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| 6504323915 | ad hominem argument | From Latin meaning "to or against the man," this is an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect. | 0 | |
| 6504329723 | allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some allegories, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The allegorical meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence. | 1 | |
| 6504341495 | alliteration | the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells"). The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, and/or supple a musical sound. | 2 | |
| 6504354297 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art, Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, or mythical. There are, or course, many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. | 3 | |
| 6504362931 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 4 | |
| 6504364771 | analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with, or pointing out its similarity to, something more familiar. Analogies can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, and intellectually engaging. | 5 | |
| 6504373582 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 6 | |
| 6504376100 | Antithesis | A figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. The resulting parallelism serve to emphasize opposition of ideas. | 7 | |
| 6517504155 | aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle. (If authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb.) An aphorism can be a memorable summation of the author's point. | 8 | |
| 6517508584 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. | 9 | |
| 6517513861 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the setting and the author's choice of objects to describe (same as mood) | 10 | |
| 6517517934 | caricature | A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. | 11 | |
| 6517522094 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech based on inverted parallelism. | 12 | |
| 6517524000 | clause | contains a subject and verb | 13 | |
| 6517524460 | colloquialism | slang | 14 | |
| 6517525131 | conceit | a fanciful expression; extended metaphor; comparing dissimilar objects | 15 | |
| 6517526637 | connotation | suggested meaning, implied meaning, associative meaning of a word | 16 | |
| 6517528266 | diction | word choice | 17 | |
| 6517528267 | denotation | literal meaning of a word | 18 | |
| 6517528772 | didactic | means "instructive" Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 19 | |
| 6517531829 | euphemism | From greek, "good speech." Euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. (instead of "the dog died" ---> "the dog passed away") | 20 | |
| 6517536127 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in a or throughout a work | 21 | |
| 6517538746 | generic conventions | this term describes traditions for each genre. | 22 | |
| 7056299593 | SIGNED BY TUTOR HANG 6/16 | 23 |
