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| 5343128636 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables. Ex. Junior year is filled with exams, excitement, and exhaustion. | 0 | |
| 5343128637 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event. Ex. Chocolate was her Achille's heal. | 1 | |
| 5343128639 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. | 2 | |
| 5343128640 | Analysis | the process of examining the components of a literary work | 3 | |
| 5343128641 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses. Ex. Exercise builds stamina in young children; exercise builds stamina in teenagers and young adults; exercise builds stamina in older adults and senior citizens. | 4 | |
| 5343128642 | Anecdote | A short, personal account of an interesting event. | 5 | |
| 5343128643 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. | 6 | |
| 5343128645 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas. Ex. When the distance runners reach the state they call the zone, they find themselves mentally engaged yet detached. | 7 | |
| 5343128647 | Archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | 8 | |
| 5343128649 | Rhetorical Situation | A diagram that represents the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience. | 9 | |
| 5343128651 | Assonance | The repeated use of a vowel sound in the stressed syllable to create rhythm in speech. Ex. A workout partner is finally a kind, reliable, right-minded helper. | 10 | |
| 5343128652 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 11 | |
| 5343128653 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses to create a dramatic, quickened effect. Ex. I skated, I shot, I scored, I cheered--what a glorious moment. | 12 | |
| 5343128654 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. | 13 | |
| 5343128655 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 14 | |
| 5570981376 | Primary Audience | The main group of people the the speaker is intending to engage. | 15 | |
| 5570983499 | Secondary/Tertiary Audience | Other sub-groups of people that the speaker reaches (or hopes to reach) outside of the main group. | 16 | |
| 5343128656 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | 17 | |
| 5343128657 | Bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 18 | |
| 5343128660 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence. | 19 | |
| 5570766936 | Climax | Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses, in order of increasing number of importance. Ex. Excellent athletes need to be respectful of themselves, their teammates, their schools, and their communities. | 20 | |
| 5343128662 | Colloquialism | An informal or conversational use of language. | 21 | |
| 5343128666 | Consonance | the same consonant sound in words with different vowel sounds. | 22 | |
| 5343128667 | Context | What the author/speaker assumes about the audience (i.e. what they know, are feeling, etc.) | 23 | |
| 5343128668 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. Often used | 24 | |
| 5343128669 | Credible | worthy of belief; trustworthy | 25 | |
| 5343128671 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition. | 26 | |
| 5343128672 | Diction | Word choice | 27 | |
| 5343128674 | Ethos | Appeal to speaker's credibility and trustworthiness, can be automatic or built. | 28 | |
| 5570656210 | Automatic Ethos | The credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker due to their fame/reputation/title/credentials. | 29 | |
| 5570664096 | Built Ethos | The credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker that is built throughout the speech because they lack fame/reputation/title/credentials. | 30 | |
| 5343128675 | Euphemism | Substitution of an inoffensive word or phrase for another that would be harsh, offensive, or embarrassing; used to make something sound better than it is but is usually more wordy than the original. Ex. "For the time being," he explains, "it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations." | 31 | |
| 5570741894 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the same group of words at the end of a successive clause. Ex. To become a top-notch player, I thought like an athlete, I trained like an athlete, and I ate like an athlete. | 32 | |
| 5570750111 | Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. Ex. Mental preparation leads to training; training builds muscle tone and coordination. | 33 | |
| 5343128677 | Figurative language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect. | 34 | |
| 5343128679 | Flashback | interruption of a narrative by the introduction of an earlier event or by an image of a past experience. | 35 | |
| 5343128682 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. Ex. Your suitcase weighs a ton! | 36 | |
| 5343128683 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). | 37 | |
| 5343128686 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant, usually in the form of sarcasm or puns. Ex. What a pleasant day. (when it is raining heavily) | 38 | |
| 5343128687 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis. | 39 | |
| 5343128688 | Logos | Appeal to logic, reasoning, and evidence to support the speaker's agenda. | 40 | |
| 5570679347 | Hard Evidence | The use of statistics, facts, survey data, testimonies, etc. to support an argument. | 41 | |
| 5570682488 | Soft Evidence | The use of common sense scenarios to support an argument. | 42 | |
| 5343128689 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison. Ex. Maybe all of the strings inside him were broken. | 43 | |
| 5343128692 | Mood | feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for a reader | 44 | |
| 5343128695 | Occasion | The time, date, location, and other details of the speech, also aspect of context. | 45 | |
| 5343128696 | Onomatopoeia | Words that imitate or demonstrate sounds. Ex. The sack fell into the river with a splash of disappointment. | 46 | |
| 5343128697 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. Ex. That's old news. | 47 | |
| 5343128698 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory due to juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory phrases, but is actually true. Ex. All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. | 48 | |
| 5343128700 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule. | 49 | |
| 5343128701 | Pathos | Appeal to emotions such as fear, humor, sadness, and happiness by the speaker in order to engage the audience. | 50 | |
| 5343128702 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing as they speak; in other words, who the author becomes as they speak. Ex. Clark Kent into Superman. | 51 | |
| 5343128703 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. Ex. My heart jumped out of my chest! | 52 | |
| 5343128704 | Point of view | perspective of the speaker or narrator in a literary work | 53 | |
| 5343128705 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions to make the information sound laborious and detailed. Ex. I skated and I shot and I scored and I cheered--what a glorious moment! | 54 | |
| 5343128707 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. | 55 | |
| 5343128708 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 56 | |
| 5343128709 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. | 57 | |
| 5343128710 | Repetition | a word or phrase used more than once to emphasize an idea | 58 | |
| 5343128711 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." | 59 | |
| 5343128713 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer. Ex. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? | 60 | |
| 5343128715 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 61 | |
| 5343128717 | Sentence Structure | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. | 62 | |
| 5343128718 | Sentence variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect. | 63 | |
| 5343128719 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. Ex. He is as healthy as a horse. | 64 | |
| 5343128720 | Source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information. | 65 | |
| 5343128721 | Speaker | The creator of the speech. | 66 | |
| 5343128722 | Stream of consciousness | a form of writing which replicates the way the human mind works. Ideas are presented in random order; thoughts are often unfinished. | 67 | |
| 5343128723 | Structure | the particular way in which parts of a written work are combined or function | 68 | |
| 5343128724 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 69 | |
| 5343128725 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic and universal truth addressed in a piece of writing. | 70 | |
| 5343128727 | Symbol | a concrete object, scene, or action which has deeper significance because it is associated with something else, often an important idea or theme in the work | 71 | |
| 5343128729 | Syntax | The sentence structure that the speaker uses throughout the text within or between paragraphs. Examples are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. | 72 | |
| 5343128730 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 73 | |
| 5343128731 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 74 | |
| 5343128732 | Trope | Artful diction through the use of imagery or figurative language. | 75 | |
| 5343128733 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 76 | |
| 5343128734 | Active Voice | Sentences that are authoritative, direct, and fast moving due to the positioning of the parts of the sentence (doer-->action-->receiver). Ex. Jessica slammed on the brakes. | 77 | |
| 5570785669 | Passive Voice | Sentences that are more indirect, complex, and slow-moving due to the positioning of the parts of the sentence (receiver-->action-->[by doer]). Ex. The brakes were slammed on by Jessica. | 78 | |
| 5570989259 | Universal Truth | The overarching/underlying big idea that is upheld by all people everywhere. Regardless of one's opinion on the subject, this should be accepted or acknowledged. | 79 | |
| 5571163237 | Interruption | Has to do with syntax. Usually are in the form of parentheses, dashes, or appositives. These break up the sentences--or ideas rather--to emphasize a certain point. | 80 | |
| 5571175535 | Appositive | A subordinate clause that explains the noun mentioned right before this clause. Ex. Joe Weider, a pioneer in personal weight training, would marvel at the facilities open to today's students athletes. | 81 | |
| 5571214803 | Parallel Structure | Balancing the grammatical structure of sentences to emphasize the relationship between ideas. Ex. Exercise physiologists argue that body-pump aerobics sessions benefit a person's heart and lungs, muscle and nerves, and joints and cartilage. | 82 | |
| 5571634387 | Litotes | Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (in other words, an extreme downplay of the significance of something). Ex. It wasn't a terrible trip. | 83 | |
| 5571697425 | Cliche | A word or phrase that is not meant to be taken literally and has changed meaning over time. Ex. The test was a piece of cake. | 84 | |
| 5571718438 | Pun | A joke/play on words. Ex. Denial is not just a river in Egypt. | 85 | |
| 5571757702 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture, that has a meaning that is hidden from what is superficially given to you (a moral of the story). | 86 |
