105006663 | alliteration | repetition of sounds | |
105006664 | allusion | direct or indirect reference to common knowledge | |
105006665 | ambiguity | when something has multiple meanings | |
105006666 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | |
105006667 | antecedent | the word or phrase referred to by a pronoun | |
105006668 | antithesis | opposition or contrast of ideas | |
105006669 | aphorism | expresses a general truth or a moral principle | |
105006670 | atmosphere | emotions created by an entire work | |
105006671 | clause | contains both a subject and a verb; can be independent or dependent | |
105006672 | colloquialism | use of slang or informalities | |
105006673 | connotation | non-linteral meaning of a word | |
105006674 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | |
105006675 | diction | word choice | |
105006676 | euphemism | a less offensive word that replaces an unpleasant word | |
105006677 | extended metaphor | a lengthly metaphor, occurring throghout a work | |
105006678 | figurative language | writing that is not intended to carry literal meaning | |
105006679 | figure of speech | a device used to produce figurative language | |
105006680 | genre | major categories of work: prose, poetry, drama | |
105006681 | hyperbole | an exaggeration or overstatement | |
105006682 | irony | contrast between what appears to be and what is reality | |
105006683 | metaphor | comparison of seemingly unalike things | |
105006684 | mood | atmosphere of a work; interprited by the reader | |
105006685 | narrative | when one tells a story | |
105006686 | parallelism | grammatical or rhetorical framing of words to produce structural similarity | |
105006687 | point of view | perspective from which a story is told | |
105006688 | prose | a major category of genre; divided into fiction and nonfiction | |
105006689 | rhetorical question | not expected to be answered but evokes thought | |
105006690 | rhetoric | principles governing the art of writing | |
105006691 | repetition | the duplication of a word or phrase | |
105006692 | rhetorical modes | variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing; exposition, argumentation, description, narration | |
105006693 | sarcasm | hurt or ridicule through insightful wit | |
105006694 | sematics | the study of the meaning of words | |
105006695 | style | evaluation of author's choices; classification of authors | |
105006696 | subordinate clause | aka dependent clase; cannot stand alone | |
105006697 | syntax | the way an author joins words, phrases, and sentences | |
105006698 | thesis | express author's main purpose, opinion, or position | |
105006699 | tone | author's attitude toward's his material | |
105006700 | understatement | the minimalizing of fact |
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