15049696382 | allegory | a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meanings and significance. Often is a universal symbol or personified abstraction. | 0 | |
15049724131 | Cupid portrayed as a chubby angel with a bow and arrows. | allegory | 1 | |
15049696383 | alliteration | The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables. | 2 | |
15049727547 | She sells seashells by the seashore | alliteration | 3 | |
15049696384 | allusion | a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference | 4 | |
15049734627 | One might contrast the life and tribulations of fredrick Douglass to the trials of Job | allusion | 5 | |
15049698057 | anaphora | the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses. | 6 | |
15049745613 | To raise a happy, healthful, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes businesspeople; it takes a community; it takes those who protect or health and safety; it takes all of us | anaphora | 7 | |
15049698058 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 8 | |
15049748289 | Alexander pope reminds us that "to err is unman, to forgive is divine" | antithesis | 9 | |
15049698059 | aphorism | A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief | 10 | |
15049748290 | "spare the rod and spoil the child" | aphorism | 11 | |
15049698060 | apostrophe | the act of addressing some inanimate attraction or person that is not physically present. it often helps the speaker to be able to express his or her thoughts aloud | 12 | |
15049750188 | King lear intones, "Ingratitude! Though marble hearted fiend, more hideous when thou show's thee in a child than the sea-monster" | apostrophe, ingratitude is the personified concept, by addressing the abstract, lear commands a significant rhetorical power | 13 | |
15049701525 | appeals to... authority, emotion, or logic | rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, attempts to play upon emotions or appeals to the use of reason | 14 | |
15049751692 | ethos- authority, ethics pathos- emotion logos- logic | appeals to... authority, emotion, or logic | 15 | |
15049701526 | assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words | 16 | |
15049751693 | she sells sea shells by the sea shore | assonance | 17 | |
15049702567 | asyndeton | A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose | 18 | |
15049754102 | veni, vidi, vici, I came I saw I conquered | asyndeton | 19 | |
15049703980 | attitude | the sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing, the author's feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or theme. May be his or her feelings for the reader | 20 |
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