9922011164 | allegory | extending a metapor so objects, persons, and actions in a text are equated with meanings that lie outside the test | 0 | |
9922014197 | alliteration | repetition of an initial consonant sound | 1 | |
9922016986 | allusion | a brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event | 2 | |
9922019617 | ambiguity | presence of 2 or more possible meanings in any passage | 3 | |
9922022734 | analogy | reasoning or explaining from parallel cases | 4 | |
9922024835 | antithesis | juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases | 5 | |
9922031503 | assonance | similarity in sound between words or phrases | 6 | |
9922037314 | colloquial | characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal language as distinct from formal/literary language | 7 | |
9922044927 | connotation | the emotional implications and associations that a word may carry | 8 | |
9922047788 | diction | choice and use of words in speech or writing | 9 | |
9922052079 | didactic | intended or inclined to teach or instruct, often excessively | 10 | |
9922055430 | ethos | persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narrator | 11 | |
9922057894 | fallacy | error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid | 12 | |
9922060116 | hyperbole | when exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect | 13 | |
9922063276 | irony | use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, a statement/situation where the meaning is directly contradicted by the appearance/presentation of the idea | 14 | |
9922066835 | metaphor | when an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common | 15 | |
9922071670 | onomatopoeia | formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to | 16 | |
9922074486 | oxymoron | when contradictory terms appear side by side | 17 | |
9922075566 | paradox | a statement that appears to contradict itself | 18 | |
9922077875 | parallelism | similarity in structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 19 | |
9922081048 | pathos | means of persuasion that appeals to the audience's emotions | 20 | |
9922085294 | simile | when two fundamentally unlike things are compared, like or as | 21 | |
9959145338 | imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language | 22 | |
9959151325 | personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things | 23 | |
9959154753 | tone | general character/attitude of a piece of writing | 24 | |
9959158650 | foreshadowing | a warning or indication of a future event | 25 | |
9959267927 | narrative | a written account of connected events | 26 | |
9959274935 | symbolism | the use of symbols to represent ideas | 27 |
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