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| 2791373676 | Allegory | A narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstarte multiple levels of meaning and significance | 0 | |
| 2791373677 | Alliteration | The sequential repetition of similar initial sound usually consonants | 1 | |
| 2791373678 | Allusion | Literary, historical, religious or mythological reference | 2 | |
| 2791373679 | Anaphora | The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
| 2791373680 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced it parallel words phrases grammatical structure or ideas | 4 | |
| 2791373681 | Aphorism | A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly help belief | 5 | |
| 2791373682 | Apostrophe | An address or invocation to something inanimate | 6 | |
| 2791373683 | Appeals to | Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field or attempts to play upon the emotions or appeals to the use of reason. ethos is authority logos is logics and pathos is emotion | 7 | |
| 2791373684 | Assonance | Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | 8 | |
| 2791373685 | Asyndeton | A syntactical structure in which the conjunctions are omitted in a series usually producing more rapid prose( I came I saw I conquered) | 9 | |
| 2791373686 | Attitude | The sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing | 10 | |
| 2791373687 | Begging the question | An argumentative ploy where the argued sidesteps the question or the conflict, evaded or ignored the real question | 11 | |
| 2791373688 | Cannon | That which has been accepted as authentic | 12 | |
| 2791373689 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech and syntactical structure wherein the order of terms in the first half of a parallel clause is revered in the second | 13 | |
| 2791373690 | Claim | In argumentation, an assertion of something as fact | 14 | |
| 2791373691 | Colloquial | A term identifying the diction of the common ordinary folks especially In a specific region or area | 15 | |
| 2791373692 | Compare and contrast | Mode of discourse in which two or more things are compared contrasted or both | 16 | |
| 2791373693 | Connotation | The implied suggested or underlying meaning of word or phrase | 17 | |
| 2791373694 | Conceit | Comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature in particular an extended metaphor within a poem. | 18 | |
| 2791373695 | Consonance | Repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels | 19 | |
| 2791373696 | Convention | An accepted manner model or tradition | 20 | |
| 2791373697 | Critique | An assessment or analysis or something such as a passage of writing for the purpose of the determining what it is what's its limitations are and how it conforms to the standard of the genre | 21 | |
| 2791373698 | Deductive reasoning (deduction) | The method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from the general principles;movement from the general to the specific in contras to inductive reasoning(induction) | 22 | |
| 2791373699 | Dialect | The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area region of group | 23 | |
| 2791373700 | Diction | The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey the tone purpose or effect | 24 | |
| 2791373701 | Didactic | Writing and speech is(blank) when is has an instructive purpose or a lesson. | 25 | |
| 2791373702 | Elegy | A poem or prose work that laments or meditates upon the death of, a person or persons | 26 | |
| 2791373703 | Epistrophe | In rhetoric, the relations of a phrase at the end of successive statements | 27 | |
| 2791373704 | Epitaph | Writing in praise of a dead person most often inscribed upon a headstone | 28 | |
| 2791373705 | Ethos | In rhetoric, the appeal of the text to the credibility and character of the speaker writer or narrator (who is this person saying what and what makes him able to say so) | 29 | |
| 2791373706 | Euphemism | Indirect kinder or less harsh of hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information. | 30 | |
| 2791373707 | Exposition | The interpretation or analysis of a text | 31 | |
| 2791373708 | Eulogy | Speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person | 32 | |
| 2791373709 | extended metaphors | A series of comparison within a Piece of writings. | 33 | |
| 2791373710 | Figurative language/ figure of speech | Levels of meaning expressed through figured of speech such as personification,metaphor, hyperbole, irony, oxymoron, litote, and others | 34 | |
| 2791373711 | Flashback(retrospection) | An earlier even is inserted Into the normal chronology of the narration | 35 | |
| 2791373712 | Genre | A type of class of literature | 36 | |
| 2791373713 | Homily | A sermon but more contemporary used include any serious talks speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual life | 37 | |
| 2791373714 | Hyperbole | Overstatement characterized by exaggerated language usually to make a point of draw attention | 38 | |
| 2791373715 | Imagery | Broadly defined any sensory detail or evocations Ina work;more narrowly the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling call to Mind an idea or to describe and object. | 39 | |
| 2791373716 | Inductive reasoning(induction) | The method of reading or argument in which the general statements and conclusion are drawn from the specific principles: movement from the specific to the general | 40 | |
| 2791373717 | Inference | Conclusion of proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data(looking at clues) | 41 | |
| 2791373718 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The intended meaning is often the opposite of what is stated often suggesting might sarcasm | 42 | |
| 2791373719 | Verbal irony | What the author says actually the opposite of what is meant | 43 | |
| 2791373720 | Situational irony | When events end up the opposite of what is expected | 44 | |
| 2791373721 | Dramatic irony | In drama and fictions facts of situations are known to the reader it audience but not the characters | 45 | |
| 2791373722 | Isocolon | Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length | 46 | |
| 2791373723 | Jargon | Specialized of technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group. | 47 | |
| 2791373724 | Juxtaposition | The location of one thing adjacent to or juxtaposed with another to create and effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose | 48 | |
| 2791373725 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes it's subjects by conscious understatement | 49 | |
| 2791373726 | Loose sentence | (term from syntax) a long sentence that starts with it s main clause which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases | 50 | |
| 2791373727 | Metaphor | One thing pictures as if it were something else suggesting a likeness of analogy | 51 | |
| 2791373728 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something | 52 | |
| 2791373729 | Mode of discourse | The way in which the information is presented in written or spoken form | 53 | |
| 2791373730 | Mood | A feeling of ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writers attitude and point of view | 54 | |
| 2791373731 | Narrative | Mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected events | 55 | |
| 2791373732 | Onomatopoeia | A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes | 56 | |
| 2791373733 | Oxymoron | The figure of speech that combined two apparently contradictory elements | 57 | |
| 2791373734 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but may probably be true | 58 | |
| 2791373735 | Parallel structure | The use of similar forms in writing bounds verbs phrases of thoughts | 59 | |
| 2791373736 | Pathos | The elements in literature that simulates Pity or sorrow. In argument or persuasion it tends to be the evocation of Pity from the reader (poor starving children) | 60 | |
| 2791373737 | Periodic sentence | A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 61 | |
| 2791373738 | Personification | Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features | 62 | |
| 2791373739 | Point of view | The relation in which a narrator stands to a subject or discourse | 63 | |
| 2791373740 | Prose | The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry | 64 | |
| 2791373741 | Realism | Attempting to describe nature and life without the idealization and with attention to detail | 65 | |
| 2791373742 | Rebuttal/refutation | An argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered | 66 | |
| 2791373743 | Rhetoric | The art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking | 67 | |
| 2791373744 | Rhetorical question | Question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect and it's not expected to be answered | 68 | |
| 2791373745 | Sarcasm | A form of verbal irony in which the apparent praise is actually critical | 69 | |
| 2791373746 | Satire | Literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure | 70 | |
| 2791373747 | Simile | Direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another | 71 | |
| 2791373748 | Style | The manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure | 72 | |
| 2791373749 | Symbolism | Use of a person place thing event or pattern that figuratively represents or stands for something else | 73 | |
| 2791373750 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole | 74 | |
| 2791373751 | Syntax | The way words are put together to form phrases clauses and sentences. Sentence structure and how it influenced the way the reader received a particular piece of writing. | 75 | |
| 2791373752 | Theme | Central of dominant idea or focus of the work. The statement a passage makes about it subject | 76 | |
| 2791373753 | Tone | the attitude the narrator takes for the subject and theme | 77 | |
| 2791373754 | Voice | Acknowledged or unacknowledged source of words of the story. Narrators particular take on an idea based on particular passage and how all the elements of the style of the pieces came together to express his or her feelings | 78 | |
| 2791373755 | Zeugma | grammatically correct construction in which a word usually a verb or adjective is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated | 79 |
