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| 4800660524 | Argument | in literature was a brief prose summary of the poem or section of the poem that was to follow. the main theme of the work | 0 | |
| 4800662819 | Persuasion | the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. | 1 | |
| 4800662820 | Tone | the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work's central theme or subject | 2 | |
| 4800666666 | Persuade | is a literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reasons and logic to influence the audience | 3 | |
| 4800667697 | Ethos | Credibility / trust | 4 | |
| 4800667698 | Pathos | Emotional / Values | 5 | |
| 4800668577 | Logos | Logic / Reason / Proof | 6 | |
| 4800668578 | Denotation | Definition of a word | 7 | |
| 4800669870 | Connotation | How the word makes the person feel | 8 | |
| 4800670919 | Colloquial | means a "conference" or "conversation." informal or everyday language | 9 | |
| 4800670920 | Formal | we choose the words which seem most suitable to the purpose and audience. In academic writing we use formal language, avoiding the use of slang and colloquial language. | 10 | |
| 4800672158 | Informal | colloquial language | 11 | |
| 4800672856 | Monosyllabic | is a word with only one syllable or a person who uses short, abrupt words in conversation. | 12 | |
| 4800695748 | Polysyllabic | Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables | 13 | |
| 4800696665 | Contrastive | being in opposition: a phonological feature that is contrastive in one language but not in another. | 14 | |
| 4800697174 | Concrete | Can demonstrate concept of conservation pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular (opposed to general ): concrete ideas. | 15 | |
| 4800697175 | Abstract | the term refers to a short summary or outline of a longer work. As an adjective applied to writing or literary works | 16 | |
| 4800698091 | Didactic | The primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 17 | |
| 4800698092 | Nostalgic | ... | 18 | |
| 4800699145 | Contemptuous | manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval : feeling or showing contempt. | 19 | |
| 4800699788 | Sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical | 20 | |
| 4800699789 | Mood | the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader | 21 | |
| 4800699790 | Imagery | consists of descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature and also add symbolism to the work. taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. | 22 | |
| 4800701387 | Setting | the time and place in which the story takes place | 23 | |
| 4800702035 | Figurative Language | any figure of speech which depends on a non-literal meaning of some or all of the words used. Simile, metaphor etc | 24 | |
| 4800702036 | Allusion | a literary device used to reference another object outside of the work of literature. The object can be a real or fictional person, event, quote, or other work of artistic expression. | 25 | |
| 4800703230 | Simile | The comparison of two things and using the word "like" and "as" | 26 | |
| 4800703238 | Metaphor | The comparison of the two things without using the words "like" or "as" | 27 | |
| 4800705624 | Extended Metaphor | author develops over the course of many lines or even an entire work of literature | 28 | |
| 4800706447 | Personification | Give human qualities to non-human things | 29 | |
| 4800706448 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 30 | |
| 4800707503 | Understatement | way of speaking which minimizes the significance of something | 31 | |
| 4800707504 | Paradox | the juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth. | 32 | |
| 4800708225 | Dramatic Irony | when the audience knows a key piece of information that a character in a play, movie or novel does not. | 33 | |
| 4800708226 | Verbal Irony | when a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying. | 34 | |
| 4800709241 | Analogy | when a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying. | 35 | |
| 4800709242 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person | 36 | |
| 4800710039 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represents an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 37 | |
| 4800710040 | Deductive | characterized by the inference of particular instances from a general law | 38 | |
| 4800711055 | Inductive | characterized by the inference of general laws from particular instances | 39 | |
| 4800712068 | Exemplification | is a pattern of essay development that uses specific instances (examples) to clarify a point, to add interest, or to persuade | 40 | |
| 4800712069 | Cause / Effect | is a relationship in which one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect) | 41 | |
| 4800713113 | Description | ... | 42 | |
| 4800713830 | Process Analysis | They explain how to do something, how something works, or how something happens. These essays present the steps in the process in chronological order, from first to last. Be sure to define any unfamiliar terms or concepts. | 43 | |
| 4800714548 | Narrartion | a report of related events presented to the listeners or readers in words arranged in a logical sequence. A story is taken as a synonym of narrative. A narrative or story is told by a narrator who may be a direct part of that experience and he or she often shares the experience as a first-person narrator. | 44 | |
| 4800716349 | Comparison / Contrast | a rhetorical or literary device in which a writer compares or contrasts two people, places, things, or ideas | 45 | |
| 4800718050 | Exposition | resent background information of the plot or characters, explain details about the setting, convey a sense of the historical context, and so on | 46 | |
| 4800720968 | Repeatition | consists of repeating a word, phrase, or sentence, and is common in both poetry and prose. | 47 | |
| 4800721922 | Syllogism | is a form of logical reasoning that joins two or more premises to arrive at a conclusion. | 48 | |
| 4800721923 | First person | the narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes. | 49 | |
| 4800722864 | Second person | the second-person point of view to is used when the narrator is addressing the reader and using pronouns like you, your, yours; examples: messages, emails, presentations, business and technical writing | 50 | |
| 4800723604 | Third Person | Uses pronouns like he, she, it, or they. the narrator is more distant, telling us about the story rather than playing a major part in it. So, when someone says, 'A man walks into a bar,' | 51 | |
| 4800723605 | Subjective | point of view is a personal view or opinion. Adjectives | 52 | |
| 4800724275 | Objective | Point of View gives only facts. No adjectives | 53 | |
| 4800724855 | Sentence Length | refers to the number of words in a sentence. Most readability formulas use the number of words in a sentence to measure its difficulty. | 54 | |
| 4800724856 | Anaphora | is a literary and rhetorical device in which a word or group of words is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences | 55 | |
| 4800725552 | Antithesis | the use of contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures. This combination of a balanced structure with opposite ideas serves to highlight the contrast between them. | 56 | |
| 4800726600 | Asyndeton | refers to the omission of a conjunction such as "and" or "as" from a series of related clauses. | 57 | |
| 4800727380 | Polysyndeton | is a figure of speech in which several conjunctions are used to join connected clauses in places where they are not contextually necessary. | 58 | |
| 4800728377 | Parallel sentence | using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. | 59 | |
| 4800730164 | Rhetorical question | is a question that is asked not to get an answer, but instead to emphasize a point. The word "rhetorical" signifies that the question is meant as a figure of speech | 60 | |
| 4800730187 | Alliteration | the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to each other. | 61 | |
| 4800733872 | Juxtaposition | is to place two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them. | 62 |
