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| 5025373170 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 0 | |
| 5025373171 | Allusion | A reference to another literary work, movie or piece of pop culture. | 1 | |
| 5025373172 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next | 2 | |
| 5025373173 | Anaphora | the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect | 3 | |
| 5025373174 | Anastrophe | the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses. | 4 | |
| 5025373175 | Antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins" | 5 | |
| 5025373176 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 6 | |
| 5025373177 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 7 | |
| 5025373178 | Audience | The authors readers | 8 | |
| 5025373179 | 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; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.' | 9 | |
| 5025373180 | Colloquial | used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary. | 10 | |
| 5025373181 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 11 | |
| 5025373182 | Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. | 12 | |
| 5025373183 | Ellipsis | a literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, Example: (...) | 13 | |
| 5025373184 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 14 | |
| 5025373185 | Ethos | an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. | 15 | |
| 5025373186 | Eulogy | A eulogy is a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or a written tribute to a person deceased recently. | 16 | |
| 5025373187 | 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. | 17 | |
| 5025373188 | Extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph. | 18 | |
| 5025373189 | Fallacy | A failure in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. | 19 | |
| 5025373190 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 20 | |
| 5025373191 | Imagery | The use of description to evoke a picture or image. | 21 | |
| 5025373192 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand | 22 | |
| 5025373193 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 23 | |
| 5025373194 | Litote | a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. | 24 | |
| 5025373195 | Logos | A means of convincing someone through logic | 25 | |
| 5025373196 | Malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, "dance a flamingo " (instead of flamenco ). | 26 | |
| 5025373197 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. | 27 | |
| 5025373198 | occasion | The reason or circumstances under which something is delivered (SOAPSTone) | 28 | |
| 5025373199 | Paradox | the juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth | 29 | |
| 5025373200 | Parallel structure | using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. Can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level, usually using coordinating conjunctions such as "and" or "or." | 30 | |
| 5025373201 | Pathos | Persuasive technique: Appeal to emotion | 31 | |
| 5025373202 | Period sentence | stylistic device where sentenced is not complete grammatically or semantically before the final clause or phrase | 32 | |
| 5025373203 | Persona | The "character" the author adopts in his/her work; the speaker | 33 | |
| 5025373204 | Polysyndenton | stylistic device, several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect | 34 | |
| 5025373205 | Rhetoric | a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form. It is an art of discourse, which studies and employs various methods to convince, influence or please an audience | 35 | |
| 5025373206 | Rhetorical question | A question not meant to really be answered, but asked, rather, for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed | 36 | |
| 5025373207 | Rhetorical triangle | The 3 persuasive strategies: ethos, logos, and pathos (see cards) | 37 | |
| 5025373208 | Satire | a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. A Writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn their corruption. Purpose of satire is to bring an issue to light (not solve it) | 38 | |
| 5025373209 | Simple sentence | a sentence having only one clause | 39 | |
| 5025373210 | SOAPSTone | A method of analyzing rhetoric, in which you identity the speaker, occasion, audience, subject, and tone. | 40 | |
| 5025373211 | Speaker | Part of SOAPSTone, the persona the author adopts to serve his/her purpose | 41 | |
| 5025373212 | Subject | Part of SOAPSTone, what the speaker is saying. What the speaker is talking about. | 42 | |
| 5025373213 | Syllogism | a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific | 43 | |
| 5025373214 | Synecdoche | a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. may also use larger groups to refer to smaller groups or vice versa. | 44 | |
| 5025373215 | Syntax | how the chosen words are used to form a sentence | 45 | |
| 5025373216 | Text | Used to refer to a single literary work | 46 | |
| 5025373217 | Tone | How the author feels toward the subject/audience | 47 | |
| 5025373218 | Understatement | figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is; opposite of hyperbole | 48 | |
| 5025373219 | Zeugma | using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways i.e. "They carried their backpacks and their guilt on their shoulders." | 49 | |
| 5086459476 | Contrived | Created in a way that seems artificial or unreal | 50 | |
| 5086459477 | Anachronism | Something out of its time | 51 | |
| 5086459478 | Laudable | Commendable, praiseworthy | 52 | |
| 5086459479 | Credulous | Gullible, eager to believe | 53 | |
| 5086459480 | Discernible | Perceptible, noticeable | 54 | |
| 5086459481 | Speculative | Theoretical, based on conjecture not knowledge | 55 | |
| 5086459482 | Pedangic | someone who's too concerned with literal accuracy or formality | 56 | |
| 5086459483 | Didactic | Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 57 | |
| 5086459484 | Ambiguity | Vague and evoking uncertainty | 58 | |
| 5086459485 | Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 59 |
