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7893774405SyntaxThe arrangement of words0
7893774406Dictionword choice1
7893774407ConnotationThe associative meanings of a word or phrase2
7893774408DialectUsing the Native and\or informal language of a country or play3
7893774409EuphemismUsing an inoffensive term or phrase in place of an offensive on4
7893774410Shift*A change in meaning and \or tone from one point in the text to another5
7893774411Imagery **Mental pictures6
7893774412SynesthesiaOne sense informs another7
7896109625EthosAn appeal to one's credibility8
7970070995LogosAn appeal to reason9
7970070996PathosAn appeal to one's humanity or emotions10
7970070997ToneA rhetor's attitude toward audience or subject.11
7970070998Methods of organizationChronological, spatial, most and important to least.12
7970070999First person of viewWe get to know tje narrator well, but we only see from the narrators point of view.13
7970071000Third person objectiveThe narrator is an uninvolved reporter14
7970071001Thief person limitedThe narrator stays by the side of the msin character reporting what that character thinks.15
7970071002Third person ommissionThe narrator reports what each character thinks16
7970071003AntecedentThe noun that the refers toor replaces17
7970071004RepititionA writers conscious reuse of a sound, word, phrase, sentences or other elementos.18
7970071005ParallelRepition of gramatical structure19
8171707951AllusionA reference to a person, event, object, or work can be familiar, ect.20
8171707952AnecdotA short entertaining story used to illustrate a point.21
8171707953AphorismProverb/adage/wise sayings22
8171707954AmbiguityThe multiple meamings, either intentional or unintentional of a word, sentence or passage23
8171707955MetaphorA comparison of two dissimilar things. An analogy24
8171707956ConceitExtended metaphor25
8171707957PersonificationA device that gives human attributes to subjects that are nonhuman,ect26
8171707958PunPlay on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings27
8171707959JuxapositionNormally u associated ideas, words, or phrases placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.28
8171707960Rhetorical questionA question that is posed without an expectation of an answer29
8171707961Rhetorical fragmentEliminating non-essential words in a sentence allowing a reader to infer30
8171707962MotifRecurrent images, words, objects, phrases, ext.31
8171707963ArchetypeA perfect example of a type or group32
8372141621ParadoxA statement that seems contradictory, unbelievable, or absurd but may actually be true.33
8372141622AntithesisTwo opposing idea presented in parallel structure.34
8372141623OxymoronA paradoxical image created by using two contradictory terms together.35
8372141624SarcasmA taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark intended to wound another, its expressed indirectly.36
8372141625Verbal ironyA speaker says one thing but means another37
8372141626Situational ironyThe opposite or something very different happens from what is expected.38
8372141627HyperboleExaggerated speech or writing39
8372141628UnderstatementExpression in which something of importance is emphasized by being spoken of as though it weren't important40
8372141629SatireThe use of riducule, sarcasm, irony, humor, ect. To expose, attack, or deride the vices, follies, or shortcomings of humanity41
8372141630ParodyA work that imitates another work for humorous often satirical purposes42

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