Terms : Hide Images
| 3547982680 | Alliteration | repetition of the initial sound | 0 | |
| 3547987689 | Allusion | reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing. | 1 | |
| 3547992955 | Anadiplosis | the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. | 2 | |
| 3547996982 | Anaphora | repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
| 3548001566 | Anastrophe | the use of inverted or unusual word order for emphasis | 4 | |
| 3548007475 | Anthimeria | the substitution of one part of speech for another for emphasis | 5 | |
| 3548011201 | Antithesis | juxtaposition of balanced contrasting ideas for rhetorical effectiveness; sometimes written in a "not X, but Y" format | 6 | |
| 3548021254 | Asyndeton | a deliberate lack of conjunctions between parallel clauses | 7 | |
| 3548027960 | Caesura | a break in the flow, often signaled by a dash or parentheses, used for effect (which may include a tone shift) | 8 | |
| 3548036865 | Chiasmus | a type of antithesis in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the same words in a different order. | 9 | |
| 3548044956 | Colloquialism | a term identifying the diction of common, ordinary folks, especially in specific regions; not accepted as proper usage in formal speech or writing; local or regional dialect; slang | 10 | |
| 3548055527 | Connotation | the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase, as distinguished from denotation | 11 | |
| 3548061096 | Denotation | the dictionary definition(s) of a word | 12 | |
| 3548064960 | Diction | word choice used for stylistic effect; repeated words may be especially important; (always look for shifts) | 13 | |
| 3548072338 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses | 14 | |
| 3548076252 | Euphemism | the substitution of an inoffensive expression for one the may offend | 15 | |
| 3548081178 | Hyperbole | a deliberate and often outrageous exaggeration, used for serious or comic effect | 16 | |
| 3548085993 | Idiom | a grammatical construction or expression peculiar to a given language; doesn't translate easily | 17 | |
| 3548090947 | Imagery | language that appeals to all of the senses | 18 | |
| 3548092941 | Verbal Irony | is the result of a statement saying one thing while meaning the opposite. Its purpose is usually to criticize. | 19 | |
| 3548108140 | Situational Irony | occurs when a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect, though often the twist is oddly appropriate | 20 | |
| 3548116157 | Dramatic Irony | occurs when facts or situations are known to the reader or audience but not to characters. | 21 | |
| 3548120725 | Juxtaposition | placing unassociated ideas, words, or phrases next to each other for rhetorical effect, usually employing antithesis | 22 | |
| 3548134562 | Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as | 23 | |
| 3548139256 | Metonymy | an entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations | 24 | |
| 3548146056 | Oxymoron | a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression | 25 | |
| 3548150333 | Paradox | a statement that contradicts itself and may seem almost absurd, but it turns out to have a coherent meaning and reveals a truth that is normally hidden | 26 | |
| 3548157627 | Parallelism | structural arrangement of parts of a sentence, sentences, paragraphs, and larger units of composition by which elements of equal importance are similarly phrased; creates balance between parts, grammatically and rhetorically | 27 | |
| 3548174363 | Parody | a composition imitating another usually serious work, in order to ridicule or criticize | 28 | |
| 3548180095 | Persona | the character that a writer or speaker conveys to an audience | 29 | |
| 3548187017 | Personification | gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics | 30 | |
| 3548191643 | Point of View | the mode or perspective established by an author | 31 | |
| 3548196506 | Polysyndeton | sentence with multiple conjunctions used for effect, often adding to the weight of meaning | 32 | |
| 3548202821 | Prose | the ordinary form of written language, without metrical structure, in contrast to poetry | 33 | |
| 3548208920 | Pun | a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings | 34 | |
| 3548212965 | Rhetoric | the art of persuasion; the art of analyzing the many choices involving language that makes a text clear, meaningful, convincing, and effective | 35 | |
| 3548223279 | Rhetorical Question | posed for its rhetorical effect; not intending a reply | 36 | |
| 3548228776 | Sarcasm | the use of mockery or bitter irony in which apparent praise is actually critical. | 37 | |
| 3548235007 | Satire | a literary work that holds up human feelings to ridicule and censure | 38 | |
| 3548238879 | Decarative Sentence | makes a statement | 39 | |
| 3548246450 | Imperative Sentence | gives a command | 40 | |
| 3548249215 | Interrogative Sentence | asks a question | 41 | |
| 3548251160 | Exclamatory Sentence | makes an exclamation | 42 | |
| 3548256477 | Conditional Sentence | poses a dilemma | 43 | |
| 3548260201 | Loose Sentence | contains details added immediately at the end of the basic sentence | 44 | |
| 3548262803 | Periodic Sentence | contains details placed wither before the basic sentence elements or in the middle of them | 45 | |
| 3548269504 | Simile | a comparison of unlike things using like or as | 46 | |
| 3548271156 | Style | this encompasses everything pertaining to the way in which one writes; the choice and arrangement of words in a manner which at once best expresses the individuality of the author and the idea and interests in her mind; encompasses diction, syntax, figurative language, tone and structure | 47 | |
| 3548292217 | Symbol | something which is itself and yet stands for something else | 48 | |
| 3548296458 | Synaesthesia | concurrent response of two or more of the senses | 49 | |
| 3548300729 | Syntax | the way words are strung together for effect; the use of grammatical elements such as punctuation, clauses, phrase or the use of syntactical constructions such as parallelism, antithesis, anaphora, anadiplosis, chiasmus... | 50 | |
| 3548323778 | Tone | the implied attitude of the author; you must use clear, descriptive adjectives to describe tone | 51 | |
| 3548331126 | Tricolon | three parallel elements of the same length occurring together in a series | 52 | |
| 3548336320 | Understatement | the opposite of hyperbole; a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is | 53 | |
| 3548346160 | Zeugma | technique of using one word to yoke two or more others for ironic or amusing effect | 54 |
