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| 6481585770 | Ad Hominem | A fallacy that attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 6481585771 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 6481585772 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 6481585773 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another place, idea, or person from history or literature | 3 | |
| 6481585774 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 6481585775 | Analogy | The correspondance or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 6481585776 | Faulty Analogy | poorly devised, inaccurate or illogical comparison | 6 | |
| 6481585777 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 7 | |
| 6481585778 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 8 | |
| 6481585779 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 9 | |
| 6481585780 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle | 10 | |
| 6481585781 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 11 | |
| 6481585782 | Appositive | A word or phrase that follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | 12 | |
| 6481585783 | 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 | |
| 6481585784 | Atmosphere (mood) | the emotional feeling of a place, scene, or event | 14 | |
| 6481585785 | Bandwagon Appeals | A fallacy that urges people to follow the same path or accept the same idea based on popular behavior/opinion | 15 | |
| 6481585786 | 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 | |
| 6481585787 | Caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 17 | |
| 6481585788 | Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 18 | |
| 6481585789 | Coordination | joining one or more equal grammatical units (words, phrases, or clauses) with a coordinating conjunction | 19 | |
| 6481585790 | Contrast | explain differences in two or more items | 20 | |
| 6481585791 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 21 | |
| 6481585792 | Connotation | the interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | 22 | |
| 6481585793 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 23 | |
| 6481585794 | Denotation | The literal, dictionary defined meaning of a word | 24 | |
| 6481585795 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 25 | |
| 6481585796 | Dogmatism | A fallacy that asserts or assumes there is only one solution or direction to go | 26 | |
| 6481585797 | Either-Or Choices | A fallacy that asserts there are only two choices, one positive and one negative | 27 | |
| 6481585798 | Elegy | A work that expresses sorrow | 28 | |
| 6481585799 | Ellipses | indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | 29 | |
| 6481585800 | Equivocation | an argument that gives a lie an honest appearance; a half truth | 30 | |
| 6481585801 | Ethos | Refers to the honesty, credibility, values, intentions and authority of the speaker | 31 | |
| 6481585802 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 32 | |
| 6481585803 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | 33 | |
| 6481585804 | False Authority | A fallacy that offers the speaker/writer's authority as the sole reason for believing a claim | 34 | |
| 6481585805 | Faulty Causality | in Latin "post hoc, ergo propter hoc". A fallacy that assumes one event/action causes another | 35 | |
| 6481585806 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 36 | |
| 6481585807 | Footnotes | numbered references within a work that correspond to numbers at the bottom of the page | 37 | |
| 6481585808 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | 38 | |
| 6481585809 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits (prose, poetry, drama) (fiction etc.) | 39 | |
| 6481585810 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy that assumes as true an inference derived from insuffcient evidence; a stereotype | 40 | |
| 6481585811 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 41 | |
| 6481585812 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 42 | |
| 6481585813 | Inductive Argument | creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | 43 | |
| 6481585814 | Inference/infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 44 | |
| 6481585815 | Invective (tirade, polemic) | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 45 | |
| 6481585816 | Irony | Contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 46 | |
| 6481585817 | Verbal Irony | when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's meaning | 47 | |
| 6481585818 | Situational Irony | when events turn out the opposite of what characters and readers expect | 48 | |
| 6481585819 | Dramatic Irony | when facts or events are known by the audience but not the characters in work | 49 | |
| 6481585820 | Juxtaposition | when two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 50 | |
| 6481585821 | Logos | the use of hard evidence and logicial reasoning as a controlling principle in an argument | 51 | |
| 6481585822 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which two things are compared directly | 52 | |
| 6481585823 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 53 | |
| 6481585824 | Mood (atmosphere) | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | 54 | |
| 6481585825 | Narrative | the telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 55 | |
| 6481585826 | Non Sequitur | A fallacy that claims, reasons, or warrants fail to connect or follow each other | 56 | |
| 6481585827 | Onomatopoeia | an effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning; buzz, hiss, hum, crack | 57 | |
| 6481585828 | Oxymoron | two contradictory words in one expression; jumbo shrimp | 58 | |
| 6481585829 | Paradox | a seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 59 | |
| 6481585830 | Parallelism | a literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structure | 60 | |
| 6481585831 | Parenthetical Ideas | A short diversion from the main point of a work | 61 | |
| 6481585832 | Parody | an effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 62 | |
| 6481585833 | Pathos | A sympathetic appeal to pity or compassion used in an argument | 63 | |
| 6481585834 | Persona | the character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 64 | |
| 6481585835 | Personification | a figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 65 | |
| 6481585836 | Point of View | the particular perspective from which a story is told | 66 | |
| 6481585837 | Pun | a play on words | 67 | |
| 6481585838 | Repetition | the reiteration of a word, phrase, image sound, etc. for emphasis | 68 | |
| 6481585839 | Rhetoric | the art, style and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 69 | |
| 6481585840 | Rhetorical Strategy | the way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 70 | |
| 6481585841 | Rhetorical Devices | the specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, syntax) | 71 | |
| 6481585842 | Rhetorical Question | a question that is asked for the sake of the argument | 72 | |
| 6481585843 | Satire | to ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines while making a clear point (unlike parody) | 73 | |
| 6481585844 | Scare Tactics | a fallacy that over-emphasizes possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood | 74 | |
| 6481585845 | 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 | 75 | |
| 6481585846 | Semantics | the branch of language that studies the meaning of words | 76 | |
| 6481585847 | Declarative sentence | assertive- a statement | 77 | |
| 6481585848 | Imperative sentence | authoritative- command | 78 | |
| 6481585849 | Interrogative sentence | asks a question | 79 | |
| 6481585850 | Exclamatory sentence | expresses emotion | 80 | |
| 6481585851 | Simple Sentence | one subject and one verb | 81 | |
| 6481585852 | Compound Sentence | more than one subject and/or verb (no dependent clauses) | 82 | |
| 6481585853 | Complex Sentence | one independent and one or more dependent clauses | 83 | |
| 6481585854 | Compound-Complex Sentence | two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses | 84 | |
| 6481585855 | Loose (Cumulative) Sentence | subordinate structures after the main subject and verb | 85 | |
| 6481585856 | Periodic (Climactic) Sentence | subordinate structures before the main subject and verb | 86 | |
| 6481585857 | Convoluted sentence | subordinate structures between main subject and verb | 87 | |
| 6481585858 | Sentimental Appeals | a fallacy that uses tender, heartwarming emotions excessively to distract readers from facts | 88 | |
| 6481585859 | Simile | a figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 89 | |
| 6481585860 | Slippery Slope | a fallacy that portrays a small problem as tomorrow's slide into disaster | 90 | |
| 6481585861 | Speaker | the narrator of a story, poem, or drama | 91 | |
| 6481585862 | Straw man | a fallacy that attacks an argument that really isn't there or isn't the real issue at hand | 92 | |
| 6481585863 | Subordination | joining two or more unequal grammatical units (words, phrases, or clauses) with a subordinating conjunction | 93 | |
| 6481585864 | Syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 94 | |
| 6481585865 | Symbol | something that represents something else | 95 | |
| 6481585866 | Synonym | a word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word | 96 | |
| 6481585867 | Syntax | the way words are arranged in a sentence | 97 | |
| 6481585868 | Tension | a feeling of excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work | 98 | |
| 6481585869 | Theme | the central idea | 99 | |
| 6481585870 | Tone | Author's attitude | 100 | |
| 6481585871 | Transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 101 | |
| 6481585872 | Understatement | when an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | 102 |
