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| 7183901843 | ALLITERATION | The repetition of the same consonant or vowel sound at the beginning of several closely placed words. The sound can also be included within the words as well as at the beginning. | 0 | |
| 7183903872 | ALLITERATION | The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees. | 1 | |
| 7183904197 | ALLUSION | A brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object. | 2 | |
| 7183905757 | ALLUSION | No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; | 3 | |
| 7183906658 | ANAPHORA | The repetition of a word or several words at the beginning of several consecutive phrases or clauses. | 4 | |
| 7183907586 | ANAPHORA | We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. | 5 | |
| 7183908315 | ANTITHESIS | The contrasting of opposite ideas in a phrase or clause, usually in parallel structure. | 6 | |
| 7183909082 | ANTITHESIS | Give every man they ear, but few thy voice. | 7 | |
| 7183909592 | ASSONANCE | The use of the same or similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of several closely placed words that end with different consonant sounds. | 8 | |
| 7183910267 | ASSONANCE | Hear the mellow wedding bells. | 9 | |
| 7183911137 | CONNOTATION | Any meaning a word conveys, emotional or social, that is in addition to its official meaning. The additional meaning may be personal, limited to a group, or universal. (Don't confuse this with slang, when a word takes on an entirely new meaning in informal speaking). | 10 | |
| 7183912568 | CONNOTATION | He was a zealous promoter of the cause. He was a fanatical promoter of the cause. Zealous thought of as positive. Fanatical thought of as negative. (giggle, chuckle, chortle, guffaw). | 11 | |
| 7183916044 | DICTION | The author's choice and use of words in a text. This is roughly analogous to word choice. | 12 | |
| 7183916784 | DENOTATION | The formal or official meaning of a word, separate from any other associations or acquired meanings. | 13 | |
| 7183917412 | EPISTROPHE | The repetition of a word or several words at the end of several consecutive phrases or clauses. | 14 | |
| 7183919858 | EPISTROPHE | "... and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." | 15 | |
| 7183920522 | ETHOS | A rhetorical strategy in which the speaker or writer relies on his or her experience, expertise, or character to persuade or influence the audience. | 16 | |
| 7183921646 | FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | The use of language in a non-literal, non-normative way. Figurative language includes things such as metaphors, smilies, hyperboles, and synecdoche, among others. | 17 | |
| 7183923156 | HYPERBOLE | An exaggeration to amuse, or to reinforce or intensify an idea or image. | 18 | |
| 7183923650 | HYPERBOLE | You should study this list of terms at least a million times to make sure you know each one well. | 19 | |
| 7183927093 | IMAGE | A description of an experience, object, or person using sensory details, usually more than one. Images are sometimes called concrete details. They are the building blocks of poetry. | 20 | |
| 7183927794 | IMAGE | Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest. | 21 | |
| 7183931021 | ISOCOLON | A form of parallel structure in which each grammatically parallel part of a phrase or clause also the same length. | 22 | |
| 7183937218 | ISOCOLON | With malice toward none, with charity for all | 23 | |
| 7183939807 | IRONY | When reality is different from what it appears to be or what is anticipated. | 24 | |
| 7183940231 | VERBAL IRONY | Much like sarcasm, when what is said differs from what is actually meant, but usually not as harsh or abrasive. | 25 | |
| 7183940915 | SITUATIONAL IRONY | When an event occurs which is opposite from or opposed to what was expected. | 26 | |
| 7183941911 | DRAMATIC IRONY | When the reader or viewer of a text or performance knows something that the characters themselves do not. | 27 | |
| 7183942193 | JUXTAPOSITION | The placement of two ideas or things next to each other to create a contrast between them. Antithesis is a subset of juxtaposition, limited to contrasting opposites. | 28 | |
| 7183943270 | LOGOS | A rhetorical strategy in which the speaker or writer relies on the clear presentation of logic, facts, reasoning, etc. to persuade or influence the audience. | 29 | |
| 7183945612 | LITOTES | An understatement to amuse, or to reinforce or intensify an idea or image. | 30 | |
| 7183945982 | LITOTES | It takes at least a day or two to become an excellent writer. | 31 | |
| 7183947820 | METONYMY | A type of metaphor in which something closely related to a second thing is substituted for the second thing. | 32 | |
| 7183948248 | METONYMY | "The Pentagon released a statement today about national security." A building cannot release a statement; the Pentagon is a building closely associated with the leaders of the armed forces and stands in their place to represent them. | 33 | |
| 7183949603 | METAPHOR | Comparing things without like or as | 34 | |
| 7183950935 | ONOMATOPOEIA | Words that sound the same as the things they mean. "Buzz, snap, hiss, sizzle." | 35 | |
| 7183951484 | PATHOS | The speaker or writer relies on the use of emotion to persuade or influence the audience. | 36 | |
| 7183952112 | PERSONIFICATION | Giving human attributes to inhuman things. | 37 | |
| 7183952512 | POLYPTOTON | The repetition of a different form of the same word in a phrase or clause. | 38 | |
| 7183953118 | POLYPTOTON | The Greeks are strong, and skillful to their strength, fierce to their skill, and to their fierceness valiant. | 39 | |
| 7183954253 | RHETORIC | The effective and skillful use of language to accomplish a purpose, often a persuasive one. | 40 | |
| 7183954747 | SIMILIE | Comparing things using like, than, or as | 41 | |
| 7183955735 | SYMBOL | Something that is itself but can also represent and stand from something else. | 42 | |
| 7183956120 | SYNECDOCHE | A type of metaphor in which a part of the whole is substituted for the whole itself. | 43 | |
| 7183956789 | SYNECDOCHE | He's got a nice set of wheels. The speaker is referring to the car as a whole and not the wheels themselves. | 44 | |
| 7183958252 | SYNTAX | The way an author arranges words and phrases to create sentences. | 45 | |
| 7183958427 | THEME | The author's message or commentary about life that applies to everyone based on the text. (Declarative). (Moral is imperative). | 46 | |
| 7183959130 | TONE | The author's attitude towards his/her subject as expressed to the reader. Revealed through diction, syntax, imagery, and the information given throughout the exposition. | 47 |
