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| 4726401025 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 0 | |
| 4726401354 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression or word is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. | 1 | |
| 4726402532 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 2 | |
| 4726403719 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure. | 3 | |
| 4726404686 | Aphorism | A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 4 | |
| 4726405715 | Apostraphe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 5 | |
| 4726407544 | Asyndeton | Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. Can give the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account. | 6 | |
| 4726410199 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. | 7 | |
| 4726411858 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 8 | |
| 4726412689 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion attitude, or color. | 9 | |
| 4726413353 | Diacope | Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase. | 10 | |
| 4726413740 | Diction | Refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. (Formal, informal, ornate, or plain) | 11 | |
| 4726415117 | Didactic | These works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 12 | |
| 4726415974 | Enumeratio | Figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of causes, effects problems solutions, conditions, and consequences. | 13 | |
| 4726419025 | Expletive | Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side. | 14 | |
| 4726445845 | Generic Conventions | Traditions for each genre. Helps define each genre; for example, it differentiates an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 15 | |
| 4726447415 | Homily | Literally means "sermon", but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 16 | |
| 4726448457 | Hypophora | Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions are asked and then answered, often at length by one and the same speaker; raising and responding to one's own questions. | 17 | |
| 4726452045 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language. | 18 | |
| 4726454206 | Juxtaposition | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. | 19 | |
| 4726455351 | Litotes | A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite. A special form of understatement, where the surface denial serves, through ironic contrast, to reinforce the underlying assertion. | 20 | |
| 4726456474 | Loose Sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause comes first) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 21 | |
| 4726457354 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 22 | |
| 4726459186 | Parallelism | Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. Can involve, but is not limited to repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase. | 23 | |
| 4726459926 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 24 | |
| 4726461359 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. Preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. | 25 | |
| 4726462304 | Polysyndeton | Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. | 26 | |
| 4726466717 | Predicate Adjective | One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. It is the predicate of the sentence, and modifies, or describes, the subject. | 27 | |
| 4726468750 | Predicate Nominative | A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. It, like the predicate adjective, follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence. | 28 | |
| 4726469574 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, this refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms. | 29 | |
| 4726472303 | Rhetorical Modes | The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. (Exposition, argumentation, description, and narration) | 30 | |
| 4726474837 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 31 | |
| 4726475793 | Style | The consideration of this has two purposes. (1) An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. (2) Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors | 32 | |
| 4726477981 | Subject Complemet | The word or clauses that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it. The former is a predicate nominative, the latter a predicate adjective. | 33 | |
| 4726479451 | Subordinate Clause | This word group contains both a subject and verb, but it cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought. | 34 | |
| 4726480112 | Syllogis | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | 35 | |
| 4726480794 | Synecdoche | A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part, the genus for the species, the species for the genus, the material for the thing made, or in short, any portion, section, or main quality, for the whole or the thing itself (or vice versa). | 36 | |
| 4726482820 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses and sentences. Similar to diction, but this refers to the groups of words, while diction refers to the individual words. | 37 |
