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| 5383887269 | ad hominem | writer attacks the character of the arguer rather than discuss the ideas ex. Vicky makes the claim that Professor Brown is not a good teacher. Professor Brown comes back by saying Vicky is an "idiot" rather than discussing the claim at hand | 0 | |
| 5383910372 | alliteration | repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables ex. She sells sea shells by the seashore | 1 | |
| 5383922211 | allusion | indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event ex. When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary | 2 | |
| 5383934489 | ambivalence | lack of clarity | 3 | |
| 5383936579 | analogy | extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things... a longer simile | 4 | |
| 5383975821 | analytical | understand the nature of something | 5 | |
| 5383979940 | anaphora | repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses ex. My heart is a boulder My heart is a stone My heart is a pebble My heart is alone | 6 | |
| 5384005883 | anecdote | short account of an interesting event | 7 | |
| 5384009105 | annotation | explanatory or critical notes added to a text | 8 | |
| 5384015231 | antanaclasis | word is repeated in two or more different senses...PUNS! ex. If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm | 9 | |
| 5421083882 | antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun refers ex. Professor Brown is out of her mind | 10 | |
| 5421087193 | antimetabole | the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast ex. we do what we like and we like what we do | 11 | |
| 5421089971 | antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas ex. you cannot live without learning, you cannot learn without living or you win some, you lose some | 12 | |
| 5421093420 | aphorism | a short, astute statement of a general truth...similar to an attention getter...it's purpose could be to no marginalize, or leave out, any reader of an essay ex. youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age regret | 13 | |
| 5421098784 | apologist | one who writes in defense of a cause or institution | 14 | |
| 5421100014 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction ex. twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are up above the world so high like a diamond in the sky | 15 | |
| 5421109281 | archaic diction | the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | 16 | |
| 5421114053 | argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence | 17 | |
| 5421115206 | assertion | an emphatic statement; declaration... an assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 18 | |
| 5421124273 | assumption | a belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 19 |
