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| 14615600584 | Ad hominem argument | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 0 | |
| 14615600585 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 1 | |
| 14615601487 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 2 | |
| 14615603703 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 3 | |
| 14615604898 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 4 | |
| 14615606290 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause (Fear->anger, anger->hate, hate->suffering) | 5 | |
| 14615608199 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 6 | |
| 14615608759 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. | 7 | |
| 14615609069 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 8 | |
| 14615609758 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 9 | |
| 14615610977 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 10 | |
| 14615611286 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 11 | |
| 14615611572 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 12 | |
| 14615611996 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 13 | |
| 14615612430 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 14 | |
| 14615612685 | colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, colloquialisms give a work a conversational, familiar tone. Colloquial expressions in writing include local or regional dialects. | 15 | |
| 14615613504 | Coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 16 | |
| 14615614144 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 17 | |
| 14615614877 | Connotation | The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 18 | |
| 14615615245 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 19 | |
| 14615615833 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 20 | |
| 14615616335 | Didactic | These works have the primary aim of teaching or intructing, especially moral or ethical priniciples | 21 | |
| 14615618064 | Eupheism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 22 | |
| 14615619481 | Exposition | In essays, one of the four chief types of composition, the others being argumentation, description, and narration. The purpose of this is to explain something. In drama, the this is the introductory material, which creates the tone, gives the setting, and introduces the characters and conflict. | 23 | |
| 14615620874 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 24 | |
| 14615621264 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 25 | |
| 14615621757 | Figure of Speech | a device used to produce figurative language | 26 | |
| 14615622174 | Generic Conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. These help to define each genre; for example, they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 27 | |
| 14615623206 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. | 28 | |
| 14615623335 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 29 | |
| 14615623854 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 30 | |
| 14615624473 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 31 | |
| 14615624739 | Inference/Infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 32 | |
| 14615625008 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 33 | |
| 14615625383 | Irony/Ironic | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 34 | |
| 14615625573 | Juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 35 | |
| 14615625849 | Litotes | a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite | 36 | |
| 14615626403 | Loose Sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 37 | |
| 14615626796 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things (without using like or as) | 38 | |
| 14615627601 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 39 | |
| 14615628807 | Indicative Mood | states a fact or asks a question | 40 | |
| 14615634892 | Subjunctive Mood | This is used to express conditions contrary to the current situation (Like "If I were you, I'd get a job.") | 41 | |
| 14615635983 | Imperative Mood | A Command | 42 | |
| 14615636796 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 43 | |
| 14615637460 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 44 | |
| 14615638307 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 45 | |
| 14615641175 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 46 | |
| 14615643324 | Parallelism | the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 47 | |
| 14615645777 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 48 | |
| 14615646089 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 49 | |
| 14615648486 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The clause is preceded by a phrase that cannot stand alone | 50 | |
| 14615647902 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 51 | |
| 14615646850 | Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told | 52 | |
| 14615651441 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 53 | |
| 14615651682 | Prose | one of the major divisions of genre, thisrefers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms | 54 | |
| 14615655059 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 55 | |
| 14615656032 | Rhetor | The speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test. | 56 | |
| 14615656033 | Rhetoric | the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 57 | |
| 14615657422 | Rhetorical Modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 58 | |
| 14615657955 | Rhetorical Questions | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 59 | |
| 14615657423 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 60 | |
| 14615658500 | Sarcasm | This involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 61 | |
| 14615663482 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 62 | |
| 14615663686 | Style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices, OR, classifying authors to a certain group | 63 | |
| 14615665596 | Subordinate Clause | a clause that cannot stand alone | 64 | |
| 14615666939 | Syllogism | A three-part deductive system of formal logic that presents two premesis | 65 | |
| 14615669165 | Symbols/Symbolism | anything that represents itself and stands for something else | 66 | |
| 14615669544 | Synechdote | using one part of an object to represent the entire object | 67 | |
| 14615669717 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 68 | |
| 14615670462 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life | 69 | |
| 14615670828 | Thesis | the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | 70 | |
| 14615671113 | Tone | The author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both | 71 | |
| 14615675098 | Transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 72 | |
| 14615675318 | Trope | an artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas | 73 | |
| 14615677975 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 74 | |
| 14615678378 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 75 | |
| 14615678894 | Zeugma | A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning (He maintained a businees and his innocence.") | 76 |
