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| 111014082 | Syllepsis/ Zeugma | Use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct with only one. | |
| 111014083 | Sensory Detail | Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses. | |
| 111014084 | Cumulative/ Loose sentence | This sentence makes complete sense if brought to a close before its actual ending, beginning with the main ideas and then expanding on that idea with a series of details or other particulars. | |
| 111014085 | Mock | To treat with contempt or ridicule; to imitate | |
| 111014086 | Tenor | The underlying idea or the principle subject that is the meaning of a metaphor. | |
| 111014087 | Epanalepsis | Repetition at the end of a clause or sentence of the word or phrase with which it began. | |
| 111014088 | Sprezzatura | The rehearsed spontaneity, studied carelessness, and well-practiced naturalness that underlies convincing discourse. | |
| 111014089 | Connotation | The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry, in contrast to its denotative meanings. | |
| 111014090 | Euphemism | Substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. | |
| 111014091 | Denotation | The direct or dictionary meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings. | |
| 111014092 | Affiliation | The author's state or implied membership of or allegiance with a group. | |
| 111014093 | Antonomasia | Substitution of a title, epithet, or descriptive phrase for a proper name- or of a person name for a common name- to designate a member of a group or class. | |
| 111014094 | Exigence | The author's motivation, the need or problem that needs to be fulfilled or solved that causes the writer to write and the speaker to speak. | |
| 111014095 | Diacope | Repetition broken up by one or more intervening words. | |
| 111014096 | Rhetoric | The art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse- when a writer or speaker achieves his or her purpose with her or her audience through the skillful manipulation of text or speech. | |
| 111014097 | Dysphemism | Substitution of a much more offensive or disparaging word or phrase for one considered less offensive. | |
| 111014098 | Hortatory Subjunctive | The salad subjunctive is the inclusive use of the third person plural to create an affiliation with the audience. | |
| 111014099 | Imperative | A request or command. | |
| 111014100 | Aphorism | Short, pithy statement of a general truth, one that condenses common experience into memorable form. | |
| 111014101 | Rhetor | The relationship an author tries to develop with his or her audience relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity. | |
| 111014102 | Juxtaposition | A poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another for comparison or contrast. | |
| 111014103 | Expository | A mode of writing in which the purpose of the author is to inform, explain, describe, or define his or her subject to the reader. | |
| 111014104 | Gradatio | Sentence construction in which the last word of one clause becomes the first of the next, through three or more clauses. | |
| 111014105 | Epistrophe | Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses. | |
| 111014106 | Motif | A recurring feature in the work. | |
| 111014107 | Peroration | The closing part of an argument, often with a summary and an appeal to pathos. | |
| 111014108 | Diatyposis | Recommending useful precepts or advice to someone else. Compare with dehortatio. | |
| 111014109 | Invented Ethos | Proofs from the character that are created by a rhetor or are available by virtue of the rhetor's position on an issue. | |
| 111014110 | Analogy | Reasoning or arguing from parallel cases. | |
| 111014111 | Hyperphora | Raising questions and answering them. | |
| 111014112 | Synesthesia | The concurrent response of two or more of the senses to the simulation of one. | |
| 111014113 | Situational Ethos | Proof from character that depends on a rhetor's reputation in the community. | |
| 111014114 | Antirrheses | Rejecting an argument because of its insignificance, error, or wickedness. A type of refutation. | |
| 111014115 | Direct Address | To speak directly to the audience; may be revealed by the use of second person. | |
| 111014116 | Ellipsis | Omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader. | |
| 111014117 | Ethos | Persuasive appeal based on the character or projected character of the speaker or writer. | |
| 111014118 | Kairos | The opportune time and/or place, the right or appropriate time to say or do the right or appropriate thing. | |
| 111014119 | Enthymeme | An informally stated syllogism with an implied premise, an unstated argument. | |
| 111014120 | Listing | To record a series of phrases, ideas, or things for the purpose of overwhelming the opposition's stated or anticipated argument. | |
| 111014121 | Metaphor | An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have somethings important in common. | |
| 111014122 | Persona | Voice or mask that an author or speaker or performer puts on for a particular purpose. | |
| 111014123 | Epithet | Using an appropriative adjective (often habitually) to characterize a person or thing. | |
| 111014124 | Archaism | Use of an older or obsolete diction. | |
| 111014125 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. | |
| 111014126 | Epizeuxis | Repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis (usually with no words in between). | |
| 111014127 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it. | |
| 111014128 | Skotism | Intentionally obscure speech or whiting, designed to obfuscate meaning and to confuse an audience rather than clarify an issue. | |
| 111014129 | Authority | Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience. | |
| 111014130 | Anecdote | A short, often autobiographical, narrative told to achieve a purpose such as to provide an example, an illustration,or a thematic truth. | |
| 111014131 | Non Sequitur | A logical fallacy or humor; a comment that has no relation to the preceding comment or to an ongoing discussion or topic. | |
| 111014132 | Inductive | Method of reasoning by which a rhetor collects a number of instances and forms a generalization that is meant to apply to all instances; moving from specific instances to a general conclusion. | |
| 111014133 | Periodic Sentence | Long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word- usually with an emphatic climax. | |
| 111014134 | Bdelygmia | A litany of abuse- a series of critical epithets, descriptions, or attributes. A type of invective. | |
| 111309265 | Concrete | Language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | |
| 111309266 | Epiplexis | Asking questions to reproach rather than to elicit answers. | |
| 111309267 | Concession | Argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer accepts an apposing argument as true, valid, or accurate or leaves a disputed point to the audience or reader to decide. | |
| 111309268 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | |
| 111309269 | Abstract | Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. The observable or "physical" is usually described in concrete language. | |
| 111309270 | Antithesis | Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses. | |
| 111309271 | Dramatic Irony | Involves a narrative in which the reader knows something about present or future circumstances that a character in the story does not know. | |
| 111309272 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty") | |
| 111309273 | Logos | In classical rhetoric, the means of persuasion by demonstration of the truth, real or apparent- an attempt to argue based on realionships (e.g. cause/effect, deductive reasoning) a reader will find hard to refute. | |
| 111309274 | Chiasmus | A vebal pattern (a type of antithesis) in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed. In this figure of emphasis the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reversed grammatical order in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order of repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses (A-B, B-A) | |
| 111309275 | Ploce | Repetitioon of a word with a new or specified sense, or with pregnant reference to its special significance. | |
| 111309276 | Understatement | A figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. | |
| 111309277 | Cause and Effect | In casual relationships, a writer asserts that one thing results from another. To show how one thing produces or brings about another is often relevant in establishing a logical argument. | |
| 111309278 | Vehicle | In a metaphor, the figure itself being described. | |
| 111309279 | Alliteration | A figure of speech in which consonant sounds at the beginning of words are repeated. | |
| 111309282 | Assonance | Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. | |
| 111309285 | Idiom | A use of words, a constuction peculiar to a given language or an expression that cannot be translated literally into a second language. (e.g. How do you do?) | |
| 111309288 | Contrast | Conpare or appraise in respect to differences. | |
| 111309291 | Situational Irony | A trope in which accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate such as the poetic justice of a TV weather presenter getting caught in a suprise rainstorm. | |
| 111309294 | Anticipation | General name for argumentative strategies whereby a speaker or writer foresees and replies to objections. | |
| 111309297 | Epimone | Frequent repetition of a phrase or question; dwelling on a point. | |
| 111309300 | Dehortatio | Dissuasive advice given with authority. Compare with diatyposis. | |
| 111309303 | Paralepsis | Emphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it. | |
| 111309306 | Exuscitatio | Emotional utterance that seeks to move hearers to a like feeling. | |
| 111309308 | Verbal Irony | A trope in which a writer makes a statement in which the actual meaning differs from the meaning that the words appear to express. | |
| 111309311 | Categoria | Direct exposure of an adversary's faults. | |
| 111309313 | Accismus | Coyness: a form of irony in which a person feigns a lack of interest in something that he or she actually desires. | |
| 111309315 | Epicrisis | Circumstance in which a speaker quotes a passage and comments on it. | |
| 111309317 | Polyptoton | Repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings. | |
| 111309319 | Deductive | A method of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; inference by reasoning from the general to the specific. | |
| 111309321 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | |
| 111309323 | Ad Hominen | Arguing against the presenter of the argument rather than the subject of the argument. | |
| 111309325 | Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next. | |
| 111309327 | Hyperbole | An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphases or heightened effect. | |
| 111309328 | Didactic | A term used to describe fiction of nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. A tone intended to instruct or moralize. | |
| 111309329 | Commoratio | Emphasizing a point by repeating it several times in different words. | |
| 111309330 | Colloquial | An expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing, lying between the upper level of dignified, formal, academic, or "literary" language, and the lower lever of slang. | |
| 111309331 | Anti- Climax | An abrupt shift from a noble tone to a less exalted one- often for comic effect. | |
| 111309332 | Epexegesis | Adding words or phrases to further clarify or specify a statement already made. | |
| 111309333 | Invective | Abusive languagel; discourse that casts blame on somebody or something. | |
| 111309334 | Archetype | A term applied to an image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore and is, therefore, believed to evoke profound emotion because it touches the unconscious memory and thus calls into play illogical but strong responses. | |
| 111309335 | Conceit | Extending a metaphor through an entire speech or passage so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. | |
| 111309336 | Distinctio | Explicit references to various meanings of a qord- usually for the purpose of removing ambiguities. | |
| 111309337 | Pedantic | A tone that manifests reliance on book learning and formal rules over understanding or experience of practical affairs. | |
| 111309338 | Prolepsis | Figurative device by which a future event is presumed to have already occured. | |
| 111309339 | Absolute | A term applied to anything that cannot be modified, qualified, or limited. | |
| 111309340 | Auxesis/ Climax | A gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force of importance. | |
| 111309341 | Refutation | The part of an argument where in a speaker or writer anticipated and counters opposing points of view. | |
| 111309342 | Aporia | Simulated doubt or perplexity. | |
| 111309343 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding. | |
| 111309344 | Ambiguity | The presence of two or more possible meanings- either intended or inadvertent- in any passage. | |
| 111309345 | Litotes | A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negative its opposite. | |
| 111309346 | Effectio | A detailed personal description; a head-to-tow inventory of a person's physical attributes or charms. | |
| 111309347 | Meiosis | To belittle, use a degrading epithet or nickname, often through a trope of one word. A concise form of invective. A kind of understatement that dismisses or belittles, especially by using terms that make something seem less significant than it really is or ought to be. | |
| 111309349 | Allusion | A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event- real or ficitonal | |
| 111309351 | Mood | The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. | |
| 144705091 | Adjective | a word that modifies a noun or pronoun | |
| 144705092 | Adverb | A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb | |
| 144705093 | Allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances | |
| 144705094 | Analysis of Cause | The determination of why something happened | |
| 144705095 | Antecedent | A preceding occurrence or cause or event | |
| 144705096 | Aposiopesis | When the speaker or writer deliberately stops short and leaves something unexpressed, but yet obvious, to be supplied by the imagination | |
| 144705097 | Apposition | A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation | |
| 144705098 | Assertion | The act of declaring something; a claim or declaration stated positively | |
| 144705099 | Attitude | The relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience | |
| 144705100 | Call to Action | A challenge to see the problem in a new way, change their beliefs about a problem | |
| 144705101 | Commonplace | A trite or obvious remark | |
| 144705102 | Confirmation | proof; evidence; verification | |
| 144705103 | Details | Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea | |
| 144705104 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | |
| 144705105 | Erotesis | A rhetorical question implying strong affirmation or denial. | |
| 144705106 | Evidence | Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something | |
| 144705107 | Exclamatory | Having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone | |
| 144705108 | Exordium | The introductory part of an argument in which a speaker or writer establishes credibility (ethos) and announces the subject and purpose of the discourse. | |
| 144705109 | Figurative Language | Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning | |
| 144705110 | Fragment | An incomplete piece | |
| 144705111 | Humor | The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | |
| 144705112 | Identification | Attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | |
| 144705113 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | |
| 144705114 | Implied Thesis | Indirect and does not specifically state a set thesis | |
| 144705115 | Isocolon | Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length | |
| 144705116 | Literal Language | A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote. | |
| 144705117 | Logic Markers | Transitional words uses to show the logical relationships a reader will find hard to refute | |
| 144705118 | Narration | The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | |
| 144705119 | Narrative pace | Speed at which a story and its plot move along; should reflect the content | |
| 144705120 | Objective | Belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events | |
| 144705121 | Onomatopoeia | Using words that imitate the sound they denote | |
| 144705122 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms | |
| 144705123 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | |
| 144705124 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | |
| 144705125 | Parenthetical | Explaining the main idea or topic in parenthesis. | |
| 144705126 | Pathos | A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) | |
| 144705127 | Personification | The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. | |
| 144705128 | Point of View | A mental position from which things are viewed | |
| 144705129 | Polysyndeton | Using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | |
| 144705130 | Post hoc ergo propter hoc | Assuming that an incident that precedes another is the cause of the second incident | |
| 144705131 | Pun | A humorous play on words | |
| 144705132 | Qualifier | A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | |
| 144705133 | Rapport | Sympathetic compatibility | |
| 144705134 | Repitition | Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect | |
| 144705135 | Rhetorical Question | A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered | |
| 144705136 | Rhetorical Triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | |
| 144705137 | Scare Quotes | Quotation marks used to express skepticism of the word in quotes | |
| 144705138 | Scheme | An elaborate and systematic plan of action that evades a question by trickery. | |
| 144705139 | Second Person | Told from the reader's point of view, usind "you" | |
| 144705140 | Simile | A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | |
| 144705141 | Style | A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period | |
| 144705142 | Subjective | Influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence | |
| 144705143 | Subjunctive mood | A mood that represent an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible | |
| 144705144 | Symbol | Something visible that by association or convention represents something else | |
| 144705145 | Syntax | The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | |
| 144705146 | Tautology | Needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy | |
| 144705147 | Testimony | Evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof | |
| 144705148 | Tetracolon | A series of four parallel words, phrases or clauses | |
| 144705149 | Thesis | An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument | |
| 144705150 | Third Person | Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer | |
| 144705151 | Tone | The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | |
| 144705152 | Tricolon | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses. | |
| 144705153 | Trope | Any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. | |
| 144705154 | Us vs. Them | When a speaker or author creates the illusion of two sides, one of which (the "us") is vastly superior to the other (the "them) |
