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| 7824245622 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 0 | |
| 7824245623 | Close Reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization figurative language, or other elements | 1 | |
| 7824245624 | Colloquialism | An informal use of language | 2 | |
| 7824245625 | Cumulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by a subordinate clause | 3 | |
| 7824245626 | Diction | Word choice | 4 | |
| 7824245627 | Figure of Speech | An expression that strives for literal effect, not literal meaning | 5 | |
| 7824245628 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 6 | |
| 7824245629 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 7 | |
| 7824245630 | Metaphors | Figure of speech that speaks of something as if it is something else | 8 | |
| 7824245631 | Parallelism | Repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 9 | |
| 7824245632 | Assertion | An emphatic statement; deceleration | 10 | |
| 7824245633 | Trope | Figure of speech- artful diction | 11 | |
| 7824245634 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that builds with and ends with a main clause | 12 | |
| 7824245635 | Personification | Giving life like qualities to inanimate objects | 13 | |
| 7824245636 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence structure | 14 | |
| 7824245637 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost, often used to describe tone | 15 | |
| 7824245638 | Rhetorical question | A question more for effect rather than to sum,on an answer | 16 | |
| 7824245639 | Simile | A figure of speech using like or as to compare two things | 17 | |
| 7824245640 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words | 18 | |
| 7824245641 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech when someone addresses something nonhuman or dead as if it could reply | 19 | |
| 7824245642 | Euphemism | Indirect mild vague expression for something that may be considered harsh or blunt | 20 | |
| 7824245643 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 21 | |
| 7824245644 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 22 | |
| 7824245645 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 23 | |
| 7824245646 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 24 | |
| 7824245647 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 25 | |
| 7824245648 | Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers | 26 | |
| 7824245649 | Antimetabole | It is a literary term or device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order. | 27 | |
| 7824245650 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 28 | |
| 7824245651 | Appositive | When a noun or word is followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it | 29 | |
| 7824245652 | Archaic diction | Outdated word choice | 30 | |
| 7824245653 | Rhetorical triangle | Aristotle wrote one of the first great treatises on rhetoric, aptly titled, Rhetoric. This treatise was written in the 4th century BCE and it outlines the three main rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. These three persuasive strategies make up the rhetorical triangle | 31 | |
| 7824245654 | Assumption | A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. | 32 | |
| 7824245655 | Asyndeton | The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 33 | |
| 7824245656 | Authority | The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. | 34 | |
| 7824245657 | Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 35 | |
| 7824245658 | Claim | State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof. | 36 | |
| 7824245659 | Common ground | Opinions or interests shared by each of two or more parties. | 37 | |
| 7824245660 | Concession | A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded. | 38 | |
| 7824245661 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 39 | |
| 7824245662 | Context | The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. | 40 | |
| 7824245663 | Coordination | The organization of the different elements of a complex body or activity so as to enable them to work together effectively. | 41 | |
| 7824245664 | Counterargument | An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. | 42 | |
| 7824245665 | Declarative sentence | Something stated | 43 | |
| 7824245666 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific | 44 | |
| 7824245667 | Denotation | The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. | 45 | |
| 7824245668 | Epigram | Pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. | 46 | |
| 7824245669 | Ethos | Author credibility | 47 | |
| 7824245670 | Explication of text | An approach to literary criticism involving close examination, analysis, and exposition of the text of a work, and concentrating on language, style, content, and the interrelationships of the parts to the whole in regard to meaning and symbolism. | 48 | |
| 7824245671 | Figurative language | Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are. | 49 | |
| 7824245672 | Hortatory | Tending or aiming to exhort | 50 | |
| 7824245673 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 51 | |
| 7824245674 | Imperative sentence | An imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command | 52 | |
| 7824245675 | Induction | The action or process of inducting someone to a position or organization. | 53 | |
| 7824245676 | Inversion | Verb precede the subject | 54 | |
| 7824245677 | Situational Irony | When what happens is the opposite what one expects to happen | 55 | |
| 7824245678 | Logos | Appeal to logic reasoning | 56 | |
| 7824245679 | Metonymy | Use an idea to replace a certain word | 57 | |
| 7824245680 | Modifier | A word, especially an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun | 58 | |
| 7824245681 | Narration | The teller of the account or story | 59 | |
| 7824245682 | Nominalization | Turn another form of speech into a noun | 60 | |
| 7824245683 | Occasion | Particular time or instance of an event. | 61 | |
| 7824245684 | omniscient narrator | All knowing prospective of the story | 62 | |
| 7824245685 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 63 | |
| 7824245686 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. | 64 | |
| 7824245687 | Parody | An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. | 65 | |
| 7824245688 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 66 | |
| 7824245689 | Persona | Author taking on voice that is not theirs | 67 | |
| 7824245690 | Polemic | A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something. | 68 | |
| 7824245691 | Polysyndeton | Conjunctions being used quickly and repeatedly with no commas even though conjunctions could be removed | 69 | |
| 7824245692 | Premise | A previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion. | 70 | |
| 7824245693 | Propaganda | Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. | 71 | |
| 7824245694 | Purpose | Reason for a writing | 72 | |
| 7824245695 | Refute | Argue or counter | 73 | |
| 7824245696 | Rhetoric | Effective persuasive writing | 74 | |
| 7824245697 | Rhetoric modes | Aescribe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language-based communication, particularly writing and speaking. | 75 | |
| 7824245698 | Satire | Use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues | 76 | |
| 7824245699 | Speaker | Author or the persona of a writing | 77 | |
| 7824245700 | Straw man | Logical fallacy, which means that if you carefully dissect the argument or statement, it doesn't make sense. | 78 | |
| 7824245701 | Subject | The topic | 79 | |
| 7824245702 | Subordinate clause | A clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause | 80 | |
| 7824245703 | Subordination | A clause that modifies an independent clause | 81 | |
| 7824245704 | Syllogism | Instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions, each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion | 82 | |
| 7824245705 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 83 | |
| 7824245706 | Synthesize | To make something by combining two things | 84 | |
| 7824245707 | Tone | Attitude toward a subject | 85 | |
| 7824245708 | Understatement | The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 86 | |
| 7824245709 | Voice | Authors personality through words | 87 | |
| 7824245710 | Zeugma | A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one | 88 | |
| 7824245711 | Exemplification | In this rhetorical mode, the writer uses specific examples to illustrate an idea. The better the examples, the stronger the argument. | 89 | |
| 7824245712 | Classification/Division | In this rhetorical mode, the writer organizes people, places, things, or ideas into categories | 90 | |
| 7824245713 | Comparison and Contrast | In this rhetorical mode, the writer notes similarities and differences between objects, people, characteristics, or actions. Ideally, the things being examined will be similar enough that the comparison is meaningful. | 91 | |
| 7824245714 | Analogy | In this rhetorical mode, the writer uses a special kind of comparison to explain something. It's especially useful for explaining something abstract by comparing it to something concrete. | 92 | |
| 7824245715 | Narration | The act of telling a story, usually based on personal experience. It must have some purpose, as it usually incorporates descriptive elements--senses, metaphors, and similes. | 93 | |
| 7824245716 | Process Analysis | This mode involves writing following a series of steps or stages, and then taking apart the subject and explaining those parts. | 94 | |
| 7824245717 | Cause and Effect | This mode looks for connections between different elements and analyzes the reasons for those connections. | 95 | |
| 7824245718 | Definition | The process of explaining a word, object, or idea in such a way that the reader knows precisely what the writer means. | 96 | |
| 7824245719 | Description | The act of capturing people, places, events, objects, and feelings in words so that a reader can visualize and respond to them. | 97 | |
| 7824245720 | Ambiguity | Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language | 98 | |
| 7824245721 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 99 | |
| 7824245722 | Triad/Trio/Triplet | It suggests that things that come in threes are funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. The reader or audience of this form of text is also thereby more likely to remember the information. | 100 | |
| 7824245723 | Verbal Irony | When what is meant is the opposite of what is said | 101 | |
| 7824245724 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows important information that the characters do not | 102 | |
| 7824245725 | Analyze | Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something (especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation | 103 | |
| 7824245726 | Argue | Give reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory, typically with the aim of persuading others to share one's view | 104 | |
| 7824245727 | Ask | Say something in order to obtain an answer or some information | 105 | |
| 7824245728 | Challenge | An objection or query as to the truth of something, often with an implicit demand for proof; dispute the truth or validity of | 106 | |
| 7824245729 | Cite | Quote as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work | 107 | |
| 7824245730 | Connect | Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established | 108 | |
| 7824245731 | Demonstrate | Clearly show the existence or truth of by giving proof or evidence | 109 | |
| 7824245732 | Deny | State that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of | 110 | |
| 7824245733 | Describe | Give an account in words of someone or something, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events | 111 | |
| 7824245734 | Detail | Describe item by item; give the full particulars of | 112 | |
| 7824245735 | Dramatize | Exaggerate the seriousness or importance of | 113 | |
| 7824245736 | Elaborate | Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail | 114 | |
| 7824245737 | Emphasize | Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing | 115 | |
| 7824245738 | Evaluate | Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess | 116 | |
| 7824245739 | Explain | Make clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas | 117 | |
| 7824245740 | Express | Convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct | 118 | |
| 7824245741 | Extend | Spread from a central point to cover a wider area | 119 | |
| 7824245742 | Generalize | Make a broad statement by inferring from specific cases | 120 | |
| 7824245743 | Illustrate | Explain or make clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc. | 121 | |
| 7824245744 | Inform | Give facts or information; tell | 122 | |
| 7824245745 | Interpret | explain the meaning of; understand as having a particular meaning or significance | 123 | |
| 7824245746 | Introduce | Provide an opening explanation | 124 | |
| 7824245747 | List | A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other; catalog | 125 | |
| 7824245748 | Narrate | Give a spoken or written account of | 126 | |
| 7824245749 | Offer | Present or proffer for (someone) to accept or reject as so desired | 127 | |
| 7824245750 | Predict | Say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something | 128 | |
| 7824245751 | Oppose | Disapprove of and attempt to prevent, especially by argument | 129 | |
| 7824245752 | Present | Expressing an action now going on or habitually performed or a condition now existing | 130 | |
| 7824245753 | Project | Estimate or forecast on the basis of present trends | 131 | |
| 7824245754 | Propose | Put forward an idea or plan for consideration or discussion by others | 132 | |
| 7824245755 | Qualify | Make a statement or assertion less absolute; add reservations to | 133 | |
| 7824245756 | Question | The raising of a doubt about or objection to something | 134 | |
| 7824245757 | Quote | Repeat or copy out a group of words from a text, typically with an indication that one is not the original author or speaker, a verb | 135 | |
| 7824245758 | Reason | Find an answer to a problem by considering various possible solutions | 136 | |
| 7824245759 | Rebut | Claim or prove that evidence or an accusation is false | 137 | |
| 7824245760 | Reflect | Think deeply or carefully about | 138 | |
| 7824245761 | Repeat | Say again something one has already said | 139 | |
| 7824245762 | State | Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing | 140 | |
| 7824245763 | Speculate | Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence | 141 | |
| 7824245764 | Suggest | Put forward for consideration | 142 | |
| 7824245765 | Summarize | Give a brief statement of the main points of something | 143 | |
| 7824245766 | Support | Suggest the truth of; corroborate | 144 | |
| 7824245767 | Trace | Find or discover by investigation | 145 | |
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