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| 7998846753 | Active Voice | any sentence with an action verb, planted is an action verb (the dog bit Kate) | 0 | |
| 8414302353 | AD Hominem | an attack on the person rather than the issues at hand | 1 | |
| 8414314634 | Alliteration | the repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of the words in the sentence | 2 | |
| 8414344080 | Allusion | a reference recalling another work or time in history or famous person. | 3 | |
| 8414363759 | Analogy | relational comparison of similarity between two objects | 4 | |
| 8414456152 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several poetic lines, sentences, clauses or paragraphs. | 5 | |
| 8414490828 | Antithesis | establishes a contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them , often in parallel structure | 6 | |
| 8414545713 | Aphorism | brief statement of opinion or elemental truth | 7 | |
| 8414562348 | Appositive | noun phrase, modifies the noun next to it | 8 | |
| 8414584127 | Argument from ignorance | an argument stating that something is true because it has not been proven false | 9 | |
| 8414613046 | Asyndenton | deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses |  | 10 |
| 8414655105 | Bandwagon | the everyone's doing it argument | 11 | |
| 8414683047 | Begging the question | occurs when the speaker makes a claim that includes a word or phrase that needs to be defined before the argument can proceed | 12 | |
| 8414746809 | Cause and effect | false cause, the cause and effect have no real correlation | 13 | |
| 8414798117 | Chiasums | ABBA syntactical structure, "ask not what your country can do for you, but..." | 14 | |
| 8414826366 | Complex sentence | One dependent and one independent clause | 15 | |
| 8414833792 | Compound sentence | Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction | 16 | |
| 8414860242 | Compound-Complex sentence | Fits requirements of both Compound and Complex sentences | 17 | |
| 8414891906 | Connotation | The associations or moods that accompany a word | 18 | |
| 8414936267 | Denotation | dictionary definition of a word | 19 | |
| 8414990556 | Dependent clause | Contains a noun and a verb set up with a subordinate conjunction | 20 | |
| 8437758877 | Diction | Authors word choice | 21 | |
| 8437763923 | Ellipsis | Three dots in a quotation indicating that words have been left out | 22 | |
| 8437771018 | Ethos | Appeal to credibility | 23 | |
| 8437776165 | Etymology | the study of the origin of words | 24 | |
| 8437780135 | Euphemism | to use a safer or nicer word for something others may find inappropriate | 25 | |
| 8437791071 | Fallacy | failure of logical reasoning | 26 | |
| 8437795024 | False anaolgy | an argument using an inappropriate metaphor | 27 | |
| 8437800967 | False dilemma | when a suggestion is made that there are only two solutions to a problem | 28 | |
| 8439003164 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration | 29 | |
| 8439011669 | Imagery | any time one of the five senses is evoked by what you have read | 30 | |
| 8439020173 | Imperative Sentence | A command | 31 | |
| 8446541364 | In Medias Res | when the movie starts in the middle of the action | 32 | |
| 8446570939 | Independent clause | a clause that can stand alone as a sentence | 33 | |
| 8446581200 | Interrogative sentence | a question | 34 | |
| 8446587746 | Irony | a contrast between what is actually done and whats expected | 35 | |
| 8446607502 | Jargon | pattern of speech or a vocabulary associated with a group of people | 36 | |
| 8446623578 | Juxtaposition | Making one idea more dramatic by placing it by its opposite | 37 | |
| 8446631607 | Logos | the appeal to logic | 38 | |
| 8446635444 | Metafiction | type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction | 39 | |
| 8446650140 | Metaphor | a figure of speech when something unknown is compared to something unknown | 40 | |
| 8446659671 | oxymoron | two words that create a sentence of opposition | 41 | |
| 8446667588 | Paradox | creates mental discontinuity forcing the reader to pause and think to find clarity | 42 | |
| 8446679669 | Parallel Syntax | pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition | 43 | |
| 8446823825 | Parentheticals | Words inside parenthesis | 44 | |
| 8446833794 | Participle | a verb that is used as an adjective | 45 | |
| 8446894266 | Passive Voice | something happens to someone (kate was bitten by the dog) | 46 | |
| 8446926558 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 47 | |
| 8446946143 | Personification | giving human attributes to a non human thing | 48 | |
| 8446983446 | Phrase | A group of words that define or clarify | 49 | |
| 8446990506 | Point of view | the perspective from which the writer chooses to write his story | 50 | |
| 8447008856 | poisoning the well | when a character is introduced with language suggesting they are not reliable before the reader meets them | 51 | |
| 8447051682 | polysyndenton | the use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed | 52 | |
| 8447062739 | Premise | A claim | 53 | |
| 8447065292 | Pun | play on words | 54 | |
| 8447070802 | Red herring | An argument that distracts the reader by raising irrelevant issues | 55 | |
| 8447081558 | Repetition | A form of rhetorical stress | 56 | |
| 8447091697 | Rhetorical Question | the answer is assumed, forces the reader to respond in a predetermined manner | 57 | |
| 8447106483 | Rhetorical shift | when the writer dramatically changes their diction, syntax, or both | 58 | |
| 8447115739 | Satire | the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, ect. to expose a truth | 59 | |
| 8447135587 | Simile | using like as or than to compare two unlike things | 60 | |
| 8447148551 | Slippery slope | one thing eventually leads to another | 61 | |
| 8447161295 | Straw man | defines the opponents argument in an easy to attack manner | 62 | |
| 8447165274 | Syntax | study of the rules of grammer | 63 | |
| 8447171155 | Synthesis | to unite a variety of sources to achieve a common end | 64 | |
| 8447177686 | Theme | the basic message or meaning conveyed in a story | 65 | |
| 8447185371 | Thesis | writers statement of purpose | 66 | |
| 8447191992 | Understatement | Creates exaggeration by showing restraint | 67 | |
| 8447202113 | Versimilitude | being true or real, being similar to reality | 68 | |
| 8447216881 | Voice | style or manner of expression | 69 | |
| 8447227543 | Zeguma | two elements of a sentence are tied together by the same noun or verb (she stole his wallet and his heart) | 70 | |
| 8447334332 | Static | having no motion or change | 71 | |
| 8447348741 | Ecstacy | intense joy or delight | 72 | |
| 8447351459 | Stasis | condition where there is no chage | 73 | |
| 8447356603 | Entity | an existence, a being | 74 | |
| 8447368256 | Essence | the most important ingredient | 75 | |
| 8447375709 | Quintessential | being the most typical, ideal or important, a good example of | 76 | |
| 8447385590 | Stanch | to stop the flow of | 77 | |
| 8447390030 | Staunch | firm steadfast, true | 78 | |
| 8447392805 | Extant | still in existence, not destroyed | 79 | |
| 8447399560 | Restive | resisting authority, difficult to control | 80 | |
| 8447412815 | Apropos | with regard to, proper of... | 81 | |
| 8447421543 | Depose | to remove from office or power | 82 | |
| 8447461711 | Discomfit | to embarrass and confuse | 83 | |
| 8447466340 | Edification | improvement or enlightenment | 84 | |
| 8447474777 | Malfeasance | Misconduct or wrong doing, especially by a public official | 85 | |
| 8447482681 | Feasible | Capable of being accomplished | 86 | |
| 8447489814 | Surfeit | the condition of being too full, overabundance | 87 | |
| 8447558379 | Magnum opus | the greatest single work of an artist | 88 | |
| 8447583308 | Modus Operandi | manner of working | 89 | |
| 8447590452 | Opulent | Possessing or exhibiting great wealth | 90 | |
| 8447597520 | Synergy | power that results from two or more forces | 91 | |
| 8447608900 | Liturgy | A pattern of prayer or worship | 92 | |
| 8447617918 | Lethargy | A state of sluggishness and inactivity | 93 | |
| 8447628386 | Laborious | requiring long hard work | 94 | |
| 8447635279 | Belabor | to attack, to discuss repeatedly at length | 95 | |
| 8447645165 | Elaborate | to explain in greater detail | 96 | |
| 8447689352 | Pallor | Extreme or unnatural paleness | 97 | |
| 8447694925 | Pallid | lacking color, dull | 98 | |
| 8447699980 | Appall | to fill with horror or disapproval | 99 | |
| 8447709963 | Livid | enraged, furious | 100 | |
| 8447717631 | Denigrate | to attack the character of, to mock | 101 | |
| 8447722398 | Verdure | greenery, fresh and ripe vegetation | 102 | |
| 8447729845 | Verdant | Green, lush with vegetation | 103 | |
| 8447741836 | Viridity | lack of experience, innocence | 104 | |
| 8447748322 | Candid | open and sincere | 105 | |
| 8447752162 | Candor | Frankness or sincerity of expression | 106 | |
| 8447764245 | Incandescent | shining brilliantly | 107 | |
| 10034804328 | Fortuitous | adj. Happening by luck chance or accident | 108 | |
| 10034815680 | Fortuity | n. chance or accident | 109 | |
| 10034822858 | Auspices | protection or support; patronage | 110 | |
| 10034832285 | Auspicious | Followed by favorable circumstances | 111 | |
| 10034847480 | Predestine | To decide in advance | 112 | |
| 10034856969 | Destine | Intend for specific end or purpose | 113 | |
| 10034866276 | Consortium | A group of companies or institutions | 114 | |
| 10034869700 | Consort | To keep company; associate | 115 | |
| 10034884353 | Propitious | lucky; favorable | 116 | |
| 10034890576 | Propitiate | To soothe or satisfy | 117 |
