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| 10339881196 | Abstract | words or phrases that name things not knowable through the five senses. (out there and weird stuff) | 0 | |
| 10339881197 | Ad Hominem Argument | An argument that attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issue at hand. | 1 | |
| 10339881198 | Allegory | A fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts. | 2 | |
| 10339881199 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words. | 3 | |
| 10339881200 | Allusion | A passing reference to a familiar person, place, or thing drawn from history, the Bible, mythology, or literature. A reference to another idea, or person. | 4 | |
| 10339881201 | Ambiguity (ambiguous) | When something is ambiguous, it is uncertain or indefinite; it is subject to more than one interpretation. | 5 | |
| 10339881202 | Analogy | Asks a reader to think about the correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different. A form of comparison between something unfamiliar and something familiar. | 6 | |
| 10339881203 | Analytical Reading | skills to construct the meaning of writings, analyze their arguments, evaluate their evidence and reasoning, and examine how they use language and text structure to construct meaning. | 7 | |
| 10339881204 | Antecedent | a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another | 8 | |
| 10339881205 | Antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words | 9 | |
| 10339881206 | Apostrophe | to's indicate's possession's of's whatever's word's it's attached's to's | 10 | |
| 10339881207 | Apotheosis | the highest point in the development of something (climax) | 11 | |
| 10339881208 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. | 12 | |
| 10339881209 | Appropriateness | the quality of being suitable or proper in the circumstances. (NORMAL) | 13 | |
| 10339881210 | Argument | an exchange of opposite views | 14 | |
| 10339881211 | Assertion | a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. | 15 | |
| 10339881212 | Assonance | the repetition of the sound of a vowel near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | 16 | |
| 10339881213 | Assumption | a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof | 17 | |
| 10339881214 | oops | 18 | ||
| 10339881215 | Atmosphere | the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art. | 19 | |
| 10339881216 | Attitude | a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior | 20 | |
| 10339881217 | Audience | the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting. | 21 | |
| 10339881218 | Bathos | a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one. (anticlimax) | 22 | |
| 10339881219 | Beginnings/Endings | ummmmm the start and end...duh boo boo lol | 23 | |
| 10339881220 | Cause and Effect Analysis | A method leading to the listing of all possible reasons and outcomes associated with a particular problem or situation | 24 | |
| 10339881221 | Claim | a statement that asserts something to be true | 25 | |
| 10339881222 | Classification | method which a writer arranges people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into classes or groups | 26 | |
| 10339881223 | Cliché | over used phrases (idiom, a phrase that is figurative, not literal) | 27 | |
| 10339881224 | Coherence | something logical or consistent and something that makes sense as a whole | 28 | |
| 10339881225 | Colloquial Expression | characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech (so talking normal instead of sounding like you are a scholar from the 1800s) | 29 | |
| 10339881226 | Comparison and Contrast | compositions that explain ways in which two (or occasionally more) subjects are similar and different. | 30 | |
| 10339881227 | Conclusions | end or finish of an event or process | 31 | |
| 10339881228 | Concrete | realities or actual instances | 32 | |
| 10353128014 | abstract | something that is not a material object or is general and not based on specific examples. | 33 | |
| 10339881229 | Denotation | literal meaning of a word or phrase | 34 | |
| 10353132205 | connotation | emotional that associates with a word or phrase | 35 | |
| 10339881230 | Controlling idea | the main idea of a text | 36 | |
| 10339881231 | Contrast | the act of distinguishing by comparing differences | 37 | |
| 10339881232 | Deduction | the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 38 | |
| 10339881233 | Definition | A statement that gives the meaning of a term. | 39 | |
| 10339881235 | Description | a spoken or written summary of observations | 40 | |
| 10339881236 | Dialogue | conversation between two or more people | 41 | |
| 10339881237 | Diction | Choice of words | 42 | |
| 10339881238 | Division | significant distinction or argument between two groups, which causes the two groups to be considered as very different and separate. | 43 | |
| 10339881239 | Dominant Impression | the mood or quality emphasized in the piece of writing | 44 | |
| 10339881240 | Draft | first rough form | 45 | |
| 10339881241 | Editing | The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing | 46 | |
| 10339881242 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone. | 47 | |
| 10339881243 | Emphasis | Special importance, value, or prominence given to something. | 48 | |
| 10339881244 | Endings | The sentence or group of sentences that brings an essay to closure. | 49 | |
| 10339881414 | Essay | a short piece of writing on a particular subject. | 50 | |
| 10339881415 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 51 | |
| 10339881416 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 52 | |
| 10339881417 | Evaluation | the making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment. | 53 | |
| 10339881418 | Evidence | proof | 54 | |
| 10339881419 | Examples | A simple, representative incident or model that clarifies a point | 55 | |
| 10339881420 | Exemplification | showing by example | 56 | |
| 10339881421 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 57 | |
| 10339881422 | Fact | A statement that can be proved. | 58 | |
| 10339881423 | Fallacy | a false or mistaken idea | 59 | |
| 10339881424 | Figures of Speech | words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else | 60 | |
| 10339881425 | Fiction | A story that is not true or is made up | 61 | |
| 10339881426 | Figurative Language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 62 | |
| 10339881427 | Focus | The center of interest or attention. | 63 | |
| 10339881428 | Foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 64 | |
| 10339881429 | General | widespread, normal or usual affecting or concerning all or most people, places, or things; widespread. | 65 | |
| 10339881430 | Grammar | a set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages | 66 | |
| 10339881431 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 67 | |
| 10339881432 | Idiom | an expression that says one thing but means something else | 68 | |
| 10339881433 | Illustration | showing by example; a picture | 69 | |
| 10339881434 | Image | a copy of an object Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 70 | |
| 10339881435 | Induction | reasoning from specific to general | 71 | |
| 10339881436 | Introductions | The sentence, group of sentences, or section that introduces an essay. Same as beginning | 72 | |
| 10339881437 | Irony | Occurs when a situation produces an outcome that is the opposite of what is expected. | 73 | |
| 10339881438 | Jargon | Same thing as technical language | 74 | |
| 10339881439 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things - ideas, words, or sentence elements - are placed next to each other for comparison. | 75 | |
| 10339881440 | Logical Fallacies | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. | 76 | |
| 10339881441 | Logical Reasoning | Deduction and induction. | 77 | |
| 10339881442 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument. | 78 | |
| 10339881443 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly, usually for emphasis or dramatic effect. | 79 | |
| 10339881444 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. | 80 | |
| 10339881445 | Mood | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event. | 81 | |
| 10339881446 | Narration | The telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse. One of the four basic types of prose. | 82 | |
| 10339881447 | Objective/Subjective | Objective writing is factual and impersonal Subjective writing relies heavily on personal interpretation. | 83 | |
| 10339881448 | Onomatopoeia | An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning. | 84 | |
| 10339881449 | Opinion | A belief or conclusion no substantiated by positive knowledge or proof. Reveals personal feelings or attitudes or states a position. | 85 | |
| 10339881450 | Organization | The thoughtful arrangement and presentation of one's points or ideas. | 86 | |
| 10339881451 | Overview | A brief summary of a whole work. | 87 | |
| 10339881452 | Oxymoron | Combines two contradictory words in one expression. The results of this combination are often unusual or thought provoking. | 88 | |
| 10339881453 | Pacing | The speed of a story's action, dialogue, or narration. | 89 | |
| 10339881454 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth. | 90 | |
| 10339881245 | Paragraph | A series of closely related sentences. | 91 | |
| 10339881246 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures, phrases, clauses, sentences in a series in order to develop an argument or emphasize an idea. | 92 | |
| 10339881247 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun or a literary work or an author by writing an imitation of the work or of the author's style. | 93 | |
| 10339881248 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling or pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work. | 94 | |
| 10339881249 | Person | A grammatical term that describes the relationship of a writer or speaker to an audience by examining the pronouns that are used. First (I, we), second (you, both singular and plural), third (he, she, it, they). | 95 | |
| 10339881250 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text. This word implies a fictional representation of an act of disguise. | 96 | |
| 10339881251 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities. | 97 | |
| 10339881252 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told. | 98 | |
| 10339881253 | Prewriting | Encompasses all the activities that take place before a writer actually starts a rough draft. | 99 | |
| 10339881254 | Process Analysis | A type of exposition. Answers the question how? and explains how something works or gives step-by-step directions for doing something. | 100 | |
| 10339881255 | Publication | When the writer shares his or her writing with the intended audience. | 101 | |
| 10339881256 | Pun | A play on words. | 102 | |
| 10339881257 | Purpose | What the writer wants to accomplish in a particular piece of writing. | 103 | |
| 10339881258 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis. | 104 | |
| 10339881259 | Revision | During this stage the writer determines what in the draft needs to change so that the essay says what the writer intends it to say. | 105 | |
| 10339881260 | Rhetoric, Rhetorical Purpose | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument. Rhetorical writing is purposeful. Rhetorical purposes include to persuade, to analyze, or to expose. | 106 | |
| 10339881261 | Rhetorical, or stylistic devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy and thus achieve a purpose for writing. | 107 | |
| 10339881262 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument. There is no direct answer provided. | 108 | |
| 10339881263 | Rhetorical Strategy | Describes the way an author organizes words, sentences and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose. | 109 | |
| 10339881264 | Rough Draft | The first version of a piece of writing | 110 | |
| 10339881265 | Satire | A literary work used to ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines. Or to make fun of human foibles or weakness. | 111 | |
| 10339881266 | Selection of Detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative. | 112 | |
| 10339881267 | Sequence | The order in which a writer presents information. | 113 | |
| 10339881268 | Simile | A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as. | 114 | |
| 10339881269 | Slang | The unconventional, very informal language of particular sub-groups of a culture. | 115 | |
| 10339881270 | Slanting | The use of certain words or information that results in a biased view point. | 116 | |
| 10339881271 | Speaker | The narrator of a story, poem, or drama. | 117 | |
| 10339881272 | Specific/General | General words name groups or classes or objects, qualities, or actions. Specific words name individuals, qualities, or actions within a class or group. | 118 | |
| 10339881273 | Strategy | A means by which a writer achieves his or her purpose. | 119 | |
| 10339881274 | Style | The individual manner in which a writer expresses his or her ideas. | 120 | |
| 10339881275 | Subject | Content of an essay. What the essay is about. | 121 | |
| 10339881276 | Subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. (Check) | 122 | |
| 10339881277 | Supporting Evidence | These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis. (Check) | 123 | |
| 10339881278 | Syllogism | An argument that utilizes seductive reasoning and consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 124 | |
| 10339881279 | Symbol | A person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself. | 125 | |
| 10339881280 | Synonym | A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. | 126 | |
| 10339881281 | Syntax | Refers to the way words are arranged in a sentence. | 127 | |
| 10339881282 | Technical Language | The special vocabulary of a trade or profession. AKA jargon | 128 | |
| 10339881283 | Tension | A feeling of excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work. | 129 | |
| 10339881284 | Texture | Describes the way the elements of a work of prose or poetry are joined together. Suggests an association with the style of the author. | 130 | |
| 10339881285 | Theme | The central idea. | 131 | |
| 10339881286 | Thesis | A statement of the main idea of an essay. | 132 | |
| 10339881287 | Title | A word or phrase set off at the beginning of an essay to identify the subject, to capture the main idea of the essay or to attract the reader's attention. | 133 | |
| 10339881288 | Tone | AKA attitude. The way the author presents a subject. | 134 | |
| 10339881289 | Topic sentence | States the central idea of a paragraph and thus limits and controls the subject of the paragraph. | 135 | |
| 10339881290 | Transition | Words or phrases that link sentences, paragraphs, and larger units of a composition to achieve coherence. | 136 | |
| 10339881291 | Understatement | When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves. | 137 | |
| 10339881292 | Unity | When all of the words, sentences, and paragraphs contribute to its thesis. | 138 | |
| 10339881293 | Voice | How the speaker speaks. Grammatical term- written in either active or passive voice (When subject performs action its active) (When subject is acted upon its passive) | 139 | |
| 10339881294 | Writing Process | 5 stages: 1. Prewriting 2. Writing drafts 3. Revision 4. Editing 5. Publication | 140 | |
| 10339881295 | Zeugma | A breech of sense in a sentence. It occurs when a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them. | 141 |
