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| 199843230 | Abstract | that which is intangible, not of the physical world | |
| 199843231 | Ad Homimen (to the man) | distorts the argument by attacking the opponent's character, sometimes throught the use of labels, stereotypes, etc. to arouse emotions, prejududices | |
| 199843232 | Alleory | a form of extended metaphor in which charaters and/or story elements are used to convey symbolic meaning in addition to literal meaning | |
| 199843233 | Alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | |
| 199843234 | Allusion | a casual and brief reference to a famous historical event, literary figure, etc. | |
| 199843235 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings, intentional or not, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | |
| 199843236 | Analogy | comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | |
| 199843237 | Anecdote | a story or illustration used to arouse reader interest and to develop author's purpose | |
| 199843238 | Anti-climax | an abrupt lapse from growing intensity to triviality in writing | |
| 199843239 | Antithesis | compares two things, which are alikein several repects, for the purpose of explaning or clarifying someunfamiliar or difficult idea by showing how the "difficult" idea or object is similar to the familiar one. | |
| 199843240 | Antithectical Construction | can convey some sense of complexity in a person or idea by admitting opposite or nearly opposite truths. | |
| 199843241 | Aphorism | a statement of some general principle, expressed memorably by condensing much wisdom into a few words. | |
| 199843242 | Apostrophe | interrupts the discussion or discourse and addresses directly a person or personified thing, either present or absent. Its most common purpose in prose is to give went to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back. | |
| 199843243 | Appeals | Persuasive techniques to influence the audience. | |
| 199843244 | Argument | the set or opinions expounded in a work and capable of being paraphrased as a logical sequence of propositions. | |
| 199843245 | Authorial Persona | The person created by the author to tell a story. Whether the story is told by an omniscient narrator or by a character in it, the actial author of the work often distances himself from what is said or told by adopting a persona personality different from his real one | |
| 199843246 | Begging the Question | occurs when part of what has to be proves is assumed to be trye, or when there is a circular argument | |
| 199843247 | Cause/effect relationships | relationships in which something happens (cause) to prodice a result (effect) | |
| 199843248 | Colloquialism | the use of informal expression appropriate to everyday speech rather than to the formality of writing | |
| 199843249 | Conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between dissimilar objects. A conceit usually desplays intellectual deverness duw to the unusual comparison being made | |
| 199843250 | Concesion | in argument, to agree to or to surrender to an opponent's point | |
| 199843251 | Concrete | that which is tangible, of the physical world | |
| 199843252 | Connotation | the non-literal, associative menaing of a word: the implied, suggested meaning which may incolve ideas, emotions, or attitudes | |
| 199843253 | Contrast | differences between two things | |
| 199843254 | Deduction | begins with a general statement/major premise, is restricted by a minor premise, which leads to a specific conclusion. | |
| 199843255 | Defend, Challenge, or qualify | support, attack or determine conditions | |
| 199843256 | Denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary meaning of a word | |
| 199843257 | Diction | The choice of words used in a literary work | |
| 199843258 | Didactic | instructive, designed to impart information, adive, morality, or philosophy. | |
| 199843259 | Discourse | any extended use of speech or writing; or a formal expostion or disserration. | |
| 199843260 | Digression | a temporary departure from one subject to another subject more or less distantly related before the first subject is resumed. | |
| 199843261 | Dramatic Monolouge | Kind or poem in which single fictional or historical character other than the poet speaks to a silent "audience" of one of more persons. Such poems reval not the poet's own throughts but the mond of the impersonated character, whose personality is revealed umwittingly. | |
| 199843262 | Ellipsis | the omission from a sentence a word or words that would be required for complete clarity but can usually he inderstood from the context AND hte sequence of ... used to indicate the omission of text | |
| 199843263 | Epigram | a short poem with a witty turn of thought; a wittily condensed expression in prose | |
| 199843264 | Equivocation | to deliberately use misleading or confusing language with the intent to deceive | |
| 199843265 | Ethos | argument based on the writer's credibility and character | |
| 199843266 | Euphemism | the substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase from a harsh or blunt word | |
| 199843267 | Extended Definition | quality or lomit the meaning of abstract, disputed, or complex words | |
| 199843268 | Extended Metaphor | comparison developed throughout the text | |
| 199843269 | Fallacies | error in reasoning, unintentional or intentional (to influence the reader), which simplify or distort evidence | |
| 199843270 | False/Faulty Analogy | Argues that because two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in all ways | |
| 199843271 | Faulty Dilemma/Either-or | Wrongly ignores the possibility of alternatives. | |
| 199843272 | Figure of Speech/Figurative Language | an expression that departs from the literal sense | |
| 199843273 | Hasty Generalization | Conclusion drawn from inadequate or atypical evidence. | |
| 199843274 | Homily | a sermon or morally instructive lecture | |
| 199843275 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration used for emphasis; it can be used to heighten effect, to catalyze, recoginiton, or to create a humorous perception. | |
| 199843276 | Idiomatic Structure | a word or phrase that cannot be literally translated into another language because its meaning is not equivlent to it componets. | |
| 199843277 | Induction | Begins by presenting specific evidence an dthen moves to a general conclusion. Often called the scientific method: hypothesis, patterns, inductive leap to probable conclusion. | |
| 199843278 | Interior Monolouge | The written representation of character's memories or impressions. | |
| 199843279 | Inverted Syntax | Departure form normal word order. | |
| 199843280 | Irony | A mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (situational irony), conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to apperarance or expectation. | |
| 199843281 | Juxtaposition | a sharp contrast | |
| 199843282 | Lampoon | an insulting written attack on a person | |
| 199843283 | Language | a broad term encompassing figures of speech, rhetorical techniques, and mode a discourse | |
| 199843284 | Local Color | a kind of fiction devoted to the capturing of the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore, etc. of a particular areasa | |
| 199843285 | Logos | argument which influences through logic and rationality, facts, statistices | |
| 199843286 | Malapropism | a confused, comically inaccurate use of a long word or words | |
| 199843287 | Metalanguage | any use of language about language | |
| 199843288 | Metaphor | is a comparison which imaginatively identifies one thing with another, dissimilar thing, and transfers or ascribes to the first thing (the tenor or idea) some of the qualities of the second (vehicle, or image). Unlike a similie or analogy, metaphor asserts that one thing IS another thing, not just that one is like another | |
| 199843289 | Metonymy | another form of metaphor, very similar to synecdoche (and, in fact, some rhetoricians do not distinguish between the two), in which a closely associated object is substituted for the object or idea in mind | |
| 199843290 | Maxim | a short memorable statement of a general principle | |
| 199843291 | Modes of discourse | strategies to achieve purpose | |
| 199843292 | Mood | the atmosphere or feeling OF THE READER within a literary work | |
| 199843293 | Motif | a situation, idea, image, character-type or any element found in many literary types which is eleborated into a more general theme |
