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| 242993532 | Style | a writer's manner of expression | |
| 242993533 | Diction | choice of words with regard to correctness, clearness or effectiveness | |
| 242993534 | Pedantic | narrow; stodgy; unimaginative | |
| 242993535 | Ostentatious | showy; pretentious | |
| 242993536 | Archaic | of an earlier primitive time | |
| 242993537 | Dialectic | regional variety of language | |
| 242993538 | Colloquial | used in familiar and informal conversation; conversational style | |
| 242993539 | Didactic | designed or intended to teach; making moral observation | |
| 242993540 | Tropes | "Artful Diction" use of language in a nonliteral way | |
| 242993541 | Apostrophe | act of addressing an abstraction or personification that is not physical | |
| 242993542 | Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration | |
| 242993543 | Irony | Saying one thing and meaning another | |
| 242993544 | Litotes | type of meiosis where writer uses a statement in the negative to make a point | |
| 242993545 | Meiosis | understatement | |
| 242993546 | Metaphor | comparison or analogy stated in such a way to imply that one object is the same thing as another | |
| 242993547 | Metonymy | vaguely suggestive, physical object that embodies a more general idea | |
| 242993548 | Paradox | using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level | |
| 242993549 | Personification | abstractions, animals, ideas or inanimate objects are given human character traits, abilities or reaction | |
| 242993550 | Synaesthesia | shifts in imagery where in one type of sensory input is combined with another separate sense in an impossible way | |
| 242993551 | Synecdoche | a part of an object represents the whole | |
| 242993552 | Simile | comparison or annalogy implied by using adverbs like or as | |
| 242993553 | Syntax | the way words are put together to form phrases; the arrangement of words | |
| 242993554 | Schemes | "Artful Syntax" pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | |
| 242993555 | Alliteration | repetition of a consonant in multiple words | |
| 242993556 | Anaphora | intentional repetition of beginning clauses in order to create an artistic effect | |
| 242993557 | Antimetabole | repetition in reverse order | |
| 242993558 | Antithesis | contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence | |
| 242993559 | Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | |
| 242993560 | Asyndeton | using no conjunctions to create an effect of speed or simplicity | |
| 242993561 | Chiasmus | parallelism turned inside out | |
| 242993562 | Cumulative Sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | |
| 242993563 | Ellipsis | omitting a word implied by the previous clause | |
| 242993564 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | |
| 242993565 | Inversion | inverted order of words | |
| 252630007 | oxymoron | paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict each other but that make an odd sort of sense | |
| 252630008 | parallelism | similar patterns of grammatical structure and length | |
| 252630009 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | |
| 252630010 | polysyndeton | using many conjunctions to overwhelming effect | |
| 252630011 | zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous, meanings | |
| 252630012 | Tone | the means of creating a relationship or conveying an underlying attitude or mood | |
| 252630013 | anecdote | short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident | |
| 252630014 | annotation | critical or explanatory notes or comments | |
| 252630015 | aphorism | concise statement of a principle, truth, or sentiment | |
| 252630016 | epigram | a brief witty statement | |
| 252630017 | parody | literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule | |
| 252630018 | polemic | an argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | |
| 252630019 | precis | concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts | |
| 252630020 | propaganda | a negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | |
| 252630021 | satire | an ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | |
| 252630022 | syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise |
