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| 9802565946 | Syllogism | In its basic form, this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lend to the truth | 0 | |
| 9802565947 | Abstract Idea | Refers to ideas not connected or concerned with worldly things. | 1 | |
| 9802565948 | Abstraction | a term applied to ideas that are philosophical and emotional, not concrete or tangible, yet the idea comes from experience | 2 | |
| 9802565949 | Adjective Modifying | the possessive adjective refers to the words that modify nouns by showing a sense of possession of, or belonging to, a person or thing. | 3 | |
| 9802565950 | Allegorical | containing allegory | 4 | |
| 9802565951 | Allegory | A work in which the characters and their actions represent general truths about human conduct. The characters often represent abstract concepts such as faith, innocence, or evil. | 5 | |
| 9802565952 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known fictional, mythological, or historical person, place, or event, outside the story, suggests similarities to comparable circumstances in another time or place | 6 | |
| 9802565953 | Biblical Allusion | a reference within a literary work to a story, idea, or event that is related in the Bible or other biblical writings | 7 | |
| 9802565954 | Literary Allusion | a reference to a work of literary merit outside the work | 8 | |
| 9802565955 | Mythological Allusion | referencing to a myth, it does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers | 9 | |
| 9802565956 | Cultural Allusion | a reference to a mainstream culture that remains outside of the work | 10 | |
| 9802565957 | Visual Imagery | imagery that appeals to the sense of sight | 11 | |
| 9802565958 | Tactile Imagery | imagery that appeals to kinesthetics or touch | 12 | |
| 9802565959 | Auditory Imagery | imagery that appeals to the sense of hearing | 13 | |
| 9802565960 | Gustatory Imagery | imagery that appeals to the sense of taste | 14 | |
| 9802565961 | Olfactory Imagery | imagery that appeals to the sense of smell | 15 | |
| 9802565962 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation | 16 | |
| 9802565963 | Analogy | comparison made between two things to show how they are alike | 17 | |
| 9802565964 | Analysis | detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation. | 18 | |
| 9802565965 | Anecdote | a short narrative within a work of literature that underlines a deeper meaning | 19 | |
| 9802565966 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to | 20 | |
| 9802565967 | Anticlimax | a disappointing end to an exciting series of events | 21 | |
| 9802565968 | Antithesis | balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure highlighting the difference between two ideas and adding interest | 22 | |
| 9802565969 | Apology | a formal attempt to justify or defend one's actions while implying regret for them | 23 | |
| 9802565970 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality or idea | 24 | |
| 9802565971 | Apostrophic Speech | an arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea in such a way as if it were present and capable of understanding feelings | 25 | |
| 9802565972 | Appositive | a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it Ex. the bird, a canary, is flying through the sky | 26 | |
| 9802565973 | Assert | state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully | 27 | |
| 9802565974 | Assertion | confident and forceful statement of fact or belief | 28 | |
| 9802565975 | Ballad Meter | four-line stanzas usually rhyming abcd with the first and third lines carrying four accented syllables and the second and fourth carrying three | 29 | |
| 9802565976 | Blank Verse | Verse without rhyme | 30 | |
| 9802565977 | Capitalization | Writing with capital letters. This can sometimes be used to personify certain forces such as "Muse". It gives more emphasis or meaning to a word | 31 | |
| 9802565978 | Categorical Assertion | all or some of the members of one category are included in another | 32 | |
| 9802565979 | Cause-and-effect analysis | A method leading to the listing of all possible reasons and outcomes associated with a particular problem or situation. It is a group process direct at uncovering possible or probable causal factors and their manifestation | 33 | |
| 9802565980 | Character | as any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work. There are many types of characters that exist in literature, each with its own development and function | 34 | |
| 9802565981 | Circular reasoning | a logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with. The components of a circular argument are often logically valid because if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true. | 35 | |
| 9802565982 | Classification and Comparison | method of paragraph or essay development in which a writer arranges people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into classes or groups | 36 | |
| 9802565983 | Colloquial | used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary | 37 | |
| 9802565984 | Comical | a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful ending | 38 | |
| 9802565985 | Compare | estimate, measure, or note the similarity between two or more things | 39 | |
| 9802565986 | Complex Sentence | a sentence containing mutiple subordinate clause or clauses | 40 | |
| 9802565987 | Complex Structure | consisting of two parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form -ish. | 41 | |
| 9802565988 | Conclusive Logic | Pertaining to conclusion | 42 | |
| 9802565989 | Concrete evidence | appears in different categories of essays and theses, in the form of paraphrase and quotations. It is presented to persuade readers, and used with powerful arguments in the texts or essays | 43 | |
| 9802565990 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 44 | |
| 9802565991 | Contradiction | a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another. | 45 | |
| 9802565992 | Contrast | The state of being strikingly different from something else or noting differences between two or more things | 46 | |
| 9802565993 | Conventional Metrical Patterns | adheres to a definite verse structure or set of characteristics,the metrical and rhyme patterns associated with traditional poems are typically absent from contemporary poetry | 47 | |
| 9802565994 | Counterargument | an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument | 48 | |
| 9802565995 | Couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter joined by rhyme | 49 |
