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9145736995	Loose sentence	•A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying codes or phrases •Can have a powerful effect as more and more phrases are piled on the main idea, allowing for a writer to really hammer home his/her point	0
9145776650	Periodic sentence	•Has the main clause or predicate at the end •Used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made •Can also create suspense or interest for the reader	1
9145818441	Paradox	A situation, person or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities	2
9145869300	Anaphora	The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect	3
9145897428	Metonymy	A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated	4
9145928922	Synecdoche	A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part	5
9187360816	Aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner	6
9187405486	Chiasmus	A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect	7
9187479541	Asyndeton	A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy	8
9187511193	Antithesis	A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect	9

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11182271661	Accent	Specific form of pronunciation	0
11182271662	Anatolian Hypothesis	The Proto-Indo-European language peacefully spread through the innovation of agriculture.	1
11182271663	Creole	Any native and colonizer language mixed together	2
11182271664	Dialect	Regional variation of a language	3
11182271665	Extinct language	A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.	4
11182271666	Ideogram	Represents concepts or ideas	5
11182271667	Indo-European	includes Germanic and romance languages, spoken b about 50% of the world's people	6
11182271668	Nostratic Hypothesis	hypothesis that every language family has an ancestor and that the ancestor for Indo-European is the Nostratic Language family.	7
11182271669	Isogloss	Dialects geographical boundary	8
11182271670	Isolated Language	A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.	9
11182271671	Kurgan Hypothesis	Indo - European languages arrived in Europe around 3000 BCE with violent origins; came in on horse drawn war chariots and attacked the agriculturalists living in Europe	10
11182271672	Language	A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.	11
11182271673	Language Branch	A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.	12
11182271674	Language Family	Group of languages descended from a single, earlier tongue	13
11182271675	Language Group	Related languages with more recent common ancestors	14
11182271676	Lingua Franca	Language used between two people who speak different languages	15
11182271677	Linguism / Linguicide	Discrimination based upon a persons language	16
11182271678	Literary Tradition	A language that is written as well as spoken; system of written communication	17
11182271679	Mono-Linguality	Speaking only one language	18
11182271680	Bi-Linguality	Speaking two languages	19
11182271681	Multi-linguality	Speaking several languages	20
11182271682	National Language	language spoken in majority of country	21
11182271683	Official Language	A language declared by the goverment	22
11182271684	Orthography	correct spelling, a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols	23
11182271685	Pidgin	when two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary	24
11182271686	Polygot	Someone with knowledge of two or more languages	25
11182271687	Slang	Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions	26
11182271688	Standard Language	The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.	27
11182271689	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	28
11182271690	Toponym	names given to certain features on the land such as settlements, terrain features, and streams.	29
11182271691	Trade Language	A language used between native speakers of different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other.	30
11182271692	Vernacular	The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region	31
11182271693	Vocabulary	A group of words that a person knows or should know	32