5089332342 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence. | 0 | |
5089332343 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person, event, or place( real or fictitious) or to a work of art. | 1 | |
5089332344 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses, or lines. | 2 | |
5089332345 | Annotation | The taking of notes directly on a text. | 3 | |
5089332346 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order. | 4 | |
5089332347 | Antithesis | Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction. | 5 | |
5089407141 | Archaic Diction | Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words. | 6 | |
5089407142 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. | 7 | |
5089407143 | Colloquialisms | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary typically one used in ordinary of familiar conversation. | 8 | |
5089407144 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least on dependent clause. | 9 | |
5089407145 | Cumulative(loose sentence) | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on. | 10 | |
5089407146 | Declarative | Of the nature of or making a declaration. | 11 | |
5089596916 | Diction | A speakers choice of words, analysis of diction looks at theses choices and what they add to the speakers message. | 12 | |
5089596917 | Figures of speech | Nonliteral language, sometimes referred to as ropes or metaphorical language, often evoking strong imagery. Often compares one thing to another. | 13 | |
5089596918 | Hortative/ Hortatory | 14 | ||
5089596919 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis is or the produce a comic or ironic effect, an overstatement to make a point. | 15 | |
5089596920 | Imagery | A description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells or sounds. Imagery may use literal or figurative language to appeal to the senses. | 16 | |
5089596921 | Imperative sentence | Sentence used to command or enjoin. | 17 |
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