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| 4433504550 | alliteration | repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem | 0 | |
| 4433505830 | allusion | reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance an idea | 1 | |
| 4433511047 | analogy | a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 4433513595 | annotation | brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text | 3 | |
| 4433516555 | antecedent | a word to which a pronoun refers | 4 | |
| 4433518367 | antithesis | a rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences; i.e. "not...but" | 5 | |
| 4433522863 | aphorism | short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth | 6 | |
| 4433525140 | Apollonian | refers to godlike qualities of human nature (antonym: Dionysian) | 7 | |
| 4433527695 | apostrophe | addresses a person or personified thing not present | 8 | |
| 4433529089 | arch | clever, sly, saucy, playful, irreverent | 9 | |
| 4433530799 | archetype | perfectly typical example; original model or form; abstract or ideal conception of a type | 10 | |
| 4433533960 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 11 | |
| 4433535301 | bathos | overdone sentimentality | 12 | |
| 4433537820 | burlesque | language meant to ridicule a subject; grotesque imitation | 13 | |
| 4433540831 | classic/classical (for tone) | implies formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint | 14 | |
| 4433545784 | independent clauses | could stand on their own as complete sentences | 15 | |
| 4433545785 | dependent/subordinate clauses | cannot stand on their own as complete sentences; when they function as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs they are known, respectively, as adjective, noun, and adverbial clauses | 16 | |
| 4433554326 | conceit | a witty or ingenious thought; highly fanciful idea stated in figurative language | 17 | |
| 4433558642 | consonance | repetition of consonant sounds | 18 | |
| 4433560235 | deductive reasoning | general premises --> specific conclusion | 19 | |
| 4433563455 | denouement | resolution occurring at the end of a narrative or drama | 20 | |
| 4433565694 | didactic | having an instructive purpose; dry, pompous manner | 21 | |
| 4433568805 | elegy | poem or prose lamenting death of someone/something or value | 22 | |
| 4433572515 | elliptical construction | sentence containing a deliberate omission of words | 23 | |
| 4433581488 | epigram | concise but witty and thoughtful statement | 24 | |
| 4433583552 | eponymous | title character of a work of literature | 25 | |
| 4433583553 | ethos | an author or speaker's credibility on a topic | 26 | |
| 4433586102 | euphony | pleasing, harmonious sounds (ant: cacophony) | 27 | |
| 4433592314 | exposition | background and events leading to the presentation of the main idea/purpose of a piece of writing | 28 | |
| 4433599237 | hyperbole | overstatement for dramatic effect | 29 | |
| 4433601237 | inductive reasoning | specific examples --> general conclusion | 30 | |
| 4433602971 | inference | conclusion arrived at by considering facts or observations | 31 | |
| 4433604455 | invective | direct verbal assault | 32 | |
| 4433605748 | irony | intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated; subtle sarcasm | 33 | |
| 4433607398 | litotes | understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity | 34 | |
| 4433611564 | logos | logic used by a writer/speaker to support a claim | 35 | |
| 4433615310 | loose sentence | main idea of sentence is presented first and then followed by subordinate clauses | 36 | |
| 4433618626 | malapropism | replacing an appropriate word with one with a similar sound but inappropriate meaning | 37 | |
| 4433623396 | metonymy | uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated | 38 | |
| 4433630568 | mood | emotional tone or prevailing atmosphere in a work of literature or other discourse | 39 | |
| 4433633402 | indicative mood | used for statements of fact | 40 | |
| 4433633403 | subjunctive mood | used to express doubt or a conditional attitude | 41 | |
| 4433635931 | imperative mood | used to give commands | 42 | |
| 4433641482 | naturalism | realism; view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic | 43 | |
| 4433647356 | onomatopeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning | 44 | |
| 4433652207 | oxymoron | contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect | 45 | |
| 4433655479 | paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true | 46 | |
| 4433662038 | pathos | element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow; emotional appeal | 47 | |
| 4433664370 | periodic sentence | main thought expressed at the end of the sentence | 48 | |
| 4433668842 | personification | figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics | 49 | |
| 4433674038 | predicate | part of a sentence that is not the grammatical subject, usually says something about the subject (predicate nominative: Lynn is the *president*; predicate adjective: Harold is *courageous*) | 50 | |
| 4433678469 | realism | depiction of people, things, and events as they really are, without idealization or exaggeration for effect | 51 | |
| 4433682062 | rebuttal/refutation | part of discourse in which opposing arguments are anticipated and answered | 52 | |
| 4433688586 | mode of exposition | to explain, analyze, or discuss an idea | 53 | |
| 4433690113 | mode of argumentation | to prove a point or to persuade | 54 | |
| 4433693680 | mode of description | to recreate or present with details | 55 | |
| 4433695572 | mode of narration | to relate an anecdote or story | 56 | |
| 4433698996 | romance | extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places | 57 | |
| 4433701144 | sarcasm | sharp, caustic attitude conveyed in words through jibes, taunts, or other remarks; less subtle than irony | 58 | |
| 4433703865 | satire | literary style used to ridicule an idea, often for the purpose of inducing change | 59 | |
| 4433706530 | simple sentence | one subject and one verb | 60 | |
| 4433708354 | compound sentence | two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction | 61 | |
| 4433711225 | complex sentence | independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses | 62 | |
| 4433718834 | stylistic devices | general term referring to diction, syntax, tone, figurative language, and other elements contributing to "style" | 63 | |
| 4433723098 | subject complement | grammatical unit comprised of predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives | 64 | |
| 4433733154 | subjective | relating to private and personal feelings and attitudes as opposed to facts and reality | 65 | |
| 4433736045 | syllogism | form of deductive reasoning (All men are mortal --> Mike is a man --> Therefore, Mike is mortal) | 66 | |
| 4433740094 | synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part | 67 | |
| 4433749088 | tone | author's attitude toward his/her subject | 68 | |
| 4433750935 | trope | generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor | 69 | |
| 4433753667 | verbal irony | discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words | 70 |
