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| 4857897129 | ad hominem | Latin for "against the man". An argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, feeling rather than intellect. | 0 | |
| 4857928548 | allegory | A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning. hint: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe | 1 | |
| 4857955556 | alliteration | The repetition of the same sound- usually the initial consonants of words. | 2 | |
| 4857982916 | assonance | The repetition of identical sound vowels in syllables of neighboring words. hint: men sell wedding bells | 3 | |
| 4857986088 | consonance | The repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowels are usually different. hint: Shelley sells shells by the seashore. | 4 | |
| 4858066627 | allusion | An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work, the nature and relevance of which is not explained by the writer but relies on the reader's familiarity with what is thus mentioned. | 5 | |
| 4858109795 | ambiguity | Multiple meanings either intentional, or unintentional of a word, sentence, or a passage. hint: Foreigners are hunting dogs | 6 | |
| 4858129920 | analogy | Illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel to it in some significant features. | 7 | |
| 4858140216 | anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which is repeated in (and usually at the beginning) successive lines, clauses or sentences. . | 8 | |
| 4858166513 | epistrophe | a rhetorical figure of repetition in which is repeated at the end of successive sentences. | 9 | |
| 4858171530 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. hint: ... "while giving treats to children or friends offer them whatever they like." In these lines, children and friends are antecedents, while they is a pronoun, referring to friends and children. | 10 | |
| 4858190818 | anti-hero | A central character in a dramatic or narrative work who lacks the qualities of nobility and magnanimity expected of traditional heroes and heroines in romances and epics. | 11 | |
| 4858214086 | aphorism | a general principle expressed memorable by condensing wisdom into few words. hint: everything happens for a reason | 12 | |
| 4858225353 | apology | In literary sense, the justification or defense of the writer's opinions or conduct, not usually implying any blame. | 13 | |
| 4860746644 | apostrophe | The figure of speech in which a speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an inanimate object or an abstraction | 14 | |
| 4860851291 | asyndeton | a form of verbal compression which consists of the omission of connecting words between clauses. The most common form is the omission of "and", leaving on a sequence linked by commas. | 15 | |
| 4860875572 | colloquialism | The use of informal expressions appropriate to everyday speech rather than to the formality of writing. | 16 | |
| 4860887616 | comic relief | The break of serious work by humor. | 17 | |
| 4860894372 | connotation | The range of further associations that a word or phrase suggest in addition to its straight forward dictionary meaning. hint: Wall Street (straight forward meaning and additional) | 18 | |
| 4860919302 | denotation | The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it. hint: dove ( dictionary term- type of pigeon, literary use- peace) | 19 | |
| 4860953463 | diction | The choice of words used in written work. | 20 | |
| 4860967324 | didactic | A term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | 21 | |
| 4860972445 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 22 | |
| 4860979423 | imagery | A rather vague critical term covering those uses of language in a work that evoke sense-impressions by literal or figurative reference to perceptible or "concrete" | 23 | |
| 4861001042 | irony | A subtly humorous perception of inconsistency | 24 | |
| 4861003863 | verbal irony | A discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant. | 25 | |
| 4861009140 | situational irony | A discrepancy between what is thought to happen and what actually happens. | 26 | |
| 4861014700 | dramatic irony | When the audience knows more about a characters situation that the character does, foreseeing an out come contrary to the characters expectations. | 27 | |
| 4861025414 | logic | An implied comparison resulting when one thing is directly called another. To be logically acceptable, support must be appropriate to the claim, believable and consistent. | 28 | |
| 4861037158 | metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". | 29 | |
| 4861296198 | metonymy | A figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it. | 30 | |
| 4861301953 | narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 31 | |
| 4861305617 | onomatopeia | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. hint: jumbo shrimp, cruel kindness | 32 | |
| 4861314272 | parallelism | Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases sentences, paragraphs in order give structural similarity. hint: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. | 33 | |
| 4861329601 | paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement which is actually true. This rhetorical device is often used for emphasis or simply to attract attention. | 34 | |
| 4861338916 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule . | 35 | |
| 4861344128 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 36 | |
| 4861353951 | point of view | The perspective in which the story is told. | 37 | |
| 4861361177 | polysyndeton | A rhetorical device for the repeated use of conjunctions to link a succession of words, clauses, or consciousness. | 38 | |
| 4861364279 | predicate adjective | An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. | 39 | |
| 4861373969 | predicate nominative | A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject. | 40 | |
| 4861381432 | pun/double entendre | in rhetoric, dealing with one word that suggest two different meaning. Often used for humor. | 41 | |
| 4861457803 | rhetoric | The deliberate exploitation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or in writing. | 42 | |
| 4861461550 | rhetorical question | A question asked for the sake of persuasive effect rather than a genuine request for information. | 43 | |
| 4861467786 | satire | A mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule and scorn. | 44 | |
| 4861476048 | simile | A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as". | 45 | |
| 4861483009 | subordinate clause | This word group contains both as subject and a verb plus accompanying phrases or modifiers. | 46 | |
| 4861487716 | syllogism | A form of logical argument that derives a conclusion from two propositions, sharing a common term. Usually in this form: x are y; z is x; therefore z is y. | 47 | |
| 4861498706 | symbol | Anything that stands for or represents something else beyond it, usually an idea conventionally associated with it. | 48 | |
| 4861502534 | natural symbol | Objects and occurrences from nature to represent ideas commonly associated with them. | 49 | |
| 4861506362 | conventional symbol | Something that has been invested with meaning by a group. hint:religious symbols- Star of David, national symbol- flag or eagle | 50 | |
| 4861686127 | syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 51 | |
| 4861688556 | theme | The central idea of a work, revealed and developed in the course of a story or explored through argument. | 52 | |
| 4861692103 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization o the sentence and global levels. | 53 | |
| 4861696105 | wit | In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. | 54 | |
| 4861699859 | understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact. The effect can be frequently humorous and emphatic. | 55 | |
| 4861703516 | litotes | A figure of speech by which an affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite, usually with an effect of understatement. | 56 | |
| 4861709254 | meiosis | The Greek term for understatement or belting: a rhetorical figure by which something that is very impressive, is represented with simplicity. hint: When Mercurio calls his mortal wound a "scratch" | 57 | |
| 4861721147 | zeugma | One words, usually a noun or the main verb, which governs two other words not related in meaning- he maintained a business and his innocence | 58 |
