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| 6605430347 | Formal Diction | Word choice, when formal words are used in formal situations. Formal diction does not reflect the way that people speak, and instead follows the rules of grammar precisely. It does not use any idiomatic expressions, contractions or slang, and it uses few common and simple words. Instead, formal diction has extravagant, elegant and sophisticated vocabulary, and many of the words are polysyllabic, meaning that they have many syllables. | 0 | |
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| 6605432833 | Informal Diction | Relaxed conversational words we use every day | 2 | |
| 6605435788 | Denotation | Literal meaning of a word | 3 | |
| 6605437700 | Abstract | Existing in thought or as in an idea | 4 | |
| 6605438150 | Concrete | Existing in Material or physical form | 5 | |
| 6605439494 | Archaic Language | Very old-fashioned Ex: Aye = Yes Ruth = pity Nay = No | 6 | |
| 6605439152 | Literal Language | Uses words exactly to their proper meaning | 7 | |
| 6605443849 | Figurative Language | Uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning | 8 | |
| 6605502937 | Figure of Speech | Word or phrase used in non literal sense | 9 | |
| 6605503550 | Metaphorical | Characteristic related to metaphor | 10 | |
| 6605503811 | Metaphor | Comparison without using like or as ex: My boyfriend is my knight and shining armor | 11 | |
| 6605505435 | Extended Metaphor | Exploits a single metaphor at length through multiple grounds throughout a story | 12 | |
| 6605506510 | Simile | Comparison using like or as | 13 | |
| 6605523014 | Personification | Giving human characteristics to non human objects | 14 | |
| 6605523336 | Analogy | Comparison of two things for explanations Ex: Go is to Green as Red is to Stop Gas is to car as Wood is to Fire Purple is Grapes as Red is to Cherries | 15 | |
| 6605525800 | Extended | Enlarged | 16 | |
| 6605526113 | Overstatement | Expressing something too strongly Ex: I have a ton of Food | 17 | |
| 6605530747 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statement meant not to be taken literally | 18 | |
| 6605532031 | Understatement | expressing something to weakly or less important Ex: When you have lost a thousand dollars in a poker game: "I lost a couple of dollars." | 19 | |
| 6605534840 | Paradox | a statement that contradicts itself Ex: War is peace | 20 | |
| 6605691169 | Irony | when something that is not expected happens. | 21 | |
| 6605692593 | Situational Irony | when something that is not expected happens. Ex: A fire station burns down A fire station burns down | 22 | |
| 6605694342 | Dramatic Irony | It occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of | 23 | |
| 6605694837 | Verbal Irony | Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. | 24 | |
| 6605695563 | Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock | 25 | |
| 6605699436 | Satire | The use of humor to expose or criticize peoples vices | 26 | |
| 6605704997 | Metaphysical Conceit | Sets up the analogy between an entity and a physical | 27 | |
| 6605710799 | Metonymy | Substitution of a name of a thing for an attribute it has Ex: Crown - in place of a royal person Dish - for an entire plate of food | 28 | |
| 6605713473 | Synecdoche | One word is used to refer to the whole Ex: The word "sails" is often used to refer to a whole ship. The phrase "hired hands" can be used to refer to workmen. | 29 | |
| 6605716961 | Visual | Related to sight, seeing | 30 | |
| 6605716962 | Auditory | Relating to the sense of hearing | 31 | |
| 6605716963 | Olfactory | relating to the sense of smell | 32 | |
| 6605718120 | Gustatory | Concerned with tasting or the sense of taste | 33 | |
| 6607978272 | Syntax | Set of rules in a language Ex: We ate fish for dinner. versus For dinner ate we fish. | 34 | |
| 6607995448 | Inversion | Literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. Ex: What a beautiful picture it is! Where in the world were you! How wonderful the weather is today! | 35 | |
| 6608005985 | Parallelism | Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning Ex: Like father, like son. The escaped prisoner was wanted dead or alive. Easy come, easy go. | 36 | |
| 6608013318 | Asyndeton | To intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy. Ex: "He eats, sleeps, drinks." | 37 | |
| 6608017592 | Polysyndeton | several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. Ex: Go and kiss her and love her and marry her. | 38 | |
| 6608028737 | Anaphora | Deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve. Ex: "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better" "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." | 39 | |
| 6608035596 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the typical word order in a sentence. Ex: Patience I lack. Into the water dove the boy. | 40 | |
| 6608043566 | Loose Sentence | Begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause. Ex: I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy, and shopped at the mall. The elephants proceeded on their walk, pounding the dry dirt, and swinging their trunks. | 41 | |
| 6608063227 | Periodic Sentence | A periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end. Ex: While she waited at the train station, Rachel realized that the train was late. | 42 | |
| 6608096891 | Passive Voice | A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb. Ex: Several fish were caught by the man | 43 | |
| 6608108145 | Mood | evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. | 44 | |
| 6608108963 | Tone | is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. | 45 |
