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| 2045135345 | Diction | Author's Choice of Words | 0 | |
| 2045142553 | Connotation | the emotional sense of a word or the cultural meaning associated with the word |  | 1 |
| 2045166752 | Denotation | the dictionary or precise meaning of a word |  | 2 |
| 2045184335 | Style | The voice of the writer: types and lengths of sentences, types of words used, and the extent to which he or she uses imagery and figurative language | 3 | |
| 2045192741 | Authoritative | The voice is commanding and knowing |  | 4 |
| 2045193233 | Emotive | The voice evokes emotion |  | 5 |
| 2045194628 | Didactic | The voice in preachy, insistent |  | 6 |
| 2045195614 | Objective | The voice is uncommitted, without judgment |  | 7 |
| 2045196447 | Ornate | The voice is perhaps pretentious, flowery, or ostentatious |  | 8 |
| 2045197847 | Plain | The voice is simple, straightforward, to the point |  | 9 |
| 2045199329 | Scholarly | The voice is learned and authoritative, erudite |  | 10 |
| 2045200221 | Scientific | The voice is precise and relies on the language of science (Latinate words) |  | 11 |
| 2045201486 | Imagery | Language that engages the senses and evokes emotion | 12 | |
| 2045202954 | Visual Imagery | What we can see |  | 13 |
| 2045204383 | Auditory | What we can hear |  | 14 |
| 2045205403 | Tactile | What we can touch |  | 15 |
| 2045206039 | Olfactory | What we can smell |  | 16 |
| 2045208086 | Gustatory | What we can taste |  | 17 |
| 2045208815 | Kinesthetic | Sense of movement |  | 18 |
| 2045209472 | Organic | Internal sense of being (well or ill) | 19 | |
| 2045211550 | Helps establish tone, Creates realistic settings, Creates empathy in readers for characters, Helps readers imagine themselves as part of a narrative | Effects of imagery | 20 | |
| 2045216477 | Tone | the attitude of the speaker toward another character, a place, an idea, or a thing--its emotional quality | 21 | |
| 2045249059 | Mood | Used most often in association with setting, this is the emotional quality of the setting | 22 | |
| 2045255748 | Syntax | The order of words in a sentence, affecting pace and better emphasizing ideas. | 23 | |
| 2045270094 | Periodic Sentence | The most important idea comes at the end of the sentence | 24 | |
| 2045271840 | Loose Sentence | The most important idea is revealed early and the sentence unfolds loosely after that. | 25 | |
| 2045273413 | Parallel Sentence | Balanced; contains parts of equal grammatical structure or rhetorical value in a variety of combinations |  | 26 |
| 2045279390 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of a series of phrases, clauses, or sentences | 27 | |
| 2045280885 | Antistrophe | Repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases or clauses | 28 | |
| 2045282611 | Asyndeton | Conjunctions are OMITTED between words, phrases, or clauses | 29 | |
| 2045284373 | Chiasmus | Two corresponding pairs ordered this way: a/b/b/a | 30 | |
| 2045287949 | Polysyndeton | The USE of conjunctions between each word, phrase, or clause | 31 | |
| 2045290582 | Simple Sentence | Short, direct: subject, verb, and their modifiers and complements | 32 | |
| 2045294091 | Compound Sentence | 2 independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction | 33 | |
| 2045295875 | FANBOYS | coordinating conjunctions used in compound sentences: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so | 34 | |
| 2045298017 | Complex Sentence | Contains an independent clause and a dependent subordinate clause | 35 | |
| 2045300703 | Compound-Complex Sentence | Contains 2 independent clauses and a dependent (subordinate) clause | 36 | |
| 2045302163 | Declarative Sentence | Makes a statement |  | 37 |
| 2045302904 | Imperative Sentence | Makes a command |  | 38 |
| 2045304389 | Interrogative Sentence | Asks a Question |  | 39 |
| 2045305286 | Exclamatory Sentence | Makes an emphatic or emotion-filled statement! | 40 | |
| 2045306063 | Climax | The main idea or most important point in a sentence, varied for effect | 41 | |
| 2045307204 | Cadence | The rhythm or "music" of a sentence that comes through parallel elements and repetition |  | 42 |
| 2045309344 | Narrative Pace | The pace or speed of a passage that comes through the following elements: length of words, omission of words or punctuation, length of sentences, number of dependent/subordinate clauses, repetition of sounds |  | 43 |
| 2045313651 | Prominence | The importance given an idea in a sentence |  | 44 |
| 2045314880 | Position | Where the key idea is located |  | 45 |
| 2045316319 | Pace | The speed of the text, generally complementing the author's purpose |  | 46 |
| 2045318072 | Figurative Language | Language not meant to be taken literally. | 47 | |
| 2045321909 | Allegory | A symbolic description or narrative (poetry or prose) with a secondary, or underlying, meaning. |  | 48 |
| 2045326106 | Character Allegory | Characters often represent various ideal qualities | 49 | |
| 2045327344 | Apostrophe | Addressing something (or someone) nonliving or incapable of response as if it could hear and respond |  | 50 |
| 2045328752 | Irony | A discrepancy between what is perceived and what is real |  | 51 |
| 2045330214 | Verbal Irony | When what is said is different from what is meant |  | 52 |
| 2045331440 | Dramatic Irony | When the reader knows something a character does not know |  | 53 |
| 2045333028 | Situational Irony | When some aspect of the situation seems incongruous to either what seems appropriate or to what is expected |  | 54 |
| 2045337018 | Metaphor | A comparison of two dissimilar things in order to see one in a new way | 55 | |
| 2045893753 | Metonymy | use of a closely related detail for the thing actually meant |  | 56 |
| 2045896305 | Hyperbole (Overstatement) | Saying more than the situation warrants, which illuminates the truth |  | 57 |
| 2045897060 | Paradox | a statement that consists of two contradictory or incompatible elements, revealing the truth |  | 58 |
| 2045900997 | Personification | Attributing human qualities or characteristics to non-living or non-human things in order to create empathy |  | 59 |
| 2045904426 | Simile | A metaphor that uses "like" or "as" | 60 | |
| 2045905603 | Homeric (Epic) Simile | An extended simile used in epic poems and Greek dramas, using "just as" or "so then" most often |  | 61 |
| 2045910341 | Synecdoche | The use of a part for the whole |  | 62 |
| 2045952811 | Symbol | A thing, person, or idea that stands for something else |  | 63 |
| 2045954348 | Understatement | Saying less than the situation warrants, illuminating the truth. |  | 64 |
