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| 4981045355 | allegory | a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. often a universal symbol or personifed abstraction | 0 | |
| 4981045356 | alliteration | the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables | 1 | |
| 4981045357 | allusion | a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work | 2 | |
| 4981045358 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 3 | |
| 4981045359 | anaphora | the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 4 | |
| 4981045360 | aphorism | a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief | 5 | |
| 4981045361 | appeals to...authority, emotion, logic | rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions | 6 | |
| 4981045362 | attitude | the sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing; the author's feelings toward his/her subject, characters, events, or theme, might even be his/her feelings for the reader | 7 | |
| 4981045363 | asyndeton | a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing a more rapid prose | 8 | |
| 4981045364 | begging the question | an argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question | 9 | |
| 4981045365 | canon | that which has been accepted as authentic | 10 | |
| 4981045366 | assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words | 11 | |
| 4981045367 | chiasmus | a figure of speech and generally a synatical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second | 12 | |
| 4981045368 | apostrophe | an address or innovation to something inanimate | 13 | |
| 4981045369 | colloquial | a term identifying the diction of common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area | 14 | |
| 4981045370 | conceit | a comparison of 2 unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular and extended metaphor within a poem | 15 | |
| 4981045371 | connotation | the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase | 16 | |
| 4981045372 | consonance | the repetition of 2 or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels | 17 | |
| 4981045373 | critique | an assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage for writing, for determining what it is, what it's limitations are, and how it conforms to the standard of a genre | 18 | |
| 4981045374 | dialect | the language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group | 19 | |
| 4981045375 | diction | the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect | 20 | |
| 4981045376 | deductive reasoning | the method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement from the general to specific | 21 | |
| 4981045377 | didactic | writing or speech that has an instructive purpose, or a lesson; often associated with a dry, pompous, presentation | 22 | |
| 4981045378 | elegy | a poem or prose that laments, or mediates upon the death of a person | 23 | |
| 4981045379 | epistrophe | in rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences | 24 | |
| 4981045380 | epitaph | writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone | 25 | |
| 4981045381 | ethos | in rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 26 | |
| 5053130572 | eulogy | a speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased | 27 | |
| 5053130573 | euphemism | an indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information | 28 | |
| 5053130574 | exposition | the interpretation or analysis of a text. also the opening section of a narrative or dramatic structure in which characters, setting, theme, and conflict can be revealed | 29 | |
| 5053130575 | extended metaphor | a series of comparisons within a piece of writing. if they are consistently one concept, this is also known as conceit | 30 | |
| 5053130576 | figurative language | language with levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as personification, metaphor, litote, etc | 31 | |
| 5053130577 | flashback | an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration | 32 | |
| 5053130578 | genre | a type or class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography, history | 33 | |
| 5053130579 | homily | a sermon, but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life | 34 | |
| 5071801964 | hyperbole | overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention | 35 | |
| 5071801965 | imagery | any sensory detail or evocation in a work to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. involved any or all of the 5 senses. | 36 | |
| 5071801966 | inductive reasoning | the method of reasoning or argument in which general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles: movement from specific to general | 37 | |
| 5071801967 | inference | a conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data. looking at the clues, learning the facts | 38 | |
| 5071801968 | irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. the intended meaning is often the opposite of what is stated, often suggesting light sarcasm. | 39 | |
| 5071801969 | isocolon | parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length | 40 | |
| 5071801970 | jargon | specialized or technical language of trade, profession, or similar group | 41 | |
| 5623263832 | onomatopoeia | a word capturing or approximately the sound of what is described. the purpose of these words is to make a passage more effective for the reader/listener. | 42 | |
| 5623263833 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements | 43 | |
| 5623263834 | parallelism (parallel structure) | the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts. in prose, recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed alike to show that their ideas are equal in importance. | 44 | |
| 5623263835 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but may be true | 45 | |
| 5623263836 | pathos | that element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow. in argument or persuasion it tends to be the evocation of pity | 46 | |
| 5623263837 | litote | a figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 47 | |
| 5623263838 | loose sentence | a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases. | 48 | |
| 5623263839 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which an attribute of commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something | 49 | |
| 5623331656 | mood | a feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrators attitude and POV. it's is a "feeling" that established the atmosphere in a work of literature or other discourse | 50 | |
| 5623331657 | narrative | a mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straight forward chronological frame work | 51 | |
| 5623331658 | periodic sentence | a long sentence in which the main cause is. it completed until the end | 52 | |
| 5623331659 | personification | treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities | 53 |
