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| 14679175371 | abstract | refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images ( ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places). The observable or "physical" is usually described in concrete language. | 0 | |
| 14679177203 | allegory | an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric. | 1 | |
| 14679179334 | anecdote | a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point. | 2 | |
| 14679181790 | annotation | Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data. | 3 | |
| 14679184514 | Antithesis | The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. | 4 | |
| 14679209331 | Aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life | 5 | |
| 14679209332 | Apostrophe | usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction | 6 | |
| 14679211178 | Argumentation | writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation | 7 | |
| 14679211179 | cacophony; dissonance | harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony. | 8 | |
| 14679217541 | caricature | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance or a facet of personality. | 9 | |
| 14679219874 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y'all, ain't) | 10 | |
| 14679221438 | Coherence; Unity | quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme, or organizing principle | 11 | |
| 14679223246 | Concrete Language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | 12 | |
| 14679224639 | Connotation | implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind. | 13 | |
| 14679224640 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 14 | |
| 14679226880 | conundrum | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; it may also be a paradox or difficult problem | 15 | |
| 14679228837 | deduction | the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 16 | |
| 14679269490 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 17 | |
| 14679348395 | description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse | 18 | |
| 14679348396 | Diction | word choice, an element of style; it creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning. An essay written in academic ______ would be much less colorful, but perhaps more precise than street slang. | 19 | |
| 14679364367 | didactic | writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. A didactic work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. Didactic writing may be fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | 20 | |
| 14679364368 | discourse | spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion. | 21 | |
| 14679370107 | emotional appeal (pathos) | When a writer appeals to readers' emotions (often through pathos) to excite and involve them in the argument. | 22 | |
| 14679370108 | Epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme | 23 | |
| 14679372607 | ethical appeal (ethos) | When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in ethical appeal, but in all cases the aim is to gain the audience's confidence. | 24 | |
| 14679372608 | Euphemism | a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable | 25 | |
| 14679374686 | euphony | a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony | 26 | |
| 14679374687 | example | an individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern | 27 | |
| 14679377165 | explication | The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. It usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. | 28 | |
| 14679377166 | Exposition | the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot; also, explanation; one of the four modes of discourse | 29 | |
| 14679380429 | Generalization | When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable. Sweeping generalizations occur when a writer asserts that a claim applies to all instances instead of some. | 30 | |
| 14679386972 | Genre | a type of literary work, such as a novel or poem; there are also subgenres, such as science fiction or sonnet, within the larger genres | 31 | |
| 14679386973 | humor | anything that causes laughter or amusement; up until the end of the Renaissance, humor meant a person's temperament | 32 | |
| 14679388554 | Hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 33 | |
| 14679388555 | image | A word or words, either figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the sense. An image is always a concrete representation. | 34 | |
| 14679390035 | Imagery | words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture | 35 | |
| 14679390036 | Induction | the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization | 36 | |
| 14679391716 | Inference | A conclusion one can draw from the presented details. | 37 | |
| 14679391717 | invective | a verbally abusive attack | 38 | |
| 14679393684 | Inversion/Anastrophe | reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then complement) order of elements in a sentence or phrase; it is used effectively in many cases, such as posing a question: "Are you going to the store?" Usually, the element that appears first is emphasized more than the subject. | 39 | |
| 14679395554 | Jargon | the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession | 40 | |
| 14679395555 | logical appeal (logos) | When a writer tries to persuade the audience based on statistics, facts, and reasons. The process of reasoning | 41 | |
| 14679397406 | lyrical | Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination. | 42 | |
| 14679397407 | Mode | the method or form of a literary work; the manner in which a work of literature is written | 43 | |
| 14679398548 | Mood | similar to tone, it is the primary emotional attitude of a work (the feeling of the work; the atmosphere). Syntax is also a determiner of this term because sentence strength, length, and complexity affect pacing. | 44 | |
| 14679400296 | Narration | the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse | 45 | |
| 14679400297 | Objectivity | an impersonal presentation of events and characters. It is a writer's attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story. Hard news journalism is frequently prized for its objectivity, although even fictional stories can be told without a writer rendering personal judgment. | 46 | |
| 14679402013 | Oversimplification | When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument | 47 | |
| 14679402014 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 48 | |
| 14679403367 | Pacing | the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another | 49 | |
| 14679403368 | Parable | a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory | 50 | |
| 14679407883 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 51 | |
| 14679407884 | Parallelism | the technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form | 52 | |
| 14679414925 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 53 | |
| 14679414926 | Pathetic Appeal; Pathos | When a writer tries to persuade the audience by appealing to their emotions. The aspects of a literary work that elicit sorrow or pity from the audience. An appeal to emotion that can be used as a means to persuade. Over-emotionalism can be the result of an excess of pathos. | 54 | |
| 14679417954 | pedantic | a term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing. It is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult and distant | 55 | |
| 14679417955 | Persuasion | a form of argumentation, one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or emotion. | 56 | |
| 14679420374 | Regionalism | an element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot | 57 | |
| 14679422524 | Repetition | Word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity | 58 | |
| 14679424473 | rhetorical modes | exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 59 | |
| 14679426266 | rhetorical question | one that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience. | 60 | |
| 14679428044 | Sarcasm | harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone; less subtle than irony | 61 | |
| 14679428045 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals. | 62 | |
| 14679429799 | Speaker | the voice of a work; an author may speak as himself or herself or as a fictitious persona | 63 | |
| 14679429800 | stereotype | a character who represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group and who lacks individuality; a conventional patter, expression or idea. | 64 | |
| 14679431307 | Style | an author's characteristic manner of expression - his or her diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to style | 65 | |
| 14679431308 | Subjectivity | a personal presentation of evens and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions | 66 | |
| 14679433050 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 67 | |
| 14679433051 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 68 | |
| 14679437847 | Syntactic Fluency | Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length. | 69 | |
| 14679439136 | Syntactic Permutation | Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. Often difficult for a reader to follow. | 70 | |
| 14679441189 | Syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | 71 | |
| 14679441190 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life | 72 | |
| 14679442277 | Thesis | the main idea of a piece of writing. It presents the author's assertion or claim. The effectiveness of a presentation is often based on how well the writer presents, develops, and supports this. | 73 | |
| 14679442278 | Tone | the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience (anger, sarcastic, loving, didactic, emotional, etc.) | 74 | |
| 14679444225 | transition | A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph | 75 | |
| 14679444226 | Understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 76 | |
| 14679444780 | voice | refers to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive voice). The second refers to the total "sound" of a writer's style. | 77 |
