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| 11837275857 | objectivity | not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts | 0 | |
| 11837275858 | subjectivity | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions | 1 | |
| 11837275859 | Onomatopoeia | A formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named |  | 2 |
| 11837275860 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |  | 3 |
| 11837275861 | Parable | a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels |  | 4 |
| 11837275862 | Paradox | a statement or proposition that, sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or self-contradictory |  | 5 |
| 11837275863 | Paraphrase | (v) to express the meaning of something (said or written) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity | 6 | |
| 11837275864 | Parallel Construction/ parallelism | the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | 7 | |
| 11837275865 | Parody | A text that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect. |  | 8 |
| 11837275866 | periodic sentence | A complex sentence, especially one consisting of several clauses, constructed as part of a formal speech or narration. *main point is at the end of a long sentence |  | 9 |
| 11837275867 | loose sentence (or cumulative | A(n) __________ makes its major point at the beginning and then adds subordinate phrases and clauses that develop or modify the point. It could end at one or more points before it actually does. *main point is at the beginning of a long sentence |  | 10 |
| 11837275868 | Persona | the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others | 11 | |
| 11837275869 | Jargon | a use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession, or trade; or context/situation |  | 12 |
| 11837275870 | Jumping to a conclusion | Drawing a conclusion without taking the needed time to reason through the argument | 13 | |
| 11837275871 | Lampoon | publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm | 14 | |
| 11837275872 | Literal | Exact and absolute meaning. | 15 | |
| 11837275873 | Loaded Questions | a question that contains a controversial or unjustified assumption |  | 16 |
| 11837275874 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |  | 17 |
| 11837275875 | Novella | a short novel or long short story | 18 | |
| 11837275876 | Metonymy | A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which is an attribute or with which it is associated. Metonymy (from the Greek, "change of name") simply means substituting one word for another with which it is closely associated/related. *Synecdoche* (si'-nek-doh-kee) is a form of metonymy; it is a specific term employed when you use a part of the thing to mean the whole thing itself. | 19 | |
| 11837275877 | Narrative devices | Point of view; to whom one speaks; tense; omniscience; dialogue. | 20 | |
| 11837275878 | Non-sequitur | A jump in logic; lack of a logical connection. |  | 21 |
| 11837275879 | Epigraph | a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme ex: Four score and seven years ago | 22 | |
| 11837275880 | Epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight Ex:I am your father |  | 23 |
| 11837275881 | Epistolary novel | A novel comprised of journal entries or letters Ex: Anne Frank |  | 24 |
| 11837275882 | Epithet | A characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing "Ruler or All" |  | 25 |
| 11837275883 | Epizeuxis | The repetition of a word with no others between for emphasis Ex: O horror, horror, horror |  | 26 |
| 11837275884 | euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing Ex: Instead of the word "die" use passed away |  | 27 |
| 11837275885 | periphrasis | Use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression Ex: Saying "vitamin- laden liquid" instead of "milk" |  | 28 |
| 11837275886 | circumlocution | The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language to avoid getting to the point. | 29 | |
| 11837275887 | exposition/ setting | a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers. ex: "once upon a time in a land far, far away (setting) there lived a lonely girl (character) |  | 30 |
| 11837275888 | Figurative language / Figure of speech | Language that is used to describe one thing in terms of something else; language that is not intended to be taken literally. ex: It's raining cats and dogs |  | 31 |
| 11837275889 | Frame Story | Story within a story. ex: | 32 | |
| 11837275890 | Comparison and contrast | Bringing together two things in order to emphasize similarities or differences | 33 | |
| 11837275891 | Conceit | Fanciful writing; elaborate metaphor. Far-fetched simile or metaphor Ex: Shall I compare thee to a summer day | 34 | |
| 11837275892 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning Ex: You are a dog suggests that you are ugly or morally detestable | 35 | |
| 11837275893 | denotation | Literal or explicit meaning Ex: You are a dog suggests a literal canine | 36 | |
| 11837275894 | deductive reasoning | general --> specific |  | 37 |
| 11837275895 | inductive reasoning | specific case --> generalization (starts from "inside") Think about "I" --> I/me = my experience but reveal truth about all experiences ex: My teacher yesterday and today uses PPTs tomorrow she will use a PPT | 38 | |
| 11837275896 | diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing Ex: It was the best of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the worst of times | 39 | |
| 11837275897 | didactic | moral lesson ex: Aesop's fables | 40 | |
| 11837275898 | pedantic | shallow, someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, detail to make an arrogant show of learning |  | 41 |
| 11837275899 | Either/Or Fallacy | Two alternative points of view are presented as the only options; there really exists one or more than one additional possibilities. Ex: We either ban hairspray or the world will end |  | 42 |
| 11837275900 | Ellipsis | the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues |  | 43 |
| 11837275901 | Epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation | 44 | |
| 11837275902 | Epigram | Brief, pithy, clever statement or poem. (compared to aphorism): An epigram is a short, rhyming poem while an aphorism is a witty remark about life Ex: Never complain never explain | 45 | |
| 11837275903 | Autotelic | Having a purpose in and not apart from itself. |  | 46 |
| 11837275904 | Bathos | An insincere and excessively sentimental appeal to emotion, or an abrupt transition in style from elevated to ordinary. ex: In the US Osama Bin laden is known for terrorism, killings, mirder, and unpaid parking tickets. |  | 47 |
| 11837275905 | Begging the question | Premises of the conclusion are presumed; circular argument. Ex: You have to believe me because what I'm saying is the truth |  | 48 |
| 11837275906 | Caesura | rhetorical break in the, sound of flow in the middle, of a line of verse. A pause in writing in a line of poetry to add rhythm is indicated by - The sunrise -- sire -- |  | 49 |
| 11837275907 | Canon (literary & fiction) | a collection or list of books | 50 | |
| 11837275908 | Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions ex: In Oedipus, he finds out that he killed his father and married his mother, and gouges out his eye |  | 51 |
| 11837275909 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form |  | 52 |
| 11837275910 | Clause | unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate. | 53 | |
| 11837275911 | Cliché | trite; overly familiar, overused phrases that lost it's meaning ex: what goes around comes around, life happens |  | 54 |
| 11837275912 | Colloquial/colloquialism | (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary. ex: she was recently *dumped* by her fiance |  | 55 |
| 11837275913 | ad hominem | Marked by or being an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the argument made - Attacks the person arguing rather than the argument | 56 | |
| 11837275914 | allegory | A sustained metaphor continued through whole sentences or even through a whole discourse. | 57 | |
| 11837275915 | alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of 2 or more neighboring words. | 58 | |
| 11837275916 | allusion | a passing reference, without explicit identification, to a literary or historical person/place/event, or literary work |  | 59 |
| 11837275917 | ambiguity | intentional or unintentional multiple meanings of a word/phrase/etc (usually bad, but can definitely be used rhetorically... sometimes to deceive a reader) |  | 60 |
| 11837275918 | anachronism | a thing belonging to a different time period (esp. something that is conspicuously old fashioned) | 61 | |
| 11837275919 | analepsis | flashing back to an earlier point in the story |  | 62 |
| 11837275920 | prolepsis | "flashing forward" to a moment later in the chronological sequence of events |  | 63 |
| 11837275921 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of a preceding clause |  | 64 |
| 11837275922 | analogy | Comparing similarities. |  | 65 |
| 11837275923 | anaphora | parallel structure starting with the same words |  | 66 |
| 11837275924 | antecedent | a word, phrase, or clause, to which another word refers | 67 | |
| 11837275925 | aphorism | a pithy and pointed statement of a serious maxim, opinion, or general truth | 68 | |
| 11837275926 | Aporia | An expression of doubt or perplexity; placing a claim in doubt by developing arguments on both sides of an issue. |  | 69 |
| 11837275927 | Aposiopesis | an unfinished thought or broken sentence. |  | 70 |
| 11837275928 | Appositive | two units that are grammatically parallel |  | 71 |
| 11837275929 | Apostrophe | In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O." A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. -addressing the dead | 72 | |
| 11837275930 | Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds; non-rhyming - fleet feet sweep by sleeping streets | 73 | |
| 11837275931 | Asyndeton | A writing style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. |  | 74 |
| 11837275932 | atmosphere | Emotion created by an entire work, including setting and authorial tone. |  | 75 |
| 11837275933 | mood | The emotions elicited in the reader as a result of reading a text. |  | 76 |
| 11837275934 | Attitude | Approach, disposition, stance | 77 | |
| 11837275935 | Audience | * Readers or listeners of a "text" | 78 | |
| 11837275936 | Genetic Fallacy | Origin of the claim is used as evidence to discredit or credit claim itself. Ex: The nazi regime developed the VS wagon, therefore you shouldn't buy it |  | 79 |
| 11837275937 | Genre/ Generic Conventions | a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter the features shown by texts that allow them to be put into a specific genre. ex: almost all Westerns use the Iconography of cowboy hats, six shooters, horses and spurs to place them in their genre. | 80 | |
| 11837275938 | Homily | a religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a sermon | 81 | |
| 11837275939 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally ex: There is still 10 hours left of class |  | 82 |
| 11837275940 | hypotactic sentence | the subordination of one clause to another Ex: | 83 | |
| 11837275941 | paratactic | the placing of clauses one after another without the use of words to indicate coordination or subordination | 84 | |
| 11837275942 | image/ imagery | visually descriptive / figurative language ex= She walked cautiously with her long red dress that had a small rip on the bottom, and her hands well maintained... | 85 | |
| 11837275943 | Inference/infer | a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning |  | 86 |
| 11837275944 | Invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language ex: You slime, gooey piece of squirming tentacle, get your visually stinking self away from me |  | 87 |
| 11837275945 | Inversion | a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter ex: The seagulls fly through the air. Through the air the seagulls fly (inversion) | 88 | |
| 11837275946 | verbal irony | A trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express. It's not what you say, it's how you say it. ex: Its no big deal my cat just died |  | 89 |
| 11837275947 | situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected - Ex: A fire station on fire |  | 90 |
| 11837275948 | dramatic irony | The audience knows something the character does not. |  | 91 |
| 11837275949 | structural irony | Pervasive irony created by a structural feature such as a naive protagonist whose viewpoint is consistently wrong, shared by neither author nor reader. | 92 | |
| 11837275950 | Romantic irony | The narrator of a literary work creates an illusion of reality but then destroys the illusion by revealing that he is arbitrarily making up the story as he goes. ex: |  | 93 |
| 11837275951 | Socratic irony | a pose of ignorance assumed in order to entice others into making statements that can then be challenged ex: when your parents pretend not to know about something you've done, only to ask you a series of seemingly innocent questions leading to your inevitable confession | 94 |
