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| 3710597098 | Ad Hominem | To attack or cast doubt on your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument. Ex: "Many Islamic countries claim that the American media wants to control the minds of their people." | 0 | |
| 3710601606 | Analogy | a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity. You cannot assume that one similar trait makes all things similar. Ex: "The structure of an atom is like a solar system. The Nucleus is the sun and the electrons are the planets revolving around their sun." | 1 | |
| 3710605862 | Euphemism | a polite, indirect expression which replaces words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant. Ex: Saying "passed away" instead of died. "Correctional facility" instead of "jail". "On the streets" instead of "homeless" | 2 | |
| 3710607838 | Figure of Speech | an expression in which the words are not used in their literal sense. Common types include metaphors, similes, idioms, personification, hyperbole, and euphemisms. Ex: This bedroom is a prison. She sings like an angel. The tide waits for no man. I have a million problems. Be careful not to miss the boat. | 3 | |
| 3710611335 | Idiom | a commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. Ex: This is the last straw. You can't pull the wool over my eyes. | 4 | |
| 3710614994 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. Ex: Let me give you a hand (hand means help) | 5 | |
| 3710617751 | Synecdoche | a literary device which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Ex: The term "coke" is a common synecdoche for all carbonated drinks (coke is a type of drink) The term "wheels" can refer to an entire car (the wheel is a part of the car) | 6 | |
| 3710621846 | Paradox | contrary to expectations, existing belief, or perceived opinion. It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. Ex: Your enemy's friend is your enemy I am nobody | 7 | |
| 3710634886 | Nominatives | The nominative case is the case used for a noun or pronoun which is the subject of a verb. Ex: Mark eats the Cake. He eats the cakes. They eat cakes. | 8 | |
| 3710636054 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical (poetic) structure. This applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry. Ex: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." | 9 | |
| 3710643624 | Subject complement | a word or phrase that follows a linking verb (joins subject of a sentence to a word or phrase that tells something about the subject) and describes or renames the subject of the sentence. Ex: The light in the chapel was warm and soft (warm and soft are complements). | 10 | |
| 3710648682 | Understatement | A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. Ex: "he is not too thin" while describing an obese person. | 11 | |
| 3710656387 | Aphorism | a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. The term is often applied to philosophical, moral, and literary principles. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. | 12 | |
| 3710660066 | Connotation | a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Ex: A dove implies peace or gentility. Home suggests family, comfort and security. | 13 | |
| 3710662210 | Antecendent | an earlier clause, phrase or word to which a pronoun, another word or a noun refers back to. Ex: "While giving treats to children or friends, offer them whatever they like." (Children and friends are antecedents. They is the pronoun) | 14 | |
| 3710665557 | Conceity | a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. Conceit develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is, nonetheless, intellectually imaginative. Ex: Love is like an oil change. The broken heart is a damaged china pot. | 15 | |
| 3710669697 | Extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph. | 16 | |
| 3710671369 | Allegory | A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events. An allegory is a complete narrative which involves characters, and events that stand for an abstract idea or event as opposed to a symbol which is an object that stands for another object giving it a particular meaning (symbolism does not tell a story). Ex: The lord of the flies because it symbolizes the innate evil in all humans. | 17 | |
| 3710673263 | Generic conventions | traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre. Basically the things that are done to define a genre. | 18 | |
| 3710680049 | Inference | a logical deduction made based on premises assumed to be true (information presented). Ex: "it was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off the grass, and the holocaust was complete." (Gatsby is dead) | 19 | |
| 3710690938 | Subordinate clause (dependent clause) | a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought. Ex: "She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit" (which is a serviceable substitute for wit is subordinate). | 20 | |
| 3710697940 | Expository or Argumentative Style | Subject-oriented style. The focus is to tell the readers about a specific subject or topic and in the end the author leaves out his own opinion about that topic. | 21 | |
| 3710700837 | Alliteration | a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. Ex: But a better butter makes a batter better | 22 | |
| 3710708741 | Denotation | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. Ex: A dove is a bird, but it represents love. (dove is the denotation). | 23 | |
| 3710713324 | Assonance | takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. Ex: "Men sell the wedding bells" (same vowel sound of short vowel "e" repeats itself in almost all the words. | 24 | |
| 3710728767 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect. Ex: "This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, this nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, this land of such dear souls, this dear dear land" (this is repeated). | 25 | |
| 3710734192 | Tautology | a repetitive use of phrases or words which have similar meanings. Expressing the same thing, an idea or saying two or more times. Ex: your acting is completely devoid of emotion (devoid is completely empty (Completely repeated). | 26 | |
| 3710741566 | Pedantic | Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory | 27 | |
| 3710752537 | Satire | a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule. Ex: "That for above seventy Moons past there have been two struggling Parties in this Empire, under the Names of Tramecksan and Slamecksan from the high and low heels of their shoes, buy which they distinguish themselves." (Satirizes minor disputes of the two English parties of his period). | 28 | |
| 3710756332 | Allusion | a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text. Ex: "The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora's box of crimes" | 29 | |
| 3710760694 | Periodic sentences | a sentence which has been deliberately structured to palce the main point at the end. Dependent clauses with an independent clause at the end. Ex: Despite the blinding snow, the freezing temperatures, and the heightened threat of attack from polar bears, the team continued (team continued is independent clause). | 30 | |
| 3710775996 | Syllogism | a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this draws a conclusion about something more specific. Ex: All dogs have four legs. Rover is a dog. Rover has four legs. | 31 | |
| 3710822213 | Ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. Ambiguous words or statements lead to vagueness and confusion, and shape the basis for instance of unintentional humor. Ex: A good life depends on a liver (liver may be an organ or a living person) Each of us saw her duck (could be animal or action) | 32 | |
| 3710827025 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. Ex: Open secret | 33 |
