based on statistics, facts, and reasons. The process of reasoning | 55 | |
| 14569965140 | logical fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid | 56 | |
| 14569965141 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 57 | |
| 14569965349 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 58 | |
| 14569965755 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 59 | |
| 14569966084 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 60 | |
| 14569967369 | non sequitur | A statement that does not follow logically from evidence | 61 | |
| 14569968450 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 62 | |
| 14569968451 | Oversimplification | When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument | 63 | |
| 14569968804 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 64 | |
| 14569969251 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 65 | |
| 14569970612 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 66 | |
| 14569973260 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 67 | |
| 14569973262 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 68 | |
| 14569974180 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 69 | |
| 14569974616 | periodic/loose sentence | Sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements. | 70 | |
| 14569975202 | Persona | a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes | 71 | |
| 14569976068 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 72 | |
| 14569986884 | Persuasion | the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions | 73 | |
| 14569988556 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | 74 | |
| 14569988898 | third person limited | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | 75 | |
| 14569989766 | third person omniscient | the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work | 76 | |
| 14569990265 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 77 | |
| 14569990618 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | after this, therefore because of this | 78 | |
| 14569990619 | Red Herring | A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion | 79 | |
| 14569991024 | Refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 80 | |
| 14569993460 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 81 | |
| 14569994837 | Rhetoric | the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 82 | |
| 14569996861 | rhetorical modes | exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 83 | |
| 14569996862 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 84 | |
| 14569998495 | Argumentation | writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation | 85 | |
| 14569998878 | description | a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event | 86 | |
| 14569999265 | Narration | writing that tells a story | 87 | |
| 14570001234 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 88 | |
| 14570001619 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 89 | |
| 14570002141 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 90 | |
| 14570004559 | sentence structures | simple, compound, complex, compound-complex | 91 | |
| 14570004560 | simple sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 92 | |
| 14570004900 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 93 | |
| 14570005246 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 94 | |
| 14570005783 | compound-complex sentence | at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses | 95 | |
| 14570006026 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 96 | |
| 14570006478 | Straw Man | A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea. | 97 | |
| 14570006848 | Style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 98 | |
| 14570007333 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 99 | |
| 14570007633 | Symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. | 100 | |
| 14570008361 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 101 | |
| 14570008362 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 102 | |
| 14570008726 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 103 | |
| 14570008727 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 104 | |
| 14570009486 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 105 | |
| 14570009645 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 106 | |
| 14570010261 | Tricolon | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses. | 107 | |
| 14570010680 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 108 | |
| 14570010681 | voice | active, passive | 109 | |
| 14570013020 | active voice | Expresses an action done by its subject. | 110 | |
| 14570013499 | passive voice | The subject of the sentence receives the action. | 111 |
