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| 4084299662 | Ad Hominem | A fallacy that attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 4084299663 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 4084299664 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 4084299665 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another place, idea, or person from history or literature | 3 | |
| 4084299666 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 4084299667 | Analogy | The correspondance or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 4084299668 | Faulty Analogy | poorly devised, inaccurate or illogical comparison | 6 | |
| 4084299669 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 7 | |
| 4084299670 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 8 | |
| 4084299671 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 9 | |
| 4084299672 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle | 10 | |
| 4084299673 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 11 | |
| 4084299674 | Appositive | A word or phrase that follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | 12 | |
| 4084299675 | Asyndeton | When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence | 13 | |
| 4084299676 | Atmosphere (mood) | the emotional feeling of a place, scene, or event | 14 | |
| 4084299677 | Bandwagon Appeals | A fallacy that urges people to follow the same path or accept the same idea based on popular behavior/opinion | 15 | |
| 4084299678 | Begging the Question | A fallacy that assumes as true the very claim that is disputed; a form of circular reasoning that is divorced from reality | 16 | |
| 4084299679 | Caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 17 | |
| 4084299680 | Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 18 | |
| 4084299681 | Coordination | joining one or more equal grammatical units (words, phrases, or clauses) with a coordinating conjunction | 19 | |
| 4084299682 | Contrast | explain differences in two or more items | 20 | |
| 4084299683 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 21 | |
| 4084299684 | Connotation | the interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | 22 | |
| 4084299685 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 23 | |
| 4084299686 | Denotation | The literal, dictionary defined meaning of a word | 24 | |
| 4084299687 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 25 | |
| 4084299688 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | 26 | |
| 4084299689 | Dogmatism | A fallacy that asserts or assumes there is only one solution or direction to go | 27 | |
| 4084299690 | Either-Or Choices | A fallacy that asserts there are only two choices, one positive and one negative | 28 | |
| 4084299691 | Elegy | A work that expresses sorrow | 29 | |
| 4084299692 | Ellipses | indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | 30 | |
| 4084299693 | Equivocation | an argument that gives a lie an honest appearance; a half truth | 31 | |
| 4084299694 | Ethos | Refers to the honesty, credibility, values, intentions and authority of the speaker | 32 | |
| 4084299695 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 33 | |
| 4084299696 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | 34 | |
| 4084299697 | False Authority | A fallacy that offers the speaker/writer's authority as the sole reason for believing a claim | 35 | |
| 4084299698 | Faulty Causality | in Latin "post hoc, ergo propter hoc". A fallacy that assumes one event/action causes another | 36 | |
| 4084299699 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 37 | |
| 4084299700 | Footnotes | numbered references within a work that correspond to numbers at the bottom of the page | 38 | |
| 4084299701 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | 39 | |
| 4084299702 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits (prose, poetry, drama) (fiction etc.) | 40 | |
| 4084299703 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy that assumes as true an inference derived from insuffcient evidence; a stereotype | 41 | |
| 4084299704 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 42 | |
| 4084299705 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 43 | |
| 4084299706 | Inductive Argument | creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | 44 | |
| 4084299707 | Inference/infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 45 | |
| 4084299708 | Invective (tirade, polemic) | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 46 | |
| 4084299709 | Irony | Contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 47 | |
| 4084299710 | Verbal Irony | when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's meaning | 48 | |
| 4084299711 | Situational Irony | when events turn out the opposite of what characters and readers expect | 49 | |
| 4084299712 | Dramatic Irony | when facts or events are known by the audience but not the characters in work | 50 | |
| 4084299713 | Juxtaposition | when two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 51 | |
| 4084299714 | Logos | the use of hard evidence and logicial reasoning as a controlling principle in an argument | 52 | |
| 4084299715 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which two things are compared directly | 53 | |
| 4084299716 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 54 | |
| 4084299717 | Mood (atmosphere) | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | 55 | |
| 4084299718 | Narrative | the telling of a story or an account of an event of series of events | 56 | |
| 4084299719 | Non Sequitur | A fallacy that claims, reasons, or warrants fail to connect or follow each other | 57 | |
| 4084299720 | Onomatopoeia | an effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning; buzz, hiss, hum, crack | 58 | |
| 4084299721 | Oxymoron | two contradictory words in one expression; jumbo shrimp | 59 | |
| 4084299722 | Paradox | a seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 60 | |
| 4084299723 | Parallelism | a literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structure | 61 | |
| 4084299724 | Parenthetical Ideas | A short diversion from the main point of a work | 62 | |
| 4084299725 | Parody | an effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 63 | |
| 4084299726 | Pathos | A sympathetic appeal to pity or compassion used in an argument | 64 | |
| 4084299727 | Pedantic | a tone that is overly academic, scholarly, or bookish | 65 | |
| 4084299728 | Persona | the character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 66 | |
| 4084299729 | Personification | a figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 67 | |
| 4084299730 | Point of View | the particular perspective from which a story is told | 68 | |
| 4084299731 | Pun | a play on words | 69 | |
| 4084299732 | Repetition | the reiteration of a word, phrase, image sound, etc. for emphasis | 70 | |
| 4084299733 | Rhetoric | the art, style and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 71 | |
| 4084299734 | Rhetorical Strategy | the way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 72 | |
| 4084299735 | Rhetorical Devices | the specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, syntax) | 73 | |
| 4084299736 | Rhetorical Question | a question that is asked for the sake of the argument | 74 | |
| 4084299737 | Satire | to ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines while making a clear point (unlike parody) | 75 | |
| 4084299738 | Scare Tactics | a fallacy that over-emphasizes possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood | 76 | |
| 4084299739 | Selection of Detail | the specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative; details may be concrete or abstract | 77 | |
| 4084299740 | Semantics | the branch of language that studies the meaning of words | 78 | |
| 4084299741 | Declarative sentence | assertive- a statement | 79 | |
| 4084299742 | Imperative sentence | auhoritative- command | 80 | |
| 4084299743 | Interrogative sentence | asks a question | 81 | |
| 4084299744 | Exclamatory sentence | expresses emotion | 82 | |
| 4084299745 | Simple Sentence | one subject and one verb | 83 | |
| 4084299746 | Compound Sentence | more than one subject and/or verb (no dependent clauses) | 84 | |
| 4084299747 | Complex Sentence | one independent and one or more dependent clauses | 85 | |
| 4084299748 | Compound-Complex Sentence | two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses | 86 | |
| 4084299749 | Loose (Cumulative) Sentence | subordinate structures after the main subject and verb | 87 | |
| 4084299750 | Periodic (Climactic) Sentence | subordinate structures before the main subject and verb | 88 | |
| 4084299751 | Convoluted sentence | subordinate structures between main subject and verb | 89 | |
| 4084299752 | Sentimental Appeals | a fallacy that uses tender, heartwarming emotions excessively to distract readers from facts | 90 | |
| 4084299753 | Simile | a figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 91 | |
| 4084299754 | Slippery Slope | a fallacy that portrays a small problem as tomorrow's slide into disaster | 92 | |
| 4084299755 | Speaker | the narrator of a story, poem, or drama | 93 | |
| 4084299756 | Straw man | a fallacy that attacks an argument that really isn't there or isn't the real issue at hand | 94 | |
| 4084299757 | Subordination | joining two or more unequal grammatical units (words, phrases, or clauses) with a subordinating conjunction | 95 | |
| 4084299758 | Syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 96 | |
| 4084299759 | Symbol | something that represents something else | 97 | |
| 4084299760 | Synonym | a word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word | 98 | |
| 4084299761 | Syntax | the way words are arranged in a sentence | 99 | |
| 4084299762 | Tension | a feeling of excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work | 100 | |
| 4084299763 | Theme | the central idea | 101 | |
| 4084299764 | Tone | Author's attitude | 102 | |
| 4084299765 | Transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 103 | |
| 4084299766 | Understatement | when an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | 104 |
