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| 9211009890 | Ad hominem argument | Argument appealing to personal considerations rather than logic or reason. | 0 | |
| 9211009891 | Allegory | a work with two levels of meaning, a literal one and a symbolic one. | 1 | |
| 9211009892 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. | 2 | |
| 9211009893 | Allusion | an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar | 3 | |
| 9211009894 | Ambiguity | A technique in which a word, phrase, or event has more than one meaning or can be interpreted in more than one way. | 4 | |
| 9211009895 | Analogy | a point-by-point comparison between two things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar of the two subjects | 5 | |
| 9211009896 | Anaphora | A repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 6 | |
| 9211009897 | Anecdote | A brief story that focuses on a single episode or event in a person's life and that is used to illustrate a particular point | 7 | |
| 9211009898 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers to. | 8 | |
| 9211009899 | Aphorism | A brief statement, usually one sentence long, that expresses a general principle or truth about life. | 9 | |
| 9211009900 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary preson or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love | 10 | |
| 9211009901 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds within words. | 11 | |
| 9211009902 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, | 12 | |
| 9211009903 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 13 | |
| 9211009904 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech in writing. They give works a more conversational, familiar tone. | 14 | |
| 9211009905 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | 15 | |
| 9211009906 | Concession | In an argument, conceding that the opposing side has some validity | 16 | |
| 9211009907 | Connotation | The emotional response evoked by a word | 17 | |
| 9211009908 | Denotation | Literally, the dictionary definition of a word | 18 | |
| 9211009909 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words is called diction. | 19 | |
| 9211009910 | Didactic | A work with the primary aim of teaching or instructing | 20 | |
| 9211009911 | Elegy | a poem written in tribute to a person | 21 | |
| 9211009912 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. | 22 | |
| 9211009913 | Extended Metaphor | a comparison between two essentially unlike things that nevertheless have something in common. It does not contain the word like or as. An extended metaphor compares two things at some length and in various ways. | 23 | |
| 9211009914 | Figurative Language | Figurative language is language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words. | 24 | |
| 9211009915 | Figures of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language. | 25 | |
| 9211009916 | Generic Conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. | 26 | |
| 9211009917 | Genre | Genre refers to the distinct types into which literary works can be grouped. | 27 | |
| 9211009918 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 28 | |
| 9211009919 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. | 29 | |
| 9211009920 | Imagery | The descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences are called imagery. | 30 | |
| 9211009921 | Inference/Infer | To draw reasonable conclusions from the information presented. | 31 | |
| 9211009922 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 32 | |
| 9211009923 | Irony/Ironic | Irony refers to a contrast between appearance and reality. | 33 | |
| 9211009924 | Kinesthetic Imagery | Kinesthetic imagery re-creates the tension felt through muscles, tendons, or joints in the body. | 34 | |
| 9211009925 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 35 | |
| 9211009926 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common. Unlike similes, metaphors do not use the words like or as, but make comparisons directly. | 36 | |
| 9211009927 | Metonomy | A figure of speech which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 37 | |
| 9211009928 | Mood | Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. | 38 | |
| 9211009929 | Narrative | Any type of writing that relates to an event or a series of events. | 39 | |
| 9211009930 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 40 | |
| 9211009931 | Oxymoron | a special kind of concise paradox that brings together two contradictory terms | 41 | |
| 9211009932 | Paradox | a statement that seems to contradict itself but may nevertheless suggest an important truth. | 42 | |
| 9211009933 | Parallelism | the grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 43 | |
| 9211009934 | Parody | Writing that imitates either the style or the subject matter of a literary work for the purpose of criticism, humorous effect, or flattering tribute. | 44 | |
| 9211009935 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 45 | |
| 9211009936 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in the main clause at the end. | 46 | |
| 9211009937 | Personification | Personification is a figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics. | 47 | |
| 9211009938 | Point of View | Point of view refers to the narrative perspective from which events in a story or novel are told. | 48 | |
| 9211009939 | Predicate Adjectives | an adjective that follows a linking verb. It is in the predicate of the sentence, and modifies or describes the subject. | 49 | |
| 9211009940 | Predicate Nominative | a noun that renames the subject. It follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence. | 50 | |
| 9211009941 | Primary Sources | Materials written or created by people who were present at events are called primary sources. | 51 | |
| 9211009942 | Prose | prose refers to all forms of written or spoken expression that are not in verse. | 52 | |
| 9211009943 | Repetition | Repetition is a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity. | 53 | |
| 9211009944 | Rhetoric | this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently and persuasively. | 54 | |
| 9211009945 | Rhetorical Modes | This term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 55 | |
| 9211009946 | Rhetorical question | A question used for a rhetorical purpose that is not meant to be answered but the answer may be obvious | 56 | |
| 9211009947 | Sarcasm | A type of verbal irony, refers to a critical remark expressed in a statement in which literal meaning is the opposite of actual meaning. | 57 | |
| 9211009948 | Satire | A literary technique in which foolish ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society. | 58 | |
| 9211009949 | Simile | a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common, using a word such as like or as. | 59 | |
| 9211009950 | Stream of Consciousness | A technique that presents the flow of a character's seemingly unconnected thoughts, responses, and sensations. | 60 | |
| 9211009951 | Subject complement | The word or clause that follows a linking verb | 61 | |
| 9211009952 | Syllogism | a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises—the first one called "major" and the second "minor"—that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | 62 | |
| 9211009953 | Symbol/Symbolism | Generally, anything that represents or stands for something else. | 63 | |
| 9211009954 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses and sentences. | 64 | |
| 9211009955 | Theme | an underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand. | 65 | |
| 9211009956 | Thesis | Sentence that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition | 66 | |
| 9211009957 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject. | 67 | |
| 9211009958 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas. | 68 | |
| 9211009959 | Understatement | A technique of creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true. | 69 | |
| 9211009960 | Voice | refers to a writer's unique use of language that allows a reader to "hear" a human personality in his or her writing. | 70 | |
| 9211009961 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 71 |
