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| 3756423076 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. She sells sea shells. | 0 | |
| 3756428319 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is commonly known, such as an event or book. | 1 | |
| 3756437089 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentionally or unintentionally, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 2 | |
| 3756485654 | Analogy | Similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 3 | |
| 3756492817 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 4 | |
| 3756498939 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 5 | |
| 3756507085 | Conceit | Fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 6 | |
| 3756509953 | Denotation | Definition. | 7 | |
| 3756511379 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to choices of words, especially with regard to their correct mess, clearness, or effectiveness. | 8 | |
| 3756528988 | Didactic | Teaching. These words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing morrow or ethic principles. | 9 | |
| 3756536144 | Euphemism | Good speech. More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. Ex: earthly remains rather then saying a corpse. | 10 | |
| 3756542386 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figured it's language. Many compared to similar things. Usually include', hyperbole, irony, or a metaphor. | 11 | |
| 3756546072 | Genre | Major category in which a literary work fits. | 12 | |
| 3756550204 | Homily | Sermon. It can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 13 | |
| 3756552340 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Often have a comic effect however it's serious effect is also possible. Opposite= understatement. | 14 | |
| 3756560464 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse a motion, or represent abstractions. | 15 | |
| 3756566597 | Inference | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. | 16 | |
| 3756568179 | Invective | Any motional he violent, verbal denunciation or attack you some strong, abusive language. | 17 | |
| 3756570795 | Irony | A contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. Verbal- when the words literally say the opposite of the writers meaning. Situational- when events turn out the opposite of what was expected. When the characters and Raiders think I want to happen is not what actually happens. Dramatic- when faxed over events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction, but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work. | 18 | |
| 3756591309 | Loose sentence or non-- periodic sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea or independent clause comes first, followed by a Dependent grammatical unit such as a phrase or a clause. | 19 | |
| 3756598060 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. Metaphorical language makes writing more vivid and imaginative. | 20 | |
| 3756604566 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional are of a work. Setting, tone, and events can affect the mood. Similar to tone. | 21 | |
| 3756611307 | Oxymoron | Figure of speech where in the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Ex: cruel kindness. | 22 | |
| 3756615579 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self contradictory or post to commonsense, but upon closer inspection contain some degree of truth or validity. | 23 | |
| 3756619520 | Parallelism | It refers to the grammatical oratorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to get structural similarity. Repetition of grammatical elements. | 24 | |
| 3756625900 | Parody | A word that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect or ridicule. It exploits impurities of an author's expression. | 25 | |
| 3756635719 | Pedantic | And attitudes that describes words, phrases, or general tone is overly scholarly or academic. | 26 | |
| 3756644108 | Periodic sentence | The opposite of a loose sentence. It presents central meaning and a main clause at the end. It can not stand alone. Aims to add emphasis in structural variety. | 27 | |
| 3756649087 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. Personification is used to make these obstructions appear more vivid to the reader. | 28 | |
| 3756654802 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, pro surfers to fiction and nonfiction, including all it's forms. And pros, the printer determines the length of a line. And poetry, the poet determines the length of line. | 29 | |
| 3756661676 | Repetition | Duplication of any element of language. Sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern is included. | 30 | |
| 3756667070 | Rhetoric modes | The variety, the conventions, in the purposes of the major kinds of writing. The four most common rhetorical modes are: the purpose of exposition, the purpose of argumentation, the purpose of description, and the purpose of narration. | 31 | |
| 3756671100 | Sarcasm | Involves better, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something, and may use irony as a device, but not all. | 32 | |
| 3756676551 | Sematics | The branch of flinches steaks that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, other connotations, and the relation to one another. | 33 | |
| 3756685618 | Style | The purpose is to: give in evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, and other literary devices. And classifying authors into groups and comparisons with similar authors. | 34 | |
| 3756707459 | Syllogism | Reckoning together. Formal logic the present supremacy is that inevitably lead to a sound a conclusion. | 35 | |
| 3756983006 | Symbol or symbolism | Anything that represents itself and see answer something else. Usually a simple something concrete such as an object. Natural symbols - objects and occurrences from nature to symbolize ideas commonly associated with them. Conventional symbol stress are those that have been invested with meaning by a group. Literary symbols - conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works and are more generally recognized. | 36 | |
| 3756997022 | Syntax | The way and author chooses to join words and phrases, clauses, and sentences. Similar to diction, but with groups of words. | 37 | |
| 3757007218 | Theme | The central idea or message of the work, the insight office until life. | 38 | |
| 3757010297 | Thesis | The thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that correctly expresses the authors opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. | 39 | |
| 3757014032 | Tone | Somewhere to mood, tone describes the authors attitude toward its material, the audience, or both. Ex: playful, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal. | 40 | |
| 3757018971 | Understatement | The ironic fact, under seat and present something as a significant than it is. Ex: Jonathan Swift's tale of a tub- "last week I Solomon Floyd and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse." | 41 | |
| 3757027217 | Wit | I'm using language that surprises and delights. What do you statement is humorous, while suggesting the speakers purple power in creating perceptive remarks. | 42 | |
| 3757030750 | Motif | A recurrent symbol. | 43 | |
| 3757035712 | Antithesis | A contrast of ideas. It sets up a position. | 44 | |
| 3757044383 | Parable | A simple store used to illustrate a moral or a spiritual lesson. | 45 | |
| 3757046287 | Saga | Long, heroically successful story. | 46 | |
| 3757053333 | Exposition | A description of an idea or if theory. | 47 | |
| 3757057783 | Exposé | Report of facts about something scandalous. | 48 | |
| 3757061946 | Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ). the use of onomatopoeia for rhetorical effect. | 49 | |
| 3757064371 | Assonance | Repetition of similar vowels. | 50 | |
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