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| 3880341522 | allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 3880345287 | alliteration | repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 3880349007 | allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 2 | |
| 3880353985 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 3880359243 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or relationship between them. | 4 | |
| 3880364422 | anaphora | one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. "it was the best of times; it was the worst of times" | 5 | |
| 3880371716 | anecdote | a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. | 6 | |
| 3880374659 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 7 | |
| 3880377150 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principal | 8 | |
| 3880439687 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 9 | |
| 3880493582 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by th authors choice of objects taht are described. | 10 | |
| 3880508010 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 11 | |
| 3880516385 | colloquial/colloquialism | the use of slang or Informalities in speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 3880528013 | coherence | a principal demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 13 | |
| 3880576244 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 14 | |
| 3880588860 | connotation | the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 15 | |
| 3880599565 | denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 16 | |
| 3880608493 | diction | related to style, refers to the writers word choice. especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 17 | |
| 3880610548 | didactic | from the Greek, literally means "teaching". | 18 | |
| 3880610549 | epistrophe | repetition at the END of a successive clause. opposite of anaphors. "they saw no evil, they spoke no evil, they heard no evil." | 19 | |
| 3880612053 | euphemism | from the Greek for "good speech" it is more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 20 | |
| 3880612054 | exposition | the purpose is to explain something. in essays, one of the for chief types of composition, the others being argumentation, description, and narration. gives the setting, creates tone. | 21 | |
| 3880613515 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length. | 22 | |
| 3880613516 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 23 | |
| 3881062911 | figure of speech | device used to produce figurative language. | 24 | |
| 3881066625 | generic conventions | describes traditions for each genre. helps define each genre. they differentiate each type. | 25 | |
| 3881072747 | genre | major category into which a literary work fits. | 26 | |
| 3881075366 | homily | literally means "sermon" but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 27 | |
| 3881105906 | hyperbole | figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 28 | |
| 3881111050 | imagery | the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotions, or represent attraction. | 29 | |
| 3881117549 | inference/infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. | 30 | |
| 3881122587 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using abusive language. | 31 | |
| 3881132485 | irony/ironic | contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. | 32 | |
| 3881135686 | loose sentence | type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units | 33 | |
| 3881148297 | metaphor | figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting similarity. | 34 | |
| 3881160079 | metonymy | name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. a term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name". | 35 | |
| 3881312554 | mood | term has two distinct technical meanings: grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speakers attitude. | 36 | |
| 3881330968 | narrative | the telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 37 | |
| 3881336035 | onomatopoeia | figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. "buzz, hiss, hum" | 38 | |
| 3881340416 | oxymoron | from Greek "pointedly foolish" figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. | 39 | |
| 3881346011 | paradox | statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but contains some degree of truth. | 40 | |
| 3881352256 | parallelism | form Greek "Beside one another" grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 41 | |
| 3881368071 | parody | work that closely imitates the style or content of another with specific aim of comic effect or ridicule. | 42 | |
| 3881377825 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 43 | |
| 3881388523 | periodic sentence | sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 44 | |
| 3881396224 | personification | figure of speech that presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 45 | |
| 3881405415 | point of view | perspective from which a story is told | 46 | |
| 3881410714 | predicate adjective | an adjective that follows a linking verb. | 47 | |
| 3881428965 | predicate nominative | a noun that renames the subject | 48 | |
| 3881430841 | prose | major division of genre, fiction or nonfiction including all its forms. | 49 | |
| 3881435848 | repetition | duplication of any element of language | 50 | |
| 3881439163 | rhetor | speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test. | 51 | |
| 3881996320 | rhetoric | Greek word "orator" term describes the principals governing the art of writing effectively. | 52 | |
| 3882003831 | rhetorical modes | describes variety, the conventions, and the purpose of the major kinds of writing | 53 | |
| 3882013695 | sarcasm | from Greek "tear flesh" involves bitter, caustic language | 54 | |
| 3882024974 | satire | work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 55 | |
| 3882038742 | semantics | branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development etc. | 56 | |
| 3882048928 | style | evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, etc. | 57 | |
| 3882082903 | subject complement | the word or clauses that follows a linking verb and compliments the subject of the sentence by renaming it or describing it. | 58 | |
| 3882122758 | subordinate clause | contains both a subject and a verb, cannot stand alone. | 59 | |
| 3882126709 | syllogism | from Greek "reckoning together", a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (major, minor) | 60 | |
| 3882163149 | symbol/ symbolism | anything that represents itself and stands for something else | 61 | |
| 3882398194 | syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 62 | |
| 3882401910 | theme | central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life | 63 | |
| 3882409214 | thesis | the sentence or group of sentences that directly express the authors opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. | 64 | |
| 3882415730 | tone | similar to mood, describes the authors attitude toward his material, audience, or both. | 65 | |
| 3882421433 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas. | 66 | |
| 3882425218 | trope | an artful variation form expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas. | 67 | |
| 3882434109 | understatement | ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant that it is. | 68 | |
| 3882437902 | undertone | an attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece | 69 | |
| 3882448794 | unreliable narrator | an untrustworthy or naive commentator on events and characters in a story | 70 | |
| 3882455592 | wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. | 71 |
