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| 6657559937 | alliteration | the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 0 | |
| 6657559938 | allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event | 1 | |
| 6657559939 | analogy | an extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 6657559940 | anaphora | the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 6657559941 | anecdote | a short amount of an interesting event | 4 | |
| 6657559942 | annotation | explanatory or critical notes added to a text | 5 | |
| 6657559943 | antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun refers | 6 | |
| 6657559944 | anastrophe | the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 7 | |
| 6657559945 | antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 8 | |
| 6657559946 | aphorism | a short, astute statement of a general truth | 9 | |
| 6657559947 | appositive | a word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 10 | |
| 6657559948 | archaic diction | the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | 11 | |
| 6657559949 | argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence | 12 | |
| 6657559950 | antaclasis | repetition of a word or phrase whose meaning changes in the second instance | 13 | |
| 6657559951 | assertion | an emphatic statement; declaration. an assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 14 | |
| 6657559952 | assonance | the repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words. | 15 | |
| 6657559953 | asyndeton | leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 16 | |
| 6657559954 | attitude | the speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone | 17 | |
| 6657559955 | audience | one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | 18 | |
| 6657559956 | authority | a reliable, respected source-someone with knowledge | 19 | |
| 6657559957 | bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 20 | |
| 6657559958 | cite | identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source | 21 | |
| 6657559959 | claim | an assertion, usually supported by evidence | 22 | |
| 6657559960 | close reading | a careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text | 23 | |
| 6657559961 | colloquial/ism | an informal or conversational use of language | 24 | |
| 6657559962 | common ground | shared beliefs, values, or positions | 25 | |
| 6657559963 | complex sentence | a sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 26 | |
| 6657559964 | concession | a reluctant acknowledgement or yielding | 27 | |
| 6657559965 | connotation | that which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation) | 28 | |
| 6657559966 | context | words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning | 29 | |
| 6657559967 | coordination | grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but | 30 | |
| 6657559968 | counterargument | a challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 31 | |
| 6657559969 | cumulative sentence | an independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 32 | |
| 6657559970 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement | 33 | |
| 6657559971 | deduction | reasoning from general to specific | 34 | |
| 6657559972 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | 35 | |
| 6657559973 | diction | word choice | 36 | |
| 6657559974 | documentation | bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing | 37 | |
| 6657559975 | elipsis | deliberate omission of a word/words that are readily implied by the context. | 38 | |
| 6657559976 | epistrophe | repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases. | 39 | |
| 6657559977 | ethos | a Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos) | 40 | |
| 6657559978 | figurative language | the use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | 41 | |
| 6657559979 | figure of speech | an expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 42 | |
| 6657559980 | hyperbole | exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 43 | |
| 6657559981 | imagery | vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) | 44 | |
| 6657559982 | imperative sentence | a sentence that requests or commands | 45 | |
| 6657559983 | induction | reasoning from specific to general | 46 | |
| 6657559984 | isocolon | a scheme of parallel structure that occurs when the parallel elements are similar in grammatical structure and length. | 47 | |
| 6657559985 | irony | a contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result | 48 | |
| 6657559986 | juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 49 | |
| 6657559987 | logos | a Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos) | 50 | |
| 6657559988 | 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 | 51 | |
| 6657559989 | metonymy | use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | 52 | |
| 6657559990 | occasion | an aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing | 53 | |
| 6657559991 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two contradictory but is actually true | 54 | |
| 6657559992 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 55 | |
| 6657559993 | parallelism | the repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 56 | |
| 6657559994 | parody | a piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or riducle | 57 | |
| 6657559995 | pathos | a Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos) | 58 | |
| 6657559996 | persona | the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a ice of writing | 59 | |
| 6657559997 | personification | assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 60 | |
| 6657559998 | polemic | an argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | 61 | |
| 6657559999 | polysyndeton | the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 62 | |
| 6657560000 | polyptoton | repetition of words derived from the same root. | 63 | |
| 6657560001 | major premise | all mammals are warm-blooded | 64 | |
| 6657560002 | minor premise | all horses are mammals | 65 | |
| 6657560003 | conclusion | all horses are warm-blooded (see syllogism) | 66 | |
| 6657560004 | propaganda | a negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | 67 | |
| 6657560005 | purpose | one's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing | 68 | |
| 6657560006 | refute | to discredit and argument, particularly a counterargument | 69 | |
| 6657560007 | rhetoric | the study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion" | 70 | |
| 6657560008 | rhetorical modes | patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation | 71 | |
| 6657560009 | rhetorical question | a question asked more to produce an effect than to summon and answer | 72 | |
| 6657560010 | rhetorical triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle) | 73 | |
| 6657560011 | satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 74 | |
| 6657560012 | scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | 75 | |
| 6657560013 | sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. | 76 | |
| 6657560014 | sentence variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect. | 77 | |
| 6657560015 | simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. | 78 | |
| 6657560016 | simple sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause. | 79 | |
| 6657560017 | source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information. | 80 | |
| 6657560018 | speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing. | 81 | |
| 6657560019 | synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. | 82 | |
| 6657560020 | style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 83 | |
| 6657560021 | subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 84 | |
| 6657560022 | subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. | 85 | |
| 6657560023 | subordination | The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence. | 86 | |
| 6657560024 | syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major, and minor). | 87 | |
| 6657560025 | syntax | sentence structure | 88 | |
| 6657560026 | synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 89 | |
| 6657560027 | thesis | the central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer | 90 | |
| 6657560028 | thesis statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit. | 91 | |
| 6657560029 | tone | the speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience | 92 | |
| 6657560030 | topic sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 93 | |
| 6657560031 | trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech. | 94 | |
| 6657560032 | understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 95 | |
| 6657560033 | voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 96 | |
| 6657560034 | zeugma | A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs—often in different, sometimes incongruent ways—two or more words in a sentence. | 97 | |
| 6657641263 | litotes | deliberate understatement | 98 | |
| 6657645268 | epanalepsis | repetition of the same word or words at both the beginning and ending of a phrase, clause, or sentence. (ashes to ashes) | 99 | |
| 6657653355 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 100 | |
| 6657657400 | climax | arrangement of words phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance. | 101 | |
| 6657661244 | antimetabole | repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order | 102 | |
| 6657664921 | chiasmus | reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses | 103 | |
| 6657676093 | onomatopoeia | use of words whose sound echoes the sense | 104 | |
| 6657703067 | allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 105 | |
| 6657717728 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 106 | |
| 6657727709 | caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort for comic effect or ridicule; a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 107 | |
| 6657731989 | clause | a grammatical unit both a subject and a verb | 108 | |
| 6657738862 | colloquialism | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 109 | |
| 6657740521 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 110 | |
| 6658124824 | euphemism | a less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept (earthly remains vs. dead body) | 111 | |
| 6658128332 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 112 | |
| 6658136867 | homily | a serious talk, speech or lecture involving moral/spiritual advice | 113 | |
| 6658139846 | inference | to make a reasonable conclusion from the information provided | 114 | |
| 6658143360 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language | 115 | |
| 6658146918 | mood | the prevailing atmosphere/emotional aura of a work. Setting tone and events affect mood | 116 | |
| 6658151858 | narrative | a story or account told by a narrator | 117 | |
| 6658152774 | pathos | persuasive appeal based on emotion | 118 | |
| 6658159154 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words,phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly or bookish. | 119 | |
| 6658161936 | prose | refers to fiction and non-fiction in all its forms | 120 | |
| 6658243307 | first person narrator | "I saw a cat" | 121 | |
| 6658244128 | third person | "she saw a cat" | 122 | |
| 6658248735 | third person omniscient | narrator has a godlike knowledge | 123 | |
| 6658250035 | third person limited omniscient | narrator presents the feelings/thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters | 124 | |
| 6658254129 | sarcasm | bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt/ridicule something | 125 | |
| 6658255449 | semantics | the study of words, their development, connotations, and relations to one another | 126 |
