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| 6731245634 | ad hominem argument | from the latin meaning "to or against the person" this is an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect | 0 | |
| 6731245638 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. can also include a sense of uncertainty that a work presents. | 1 | |
| 6731245640 | anecdote | a short, narrative account of an amusing, unusual, revealing or interesting event. it has a single, definite point and is used to clarify abstract points, to humanize individuals so that readers can relate to them or so they can create a memorable image. | 2 | |
| 6731245641 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 3 | |
| 6731245642 | antithesis | a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. it results in the emphasis of opposing ideas | 4 | |
| 6731245643 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle. It can be a memorable summation of the authors point | 5 | |
| 6731245644 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction such as liberty or love, or an inanimate object. | 6 | |
| 6731245645 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described | 7 | |
| 6731245646 | caricature | a representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subjects distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. | 8 | |
| 6731245647 | chiasmus | a figure of speech based on inverted parallelism. it is rhetorical figure in which two clauses are related to each another through a reversal of terms. | 9 | |
| 6731245648 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent or main clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence | 10 | |
| 6731245649 | colloquialism | slang or informality in speech or writing, not generally acceptable for formal writing, they give language a conversational, familiar tone. | 11 | |
| 6731245650 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or a surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 12 | |
| 6731245654 | didactic | literally means "instructive". didactic works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially teaching moral or ethical principles. | 13 | |
| 6731245656 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occuring frequently in or throughout a work | 14 | |
| 6731245659 | generic conventions | this term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre; for example, they differentiate between an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 15 | |
| 6731245660 | genre | the major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. | 16 | |
| 6731245661 | homily | literally means "sermon" but more informal it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 17 | |
| 6731245662 | hyperbole | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. They often have a comic effect, but can also have a serious effect. | 18 | |
| 6731245663 | imagery | sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 19 | |
| 6731245664 | infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. It is most likely the safest answer. | 20 | |
| 6731245665 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 21 | |
| 6731245666 | irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 22 | |
| 6731245667 | juxtaposition | placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast | 23 | |
| 6731245668 | logical fallacy | a mistake in verbal reasoning, must be potentially deceptive. | 24 | |
| 6731245669 | loose sentence | a type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 25 | |
| 6731245670 | metaphor | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things | 26 | |
| 6731245671 | metonymy | meaning "substitute name", a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 27 | |
| 6731245672 | modes of discourse | flexible term that describes the conventions and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. Most common are exposition, narration, description, argumentation | 28 | |
| 6731245673 | mood | used with verbal units and a speakers attitude | 29 | |
| 6731245674 | narrative | telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 30 | |
| 6731245675 | onomatopoeia | natural sounds that are imitated in the sounds of words | 31 | |
| 6731245676 | oxymoron | figure of speech in which the author groups contradictory terms. | 32 | |
| 6731245677 | paradox | statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, bu contains some degree of truth | 33 | |
| 6731245678 | parallelism | grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 34 | |
| 6731245679 | parody | a joke; make fun of another literary work by imitating its style with comic effect. | 35 | |
| 6731245680 | pathos | related to the word pathetic, trying to get an emotional reaction in the audience | 36 | |
| 6731245681 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic or bookish | 37 | |
| 6731245682 | periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in the main clause at the end | 38 | |
| 6731245683 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 39 | |
| 6731245684 | point of view | the perspective from which the a story is told; two main divisions are first person and third person | 40 | |
| 6731245685 | predicate adjective | a subject complement; an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb | 41 | |
| 6731245686 | predicate nominative | another type of subject complement; a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject | 42 | |
| 6731245687 | prose | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms | 43 | |
| 6731245688 | repetition | the duplication, either exact or approximate of any elemt of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence or grammatical pattern. | 44 | |
| 6731245689 | rhetoric | describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently and persuasively | 45 | |
| 6731245690 | rhetorical appeal | Describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. Include: Logos, ethos and pathos | 46 | |
| 6731245691 | rhetorical modes | persuasive device by which a writer tries to sway the audiences attention and response to a given work | 47 | |
| 6731245692 | rhetorical question | a question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply | 48 | |
| 6731245693 | sarcasm | involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 49 | |
| 6731245694 | satire | a work that targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions, for reform or ridicule. | 50 | |
| 6731245695 | simile | an explicit, comparison normally using "like" "as" or "if" | 51 | |
| 6731245696 | style | the sum of the choices the author makes | 52 | |
| 6731245697 | subject compliment | the word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it. no on 10/18 test | 53 | |
| 6731245698 | subordinate clause | contains both a subject and a verb, but it can not stand alone and does not express a complete thought | 54 | |
| 6731245699 | syllogism | a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises which leads to a sound conclusion | 55 | |
| 6731245700 | symbol | something that stands for something else | 56 | |
| 6731245701 | syntax | how you take roots of words and put them together; groups of words and how you move them about in a sentence | 57 | |
| 6731245702 | theme | the central idea or message of a work and the insight it offers into life | 58 | |
| 6731245703 | thesis | the sentence of group of sentences that directly express the author opinion | 59 | |
| 6731245704 | tone | describes the authors attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both | 60 | |
| 6731245705 | transition | word of phrase that links different ideas | 61 | |
| 6731245706 | understatement | ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant that it usually is. | 62 | |
| 6731245707 | wit | intellectually amusing language | 63 | |
| 6731245708 | argument | where you establish an assertion in your writing | 64 | |
| 6731245709 | attitude | writers intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing. | 65 | |
| 6731245710 | concrete detail | strictly defined, concrete refers to nouns that name physical objects | 66 | |
| 6731245711 | descriptive detail | writers sensory description | 67 | |
| 6731245712 | device | figures of speech, syntaz, diction and other stylistic elements that produce a particular artistic effect | 68 | |
| 6731245713 | language | how the author uses diction, syntax, figurative language, and sentence structure to create a cumulative effect | 69 | |
| 6731245714 | narrative device | the tools of the storyteller, such as ordering events so that they build to a climatic moment or withholding information until a crucial or appropriate moment when revealing it creates a desired effect. | 70 | |
| 6731245715 | narrative technique | the style of telling the story, concentrating on the order of events and on their detail in evaluating a writers techinique | 71 | |
| 6731245716 | persuasive device | words in the passage that have strong connotations - words that intensify the emotional effect | 72 | |
| 6731245717 | persuasive essay | writing that presents a coherent argument in which the evidence builds to a logical and relevant conclusion. | 73 | |
| 6731245718 | resources of language | all the devices on composition available to a writer, such as diction, syntax, sentence structure and figures of speech. | 74 | |
| 6731245719 | rhetorical features | how the passage is constructed, looking at the passages organization and how the writer combines images, details or arguments to serve his or her purpose | 75 | |
| 6731245720 | rhetorical strategies | refers to all the strategies an author can use, includes structure; authors organization, purpose; why the author wrote the piece and style; diction, syntax, figurative language, attitude, tone, pacing etc | 76 | |
| 6731245721 | sentence structure | simple, compound and complex variations created by combining sentences. | 77 | |
| 6731245722 | stylistic devices | note and analyze all of the elements in language that contribute to style | 78 | |
| 6731245723 | sythesis | combining and synthesizing and analyzing the information from at least three of the sources as you develop your position and your unique perspective on the issue. | 79 |
