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| 4924579835 | Ethos | Ethical appeal. When a writer tries to persuade the audience. | 0 | |
| 4924728621 | Pathos | Emotional appeal. | 1 | |
| 4924790168 | Logos | Logical appeal. When a writer uses facts, figures and statistics to support their claims. | 2 | |
| 4924837842 | Diction | Word choice, an element of style. | 3 | |
| 4924880745 | Concrete Language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | 4 | |
| 4924900769 | Voice | Refers to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive voice). The second refers to the total sound of a writer's style. | 5 | |
| 4924919762 | Objective | A third person narrator who only reports what would be visible to a camera; thoughts and feelings are only revealed if a character speaks of them. | 6 | |
| 4924984679 | Rhetoric | The art of effective communication | 7 | |
| 4925170190 | Animosity (noun) | Bitter dislike towards someone or something. | 8 | |
| 4925188395 | Disparage (verb) | To speak or write negatively of. | 9 | |
| 4925203357 | Gamut (noun) | The full range or extent. | 10 | |
| 4925236303 | Incognito (adjective) | Hidden or unknown. | 11 | |
| 4925256538 | Lurid (adjective) | Gruesome or sensationalistic. | 12 | |
| 4925262351 | Emulate (verb) | To strive to match or by better means of imitation. | 13 | |
| 4925287313 | Adulation (noun) | Extreme praise, admiration, or flattery, especially of a servile nature. | 14 | |
| 4985540045 | Syntax | The grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. | 15 | |
| 4985561677 | Transition | A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph. | 16 | |
| 4985763345 | Tone | The characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience (anger, sarcastic, loving, didactic, emotional, etc.) | 17 | |
| 4985766598 | Style | An author's characteristic manner of expression, his or her diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content. | 18 | |
| 4985780797 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is presented. | 19 | |
| 4985847971 | First Person Narrator | A narrator, referred to as "I," who is a character in the story and relates the actions through his or her own prospective, also revealing his or her own thoughts. | 20 | |
| 4985852630 | Stream of Consciousness | Making the reader privy to the continuous, chaotic flow of disconnected, half-formed thoughts and impressions in the character's mind. | 21 | |
| 4985886318 | Omniscient | Third person narrator, referred to as "he," "she," or "they," who is able to see into each character's mind and understand all actions. | 22 | |
| 4985893198 | Limited Omniscient | A third person narrator who reports the thoughts of only one character and generally only what one character sees. | 23 | |
| 4985897000 | Mood | the primary emotional attitude of a work. | 24 | |
| 4985898924 | Coherence | Quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the idea, theme, or organizing principle. | 25 | |
| 4985904352 | Jargon | The special language of a profession or group. | 26 | |
| 4985907853 | Corroborate | To confirm or increase in certainty. | 27 | |
| 4985914856 | Enunciate | To articulate or pronounce. | 28 | |
| 4985961067 | Malleable | Easily shaped or reformed. | 29 | |
| 5050400234 | Allegory | An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story. | 30 | |
| 5050450587 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, etc. | 31 | |
| 5050454184 | Analogy | A point by point comparison of two similar but different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship. | 32 | |
| 5050458651 | Aphorism | A short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life. | 33 | |
| 5050464874 | Figurative Language | Language that contains figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal. | 34 | |
| 5050470574 | Parallelism | The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form. | 35 | |
| 5050497750 | Imagery | Words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture. | 36 | |
| 5050500868 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. | 37 | |
| 5050511126 | Penurious | Lacking money- very poor; or careful with money- stingy | 38 | |
| 5050519536 | Prosaic | Commonplace or dull. Unromantic or matter-of-fact. | 39 | |
| 5050539633 | Capitulate | To give in to a demand for surrender. | 40 | |
| 5050549582 | Morose | Frightening or gloomy. Melancholy or sullen in spirit | 41 | |
| 5050554066 | Skittish | Nervous and lacking confidence. Someone who is uneasy about approaching a task. | 42 | |
| 5050590805 | Verbose | Wordy. That which uses unnecessary language. | 43 | |
| 5050613140 | Aplomb | Assurance, poise, finesse, self-confidence | 44 | |
| 5172352323 | Logical Fallacy | A mistake in reasoning. | 45 | |
| 5172353731 | Red Herring | When a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue. | 46 | |
| 5172355400 | Reductio ad Absurdum | Latin for "to reduce to the absurd." Reduces an argument to an either/or choice. | 47 | |
| 5172359969 | Straw Man | When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak. | 48 | |
| 5172362572 | Non-sequitur | Latin for "it does not follow." When one statement isn't logically connected to another. | 49 | |
| 5172388577 | Oversimplification | When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument. | 50 | |
| 5172390514 | Freight-Train | Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions. | 51 | |
| 5172392567 | False Analogy | When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lend readers to accept a claim or connection between them. | 52 | |
| 5172393517 | Faux pas | A social error or social blunder. A false step in correctness. | 53 | |
| 5172395167 | Gratuitous | Unnecessary. Something that is excessive. | 54 | |
| 5172396745 | Reticent | Reserved. Someone who prefers silence to conversation in social settings. | 55 | |
| 5172399961 | Sumptuous | Extravagant, lavish, luxurious. | 56 | |
| 5172401493 | Pontificate | To issue an authoritative decree. | 57 | |
| 5172407661 | Ad hoc | For a specific purpose or end; formed for immediate or present need. | 58 | |
| 5172409380 | Degenerate | Having regressed or descended to a lower state. | 59 | |
| 5211336818 | Syntactic Fluency | Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied length. | 60 | |
| 5211342563 | Syntactic Permutation | Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. They are often difficult for a reader to follow. | 61 | |
| 5211345973 | Ad Hominem | In argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." | 62 | |
| 5211357397 | Discourse | Spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion. | 63 | |
| 5211364830 | Generalization | When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable. | 64 | |
| 5211367173 | Euphemism | A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. | 65 | |
| 5211370364 | Inversion | Reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then complement) of elements in a sentence or phrase. | 66 | |
| 5211373424 | Induction | The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization. | 67 | |
| 5211376424 | Impervious | Impenetrable. Impossible to alter or affect. | 68 | |
| 5211381529 | Consecrate | To proclaim as sacred; to set aside or declare to be holy. | 69 | |
| 5211401629 | Implicit | Implied or understood, though not expressed directly. | 70 | |
| 5211404641 | Ludicrous | Absurd to the point of being laughable. | 71 | |
| 5211408022 | Reprehensible | Abhorrent. That which is morally inexcusable is reprehensible. | 72 | |
| 5211412550 | Surrealistic | Unreal. | 73 | |
| 5211415205 | Debilitate | To enfeeble or weaken. | 74 | |
| 5295309824 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunctions) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted | 75 | |
| 5295313794 | Deduction | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example. | 76 | |
| 5295317420 | Invective | Verbally abusive attack. | 77 | |
| 5295346376 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis. | 78 | |
| 5295350778 | Parody | A work that ridicules the style of another by imitating and exaggerating its elements. | 79 | |
| 5295358723 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole | 80 | |
| 5295386286 | Rhetorical Question | One that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience | 81 | |
| 5295390568 | Polysyndeton | Sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series. | 82 | |
| 5295393956 | Heterogeneous | Different. Consisting of utterly dissimilar parts or styles. | 83 | |
| 5295395212 | Tenable | Capable of being maintained. | 84 | |
| 5295400406 | Conciliatory | Reconciling, soothing. | 85 | |
| 5295404546 | Gregarious | Extremely outgoing, sociable. | 86 | |
| 5295408889 | Incongruous | Not fitting in with the rest of the whole. | 87 | |
| 5295412652 | Meticulous | Excessively careful. Describes one who is concerned with the details of something. | 88 | |
| 5295416055 | Precarious | Uncertain; risky. | 89 | |
| 5411271835 | Sarcasm | Harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone; less subtle than irony. | 90 | |
| 5411273544 | Antanagoge | A way of ordering points to downplay the negative points so the reader feels less strongly about them. | 91 | |
| 5411275211 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 92 | |
| 5411276634 | Symbolism | The use of symbols or anything that is meant to be taken both literally and as a representative of a higher and more complex significance. | 93 | |
| 5411278503 | Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have rational meaning. | 94 | |
| 5411280563 | Irony | A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected. | 95 | |
| 5411281916 | Extended Metaphor | A sustained comparison, often referred to as a conceit. | 96 | |
| 5411283386 | Epistrophe | Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect. | 97 | |
| 5411286127 | Repudiate | Disown; disavow or refuse any connection of oneself to something or someone. | 98 | |
| 5411287377 | Succinct | Brief, compact; to the point. | 99 | |
| 5411288827 | Placate | To pacify; to appease; to calm someone or something down. | 100 | |
| 5411290375 | Vilify | to slander; to berate; to degrade. | 101 | |
| 5411291683 | Solemnity | seriousness; ritualistic dignity; ceremoniousness. | 102 | |
| 5411293523 | Eccentric | not conventional; a little kooky; irregular | 103 | |
| 5411294904 | Fortuitous | accidental; occurring by chance | 104 | |
| 5471445411 | Epigraph | The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. | 105 | |
| 5471451331 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing. | 106 | |
| 5471455390 | Cacophony | Harsh, awkward or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony. | 107 | |
| 5471459691 | Euphony | A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony. | 108 | |
| 5471468946 | Antithesis | The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by a word, phrase, clause or paragraphs. | 109 | |
| 5471473773 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. | 110 | |
| 5471487852 | Connotation | Implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind. | 111 | |
| 5471491085 | Impetuous | implusive; rash or sudden action. | 112 | |
| 5471493123 | Inane | lacking sense, silly. | 113 | |
| 5471500524 | Ambivalence | uncertainty or indecisiveness. | 114 | |
| 5471502672 | Amorous | strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love. | 115 | |
| 5471513443 | Taciturn | Habitually untalkative, inclined to silence. | 116 | |
| 5471521689 | Despondent | feeling dejected, disheartened, hopeless. | 117 | |
| 5471527825 | Euphoria | A feeling of great happiness or well-being. | 118 | |
| 5471531463 | Indifferent | apathetic, having no marked feeling for or against. | 119 |
