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| 4783980514 | Mood | the overall atmosphere created by the setting, the events, and the narrator | 0 | |
| 4783980515 | Attitude | the feeling the author holds toward the character, events or situation he is relating to the audience | 1 | |
| 4783980516 | Tone | the verbal stance the author assumes toward the reader and his subject as reflect in his "voice" | 2 | |
| 4783980517 | Diction | attention to individual word choices | 3 | |
| 4783980518 | Syntax | attention to the arrangement of sentences | 4 | |
| 4783980519 | Schemes | classic rhetoric provides us with a list of terms referring to the shapes of sentences | 5 | |
| 4783980520 | Style | the way a writer presents content | 6 | |
| 4783980521 | Antithesis | juxtaposition of opposites, often in parallel structure | 7 | |
| 4783980522 | Syllogism | chain of reasoning (logos) moving from general, universal principles to specific instances | 8 | |
| 4783980523 | Rogerian Argument | traditional argument seeks all-out victory - try to find mutually acceptable solutions to problems | 9 | |
| 4783980524 | Rhetorical Context | background or situation to which a persuasive message is addressed | 10 | |
| 4783980525 | Visual Argument / Visual Rhetoric | use of visual elements in an argument | 11 | |
| 4783980526 | Ethos | credibility | 12 | |
| 4783980527 | Logos | logic | 13 | |
| 4783980528 | Pathos | emotion | 14 | |
| 4783980529 | Abstract language | used to denote ideas and qualities rather than observable things, people, or places | 15 | |
| 4783980530 | Allusion | briefly refers to an event, book, myth, place, or work of art that the reader is expected to recognize | 16 | |
| 4783980531 | Ambiguity | multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage implying that several meanings could potentially be correct | 17 | |
| 4783980532 | Analogy | similarity or comparison between two different things to show the relationship between them | 18 | |
| 4783980533 | Anecdote | a brief recounting of a relevant episode, frequently personal or biographical and often to inject humor into writing | 19 | |
| 4783980534 | Antonym | a word opposite in meaning to another word | 20 | |
| 4783980535 | Aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle | 21 | |
| 4783980536 | Cliche | overused expression | 22 | |
| 4783980537 | Colloquialism | employs emotions generally appropriate for conversations and informal writing (ex: kind of, um, kids) | 23 | |
| 4783980538 | Concrete language | denote objects or qualities that the senses can perceive | 24 | |
| 4783980539 | Euphemism | replaces a more agreeable or polite term for a generally unpleasant concept (ex: "passed away" instead of "died") | 25 | |
| 4783980540 | Extended metaphor | a comparison is developed at length and occurring frequently throughout a work | 26 | |
| 4783980541 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis or humorous effect | 27 | |
| 4783980542 | Jargon | specialized vocabulary of a profession or academic field | 28 | |
| 4783980543 | Meiosis / Understatement | ironically minimizes a fact for humor or emphasis | 29 | |
| 4783980544 | Declarative sentence | statement | 30 | |
| 4783980545 | Imperative sentence | command | 31 | |
| 4783980546 | Interrogative sentence | question | 32 | |
| 4783980547 | Exclamatory sentence | strong emotion | 33 | |
| 4783980548 | Sexist language | stereotypes people according to sex | 34 | |
| 4783980549 | Slang | employs informal words that have meanings which vary from locale or change as time passes | 35 | |
| 4783980550 | Synonym | (unreal) word with the same basic meaning as another | 36 | |
| 4783980551 | Imagery | a set of verbal pictures of sensory experiences, arouses emotions, and represents abstractions | 37 | |
| 4783980552 | Apostrophe | directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, a personified abstraction, or sometimes an inanimate object to create an effect of emotional intensity or familiarity | 38 | |
| 4783980553 | Atmosphere | created by the entirety of a literary work which a writer establishes by choosing objects and a setting that contain certain emotion | 39 | |
| 4783980554 | Figures of speech / Figurative Language | imaginative language that suggests a special meaning or create a special effect | 40 | |
| 4783980555 | Metaphor | compares or implies comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things, often substituting one for the other (no "like" or "as") | 41 | |
| 4783980556 | Metonymy | one object is associated for that of another closely associated with it (ex: baseball player calls his bat an ax) | 42 | |
| 4783980557 | Onomatopoeia | natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of the words representing them | 43 | |
| 4783980558 | Personification | endows concepts, animals, or inanimate objects with human attributes to create a vivid effect | 44 | |
| 4783980559 | Simile | comparing two dissimilar things using "like" or "as" | 45 | |
| 4783980560 | Symbol / symbolism | a concrete person, event, or object stands for something more abstract than its literal meaning | 46 | |
| 4783980561 | Synecdoche | a part of something stands for the whole (ex: farm worker is referred to as a "hand") | 47 | |
| 4783980562 | Tone | author's attitude to his or her material, the audience, or both | 48 | |
| 4783980563 | Caricature | a grotesque likeness of striking characteristics in a person or thing | 49 | |
| 4783980564 | Homily | literally a sermon, but may include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 50 | |
| 4783980565 | Humor | creates the effect of comedy and is intended to make light of serious topics | 51 | |
| 4783980566 | Invective | emotionally violent verbal denunciation using strong, abusive language | 52 | |
| 4783980567 | Irony | reflects a discrepancy between two levels of meaning and effect that reveals a contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 53 | |
| 4783980568 | Verbal irony | what is stated is opposite its meaning | 54 | |
| 4783980569 | Situational irony | a disconnect between an expected outcome and an actual occurrence | 55 | |
| 4783980570 | Dramatic irony | a reader understands more in a story than the character living/telling the story | 56 | |
| 4783980571 | Parable | a brief story which conveys a lesson | 57 | |
| 4783980572 | Persona | a fictional voice adopted by a writer which is used to tell a story | 58 | |
| 4783980573 | Sarcasm | deliberate injection of insincere, biting irony, and caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule | 59 | |
| 4783980574 | Alliteration | repeats the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words | 60 | |
| 4783980575 | Anaphora | repetition of the same word or group of words in successive clauses | 61 | |
| 4783980576 | Assonance | repeating a vowel sound within two or more words | 62 | |
| 4783980577 | Asyndeton | commas are used with no conjunction to separate a series or words, emphasizing the parts equally and speeding up the flow of the sentence (ex: X, Y, Z instead of X, Y, and Z) | 63 | |
| 4783980578 | Balanced sentence | both halves of a sentence are about the same length and importance | 64 | |
| 4783980579 | Chiasmus | two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses are balanced in a sentence because the ideas in the first clause are reversed by those in the second | 65 | |
| 4783980580 | Complex Sentence | has an independent clause and one or more subordinate/dependent clauses | 66 | |
| 4783980581 | Compound sentence | two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon | 67 | |
| 4783980582 | Compound-complex sentence | two independent clauses and one or more subordinate/dependent clauses | 68 | |
| 4783980583 | Consonance | a consonant sound is repeated within two or more words in close proximity | 69 | |
| 4783980584 | Inverted syntax/order | normal word order is reversed to achieve emphasis or a rhythmic effect by placing the predicate before the subject (think Yoda) | 70 | |
| 4783980585 | Loose/cumulative sentence | the main idea (independent clause) is followed by dependent phrases and clauses | 71 | |
| 4783980586 | Natural syntax/order | the subject appears before the predicate | 72 |
