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| 7201328179 | Allusion | Definition: An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Example: "This place is like a Garden of Eden." - This is a biblical allusion to the "garden of God" in the Book of Genesis. | 0 | |
| 7201328180 | Argumentation | Definition: The action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory. Example: "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show." | 1 | |
| 7201328181 | Diction | Definition: The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. Example: "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on" | 2 | |
| 7201328860 | Exposition/Expository Writing | Definition: Type of composition intended to give information about an issue, subject, method, or idea. Example: The U.S. flag consists of thirteen alternating stripes of red and blue, representing the 13 original states. In the top left of the flag there is a field of blue with fifty stars, one for each state. | 3 | |
| 7201328861 | Figurative language | Definition: Language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors. Example: The poorest man is the richest, and the rich are poor. | 4 | |
| 7201330740 | Hyperbole | Definition: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: The dog was as big as a whale. |  | 5 |
| 7201330741 | Imagery | Definition: Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). Example: The white snow slowly fell to her cold skin. |  | 6 |
| 7201331286 | Irony | Definition: The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. Example: Nobody ever goes to that restaurant because it is always full. |  | 7 |
| 7201331287 | Metaphor | Definition: A comparison without using like or as. Example: You are a pig, always dirty. | 8 | |
| 7201331733 | Oxymoron | Definition: A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. Example: "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." |  | 9 |
| 7201331734 | Paradox | Definition: A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. Example: Less is More |  | 10 |
| 7201332240 | Parallelism | Definition: Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. Example: Like father, like son | 11 | |
| 7201332241 | Parody | Definition: A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner Example: "Will you veddy much bring me a coke please?" - Indian accent Parody |  | 12 |
| 7201332718 | Personification | Definition: The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea Example: The wind whispered through dry grass. |  | 13 |
| 7201332719 | Point of View/Perspective | Definition: Angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. Example: "I felt like I was getting drowned with shame and disgrace." |  | 14 |
| 7201333743 | Rhetoric | Definition: Technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form Example: Upon approaching a cashier at the grocery store she asks, "Will you help starving children today by adding $3 to your grocery bill?" | 15 | |
| 7201333744 | Simile | Definition: A comparison using "like" or "as" Example: You are as pretty as a flower. |  | 16 |
| 7201334319 | Style | Definition: The way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing Example: A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof, And made the gables laugh, The breezes brought dejected lutes, And bathed them in the glee; And signed the fete away. (Summer Shower by Emily Dickinson)- descriptive style | 17 | |
| 7201334320 | Analogy | Definition: A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. Example: Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops to catch a breath loses. | 18 | |
| 7201334721 | Anecdote | Definition: A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person Example: You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend. My childhood was better because of him. |  | 19 |
| 7201335213 | Ethos | Definition: In rhetoric, ethos represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved. Example: "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment." |  | 20 |
| 7201335638 | Logos | Definition: A statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. Example: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. |  | 21 |
| 7201335639 | Pathos | Definition: A method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response Example: "Darkies work on de Mississippi Darkies work while de white folks play" |  | 22 |
| 7201336699 | Colloquialism | Definition: The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. Example: wanna - want to |  | 23 |
| 7201337456 | Connotation | Definition: Refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Example: "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" |  | 24 |
| 7201338034 | Logical Fallacy | Definition: An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. Example: Well Dr. Jones believes that the full moon makes people act crazy, and who are you to argue with Dr. Jones (appeal to authority). | 25 | |
| 7201338035 | Sarcasm | Definition: Literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously Example: "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." (Mark Twain) |  | 26 |
| 7201338612 | Satire | Definition: Technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. Example: "What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and isn't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?" | 27 | |
| 7201338977 | Tone | Definition:Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character Example: Father: "We are going on a vacation." Son: "That's great!!!" - Cheerful Tone |  | 28 |
| 7201338978 | Allegory | Definition: A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions Example: "All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others." | 29 | |
| 7201339529 | Anaphora | Definition: The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect Example: "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better." |  | 30 |
| 7201339530 | Thesis/Claim | Definition: A statement in a non-fiction or a fiction work that a writer intends to support and prove. Example: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen) | 31 | |
| 7201339890 | Cliché | Definition: An expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty. Example: They all lived happily ever after. |  | 32 |
| 7209556899 | Genre | Definition: Type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style. Example: Poetry, Drama, Prose... |  | 33 |
| 7209557605 | Rhetorical question | Definition: A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. Example: Are you stupid? |  | 34 |
| 7209557606 | Syntax | Definition: It is set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought. Example: "What light from yonder window breaks?" instead of using a common expression "What light breaks from yonder window?" - Romeo and Juliet |  | 35 |
| 7209557994 | Alliteration | Definition: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words Example: "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."- Shakespeare |  | 36 |
| 7209558361 | Consonance | Definition: Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase Example: The ship has sailed to the far off shores. |  | 37 |
| 7209558365 | Denotation | Definition: Literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. Example: Dog - suggests shamelessness or an ugly face. | 38 | |
| 7209558727 | Motif | Definition: An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. Example: Hamlet expresses his disgust for women in Scene 2 of Act I: "Frailty, thy name is woman" | 39 | |
| 7209558733 | Antithesis | Definition: A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect Example: Speech is silver, but silence is gold. | 40 | |
| 7209559150 | Deduction | Definition: A method of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises. Example: t takes me an hour to get to the mall. If I leave at five o'clock I will reach the mall by six o'clock. |  | 41 |
| 7209559379 | Induction | Definition: A conclusion reached through reasoning. An inductive statement is derived using facts and instances which lead to the formation of a general opinion. Example: "This marble from the bag is black. That marble from the bag is black. A third marble from the bag is black. Therefore all the marbles in the bag black." | | 42 |
| 7209559885 | Dialect | Definition: The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people. Example: Lula: I wants to know why you bringing' white chillun to ****** church. (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee) |  | 43 |
| 7209560560 | Didactic | Definition: Frequently used for those literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details Example: "All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others." | 44 | |
| 7209560765 | Inference | Definition: Where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true. Example: "It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete." |  | 45 |
| 7209561123 | Elegy | Definition: Form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased. Example: "Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear,/Compels me to disturb your season due:/For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,/Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer" -"Lycidas" by John Milton |  | 46 |
| 7209561124 | Jargon | Definition: Use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade. Example: Getting on a soapbox |  | 47 |
| 7209561414 | Prose | Definition: Form of language that has no formal metrical structure. Example: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." 1984 - George Orwell | 48 |
