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| 110523611 | Rhetoric | the manipulation of words for a specific purpose | |
| 110523612 | Tone | attitude the narrator wants the reader to take toward a setting, character, or idea | |
| 110523613 | Diction | word choice | |
| 110523614 | Denotation | dictionary definition of a word | |
| 110523615 | Connotation | emotional definition of a word | |
| 110523616 | Alliteration | same beginning sound | |
| 110523617 | Onomatopoeia | sound words, imitative harmony | |
| 110523618 | Imagery | words that create mental pictures | |
| 110523619 | Personification | inanimate objects or abstract ideas given human characteristics | |
| 110523620 | Simile | a comparison using like or as | |
| 110523621 | Metaphor | a direct comparison | |
| 110523622 | Extended Metaphor | a metaphor which changes and grows throughout the story | |
| 110523623 | Metonymy | describing something indirectly by referring to things around it | |
| 110523624 | Synecdoche | a part is used to represent the whole (crown=king) | |
| 110523625 | Pathos | words which evoke sorrow | |
| 110523626 | Allusion | literary, historical, artistic reference | |
| 110523627 | Aphorism | a short witty statement | |
| 110523628 | Apostrophe | form of personification, speaking to an absent or dead person or object as if it is there | |
| 110523629 | Motif | pattern; repeated image, symbol, idea | |
| 110523630 | Symbol | a word that represents a larger idea or concept | |
| 110523631 | Colloquial | the use of slang and informal language in writing | |
| 110523632 | Dialect | the recreation of regional spoken language | |
| 110523633 | Cliche | an overused expression | |
| 110523634 | Didactic | writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach | |
| 110523635 | Pedantic | scholarly, academic writing that is difficult to understand | |
| 110523636 | Figurative Language | literary devices that enable an author to operate on levels other than the literal (simile, metaphor, etc) | |
| 110523637 | Jargon | technical, specialized language | |
| 110523638 | Irony | an unexpected outcome | |
| 110523639 | Verbal Irony | saying one thing but meaning the opposite | |
| 110523640 | Situational Irony | unexpected outcome in the plot | |
| 110523641 | Dramatic Irony | where the audience knows more than the character | |
| 110523642 | Oxymoron | contrasting words placed together for effect | |
| 110523643 | Paradox | statement (that appears to be false at the start) contradicts itself (appearing then to be true)- "the more you learn the less you know" | |
| 110523644 | Pun/ double-entendre | a play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but differ in meaning | |
| 110523645 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | |
| 110523646 | Understatement | making a situation seem less important or serious than it is | |
| 110523647 | Euphemism | making something sound nicer than it is; candy-coated words | |
| 110523648 | Antithesis | direct contrast or opposite | |
| 110523649 | Satire | a political comment through the use of humor | |
| 110523650 | Parody | a comic imitation that ridicules the original. It can be mocking or gently humorous | |
| 110523651 | Sarcasm | type of irony in which a person seems to be praising something but actually insulting | |
| 110523652 | Zeugma | a type of pun where the use of a word modifies two or more words, but used for different meanings (On the fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.) | |
| 110523653 | Foreshadowing | clues that tip the reader off as to what is to come later in the work | |
| 110523654 | Syntax | word order or organization | |
| 110523655 | Parallelism | sentences, or parts of a sentence with similar structure | |
| 110523656 | Repetition | using the same word or phrase for emphasis | |
| 110523657 | Anaphora | repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | |
| 110523659 | Analogy | a comparison between two dissimilar ideas or things | |
| 110523660 | Rhetorical Question | a question that does not expect an explicit answer | |
| 110523661 | Antithesis | direct contrast or opposite | |
| 110523662 | Juxtaposition | words, phrases, ideas placed side by side for effect | |
| 110523663 | abstract detail | dealing with a subject in the abstract | |
| 110523664 | asyndeton | a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | |
| 110523665 | concrete detail | A highly specific, particular, often real, actual, or tangible detail; the opposite of abstract. | |
| 110523666 | epithet | a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | |
| 110523667 | inversion | the act of turning inside out (verb/subject) | |
| 110523669 | polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | |
| 110523670 | logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | |
| 110523671 | ethos | The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | |
| 110523672 | sardonic | Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | |
| 110523673 | refutation | the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions |
