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| 6475189095 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells). The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage. | 0 | |
| 6475189098 | Anadiplosis | It refers to the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. Ex. "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear from you." - Yoda, Star Wars | 1 | |
| 6475189100 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. Ex. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." - Dickens | 2 | |
| 6475189101 | Anecdote - | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person. | 3 | |
| 6475189102 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 4 | |
| 6475189104 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - Neil Armstrong | 5 | |
| 6475189105 | Aphorism - | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Ex. A watched pot never boils. | 6 | |
| 6475189106 | Apostrophe - | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back. | 7 | |
| 6475189108 | Assonance- | The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. | 8 | |
| 6475189109 | Asyndeton | consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can give the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account. Ex. "I came. I saw. I conquered." | 9 | |
| 6475189112 | Cacophony - | The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. Ex. "We will have no truce or parley with you and your grisly gang who work your wicked will." - Winston Churchill | 10 | |
| 6475189114 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. Ex. "The land was ours before we were the land's" - Robert Frost (N, V, Pro: Pro, V, N) | 11 | |
| 6475189115 | Clause - | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb and can sand alone as a sentence. A dependent or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 12 | |
| 6475189116 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, as they give a work a conversational, familiar tone. In writing they include local or regional dialects. Ex. A dime, a dozen" | 13 | |
| 6475189118 | Conceit - | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 14 | |
| 6475189124 | Didactic | From the Greek, it literally means "teaching." These works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 15 | |
| 6475189125 | Ellipsis - | The deliberate omission of a word from prose done for effect by author. | 16 | |
| 6475189135 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 17 | |
| 6475189140 | Irony/ironic - | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true. In general, there are three major types used in language. | 18 | |
| 6475189141 | Juxtaposition | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. Ex. Summer and Winter | 19 | |
| 6475189142 | Litotes | From the Greek word "simple" or "plain." It is a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite. It is a special form of understatement, where the surface denial serves, through ironic contrast, to reinforce the underlying assertion. | 20 | |
| 6475189143 | Loose sentence - | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. If a period were placed at the end of the independent clause, the clause would be a complete sentence. | 21 | |
| 6475189144 | Metaphor - | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. Ex. Her smile was brighter than the sun. | 22 | |
| 6475189145 | Metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name." It is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 23 | |
| 6475189148 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, and murmur. | 24 | |
| 6475189149 | Oxymoron - | From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," it is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Ex. I must be cruel only to be kind. | 25 | |
| 6475189150 | Paradox - | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. Ex. What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young. | 26 | |
| 6475189151 | Parallelism - | This term comes from Greek roots meaning "beside one another." It refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. IE "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity . . ." | 27 | |
| 6475189152 | Parody - | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 28 | |
| 6475189153 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. Ex. An English teacher who corrects every grammar mistake. | 29 | |
| 6475189154 | Periodic sentence - | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. For example: "Ecstatic with my AP score, I let out a loud, joyful shout!" | 30 | |
| 6475189155 | Personification - | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 31 | |
| 6475189156 | Polysyndeton | Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. | 32 | |
| 6475189165 | Rhetorical Question | Differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice. It is used for effect, emphasis, or provocation, or for drawing a concluding statement from the fact at hand. | 33 | |
| 6475189166 | Sarcasm - | From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," this involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 34 | |
| 6475189167 | Satire - | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. It can be recognized by the many devices used effectively: irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement, and sarcasm. | 35 | |
| 6475189168 | Simile - | A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, it draws resemblance with the help of the words "like" or "as". Ex. "Her smile was like the sun." | 36 | |
| 6475189169 | Semantics - | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 37 | |
| 6475189173 | Syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together, " it is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second, "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. A frequently cited example proceeds as follows; Major premise: All men are mortal Minor premise: Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is mortal. | 38 | |
| 6475189175 | Synecdoche | is a type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part, the genus for the species, the species for the genus, the material for the thing made, or in short, any portion, section, or main quality for the whole or the thing itself (or vice versa). Ex. Give us this day our daily bread. | 39 | |
| 6475286807 | Isocolon | a rhetorical device that involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length. It is the repetition of similar grammatical forms. | 40 | |
| 6475286808 | Anastrophe | is a scheme that writers use which moves words out of the normal order that they would be commonly spoken in. | 41 | |
| 6475288322 | Parenthesis | a pair of ( ) that are used to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark | 42 | |
| 6475288323 | Apposition | A relationship between two or more words/phrases that when placed beside each other in a sentence describes or defines the other. | 43 | |
| 6475352297 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word(s) at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 44 | |
| 6479036980 | Epanalepsis | is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. | 45 | |
| 6479045692 | Climax | Words, phrases or clauses are arranged in a sentence in increasing importance | 46 | |
| 6479047545 | Antimetabole | The repetition of a phrase in reverse order at the end of a sentence. Comes from Greek meaning "To turn about in the opposite direction." | 47 | |
| 6479049774 | Polyptoton | is the repetition of a root word in a variety of ways. | 48 | |
| 6479052781 | Antanaclasis | a rhetorical device in which a phrase or word is repeatedly used. | 49 | |
| 6479054433 | Paranomasia | a phrase intentionally used to exploit the confusion between words having similar sounds but different meanings. It is like a word play and is also known as a pun. | 50 | |
| 6479054434 | Syllepsis | a kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs. | 51 | |
| 6479057589 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas. | 52 | |
| 6479057590 | Anthimeria | substitution of one part of speech for another | 53 | |
| 6479060642 | Periphrasis | the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing. an indirect and circumlocutory phrase. the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, (e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter) | 54 | |
| 6479060643 | Apostrophe | when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person. | 55 | |
| 6479063923 | Cumulative sentence | A loose sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases that modify the main clause. | 56 | |
| 6479063924 | Phrase | a group or words that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence. | 57 | |
| 6479063925 | Motif | an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary art work; can be seen as an image, sound action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes to the development of the theme | 58 | |
| 6896825014 | Epigraph | a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation or sentence usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece having a few sentences but which belongs to another writer. | 59 |
