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| 3565933177 | Antithesis | a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 0 | |
| 3565949435 | Bombast | high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people. | 1 | |
| 3565958576 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect | 2 | |
| 3565967555 | Authority | arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience are said to rest on authoritative backing or authority. | 3 | |
| 3565975948 | Claim | to state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof | 4 | |
| 3565996311 | Epigraph | an inscrpition that can in a quotation or saying at the beginning or a book or chapter | 5 | |
| 3566002610 | Genre | a category of an artistic composition, as in music or literature that can be characterized by it's form, style, or subject of matter | 6 | |
| 3566010800 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 3566017545 | Backing | body of experience and evidence that supports the warrant | 8 | |
| 3566034652 | Aphorism | an observation that contains the general truth. | 9 | |
| 3566046082 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes a literal meaning | 10 | |
| 3566054138 | Ad Populum | a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it | 11 | |
| 3566063804 | Archetype | a stereotypical or reoccurring character type | 12 | |
| 3566077893 | Claim of Policy | a claim asserting that specific courses of action should be instituted as solutions to problems | 13 | |
| 3566096004 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 14 | |
| 3566105114 | Concrete Language | Words which appeal to the five sences | 15 | |
| 3566112125 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite | 16 | |
| 3566116266 | Caricature | device used in descriptive writing and visual arts where particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated to create a silly or comic effect. | 17 | |
| 3566121363 | Anti-climax | a rhetorical device which can be defined as a disappointing situation or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a ludicrous or trivial one | 18 | |
| 3566129472 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 19 | |
| 3566134357 | Deductive | A method of reasoning from the general to the specific. | 20 | |
| 3566144746 | Ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language | 21 | |
| 3566150576 | Colloquialism | informal word or phrase that is used in familiar or ordinary conversation. | 22 | |
| 3566158506 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word substituted for one that is considered to be too harsh when referring to something unpleasant. | 23 | |
| 3566166219 | Invective | highly critical or insulting language | 24 | |
| 3566177016 | Personification | a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas | 25 | |
| 3566184734 | Expository | type of writing that the author's purpose is to explain, define, and describe the subject to their readers. | 26 | |
| 3566193533 | Clause | a group of related words containing a subject that tells readers what the sentence is about, and a verb that tells readers what the subject is doing | 27 | |
| 3566199936 | Didacticism | a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions along with pleasure and entertainment. | 28 | |
| 3566207360 | Antecedent | a pronoun refers back to its antecedent | 29 | |
| 3566218418 | Device | something used in writing to add a special effect | 30 | |
| 3566223497 | Excerpt | a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like | 31 | |
| 3566231956 | Point of View | the position from which something or someone is observed, or in fictional writing, the narrator's position in relation to the story being told. | 32 | |
| 3566238776 | Style | a literary element that describes how an author uses words. | 33 | |
| 3566244447 | Prosaic | a style that lacks abstract ideas or another word for common, simple. | 34 | |
| 3566252856 | Dichotomy | a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. | 35 | |
| 3566262182 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 36 | |
| 3566268971 | Discourse | the presentation of language in its entirety while performing an intellectual inquiry in a particular area or field | 37 | |
| 3566278044 | Ethos | an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved. It is a means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader. | 38 | |
| 3566290649 | Rebuttal | a statement that contradicts something previously stated | 39 | |
| 3566303442 | Narrative | provides details of what has happened | 40 | |
| 3566316625 | Credibility | a trustworthy, reliable source. | 41 | |
| 3566326154 | Stance | How a writer already feels about a topic. | 42 | |
| 3566331138 | Syllogism | a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions, each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion | 43 | |
| 3566334963 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. | 44 | |
| 3566340797 | Juxtaposition | a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. | 45 | |
| 3566349943 | Cliches | phrases or opinions that are overused and show that there is a lack of original thought on the matter | 46 | |
| 3566355173 | Elegiac | "mournful" or "sad" | 47 | |
| 3566359141 | Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with an exaggeration for comic effect. | 48 | |
| 3566363016 | Dogma | when an opinion is settled by an authority. | 49 | |
| 3566373396 | Hypothetical Example | a fictional example that can be used when a speaker is explaining a complicated topic that makes the most sense when it is put into more realistic or relatable terms. | 50 | |
| 3566381499 | Refute | to prove a person, argument, or statement to be false | 51 | |
| 3566393754 | Authority of the Subject | claiming something should be followed even though the advice wasn't given by an expert on the subject | 52 | |
| 3566420848 | In media res | practice of beginning an epic or other fictional form by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events; the situation is an extension of previous events and will be developed in later action. | 53 | |
| 3566427980 | Imagery | use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | 54 | |
| 3566433939 | Conceit | a figure of speech in which two different objects are compared with the help of similes or metaphors. | 55 | |
| 3566437691 | Hyperbole | an over-exaggeration in order to create emphaisis | 56 | |
| 3566443113 | Contemplation | Thoughtful observation or study | 57 | |
| 3566451118 | Subordinate Clause | a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause | 58 | |
| 3566455915 | Claim of Value | making a judgement on a subject that either can be approving or disapproving, or also be attempting to prove a certain thing right or wrong. | 59 | |
| 3566466144 | Dissonance | the use of harsh sounding words that is used to create a disturbing effect. | 60 | |
| 3566470584 | Imperative Mood | giving a command or request to do something in a sentence | 61 | |
| 3566485040 | Treatise | a formal, written article or book that deals with the facts, evidence and conclusions on one subject | 62 | |
| 3566488440 | Enumerate | to list or count off one by one | 63 | |
| 3566492408 | Enunciate | to express in clear or defined terms | 64 | |
| 3566496014 | Parallelism | the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. | 65 | |
| 3566500508 | Sarcasm | a literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously. | 66 | |
| 3566503896 | Homily | a tedious moralizing talk | 67 | |
| 3566507827 | Inversion | a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. | 68 | |
| 3566512069 | Mood | a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | 69 | |
| 3566518705 | Qualifier | a word that qualifies the meaning of another, as an adjective or adverb | 70 | |
| 3566522464 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 71 | |
| 3566529319 | Theme | the subject of a piece of writing | 72 | |
| 3566536757 | Genre | a specific type of music, film, or writing | 73 | |
| 3566542093 | Climax | the peak/turning point of the plot in a story | 74 | |
| 3566551208 | Epilogue | a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened. | 75 | |
| 3566553420 | Solecism | A grammatical mistake in speech or writing. | 76 | |
| 3566557576 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence in which the main clause or its predicate is withheld until the end | 77 | |
| 3566559463 | Regionalism | The theory or practice of emphasizing the regional characteristics of locale or setting, as by stressing local speech. | 78 | |
| 3566564098 | Post Hoc | A fallacy in which one event is said to be the cause of a later event simply because it occurred earlier. | 79 | |
| 3566567781 | Semantics | one of the important branches of linguistics that deals with interpretation and meaning of the words, sentence structure and symbols, while determining the reading comprehension of the readers how they understand others and their interpretations. | 80 | |
| 3566572534 | Jargon | technical or specialized words that are only understood by those who are of the same group or profession. | 81 | |
| 3566575940 | Ellipsis | A series of dots (usually three "...") that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without changing its original meaning. | 82 | |
| 3566579506 | Malapropism | The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one. | 83 | |
| 3566583697 | Transition | words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences and paragraphs. | 84 | |
| 3566587250 | Annotation | a comment or explanation attached to text, image, or other data. | 85 | |
| 3566591321 | Begging the Question | a fallacy in which the premises include the claim that the conclusion is true. | 86 | |
| 3566602933 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing. | 87 | |
| 3566607256 | Cynicism | an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism. | 88 | |
| 3566610361 | Figure of Speech | Word or phrase used in a non-literal sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage | 89 | |
| 3566633231 | Synactic Fluency | Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length. | 90 | |
| 3566636407 | Abstract Language | Refer to ideas or concepts that have no physical reference | 91 | |
| 3566639970 | Explication | Process of making something clear | 92 | |
| 3566647886 | Diatribe | forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something | 93 | |
| 3566651972 | Lyrical | expressing the writers emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way | 94 | |
| 3566655340 | Slippery Slope | an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong or disastrous | 95 | |
| 3566659189 | Motif | recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story | 96 | |
| 3566662872 | Voice | the individual writing style of an author that deals with syntax, diction, punctuation, development of a character, etc... | 97 | |
| 3566667282 | Sign Warrant | a general rule indicating the relevance of a claim. | 98 | |
| 3566670992 | Non Sequitur | conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement | 99 | |
| 3566674610 | Pun | joke exploiting different possible meanings of a word or words that sound the alike but dont mean the same | 100 | |
| 3566677762 | Metonymy | substitution of a name or attribute for what thing is meant for | 101 | |
| 3566680485 | Symbol | thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract | 102 | |
| 3566684276 | Anachronism | thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuosly old fashioned | 103 | |
| 3566687293 | Coherence | Quality of being logical and consistent | 104 | |
| 3566696247 | Convey | make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone | 105 | |
| 3566701083 | Faulty Emotional Appeals | basing an argument on feelings, especially pity or fear, often to draw attention away from the real issue. | 106 | |
| 3566703870 | Pacing | the speed of a story's action, dialogue or narration | 107 | |
| 3566707816 | Stipulative Definition | proposes that the language shall be used in a certain way | 108 | |
| 3566712881 | Allegory | uses symbols to narrate, using characters and events to stand for ideas or events | 109 | |
| 3566721156 | Parable | a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 110 | |
| 3566726996 | Extended Metaphor | longer comparisions that are used to make the comparision more clear in the reader's mind | 111 | |
| 3566726997 | Onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the natural sound of a thing. | 112 | |
| 3566730730 | Digression | when there is an interruption in the main plot line in a narrative. | 113 | |
| 3566733992 | Wit | generally intellectually based, but it is used in a quick fashion and is generally humorous. | 114 | |
| 3566737583 | Euphony | pleasing sounding words | 115 | |
| 3566745762 | Pathos | Appeal to Emotion | 116 | |
| 3566748703 | Repetiton | The repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis | 117 | |
| 3566750822 | Mode | An unspecific critical term usually identifying a broad, but identifiable literary method, mood, or manner, that is not tied exclusively to a particular form or genre. | 118 |
