| 6744867641 | Abstract | Opposed to concrete, not quantifiable | | 0 |
| 6744867642 | Adjective | modifies, alters, changes a noun | | 1 |
| 6744867643 | Adverb | modifies, alters, changes a verb | | 2 |
| 6744867644 | Aesthetic | the study or philosophy of beauty in art, literature and nature | | 3 |
| 6744867645 | Allegory | form of a metaphor, the meaning of a person, object, or action resides outside the story, the concrete is within the story | | 4 |
| 6744867646 | Alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | | 5 |
| 6744867647 | Allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event | | 6 |
| 6744867648 | Ambiguity | having more than one meaning, used in verbal, written, and nonverbal communication | | 7 |
| 6744867649 | Anachronism | out of time, placing something in a time where it does not belong | | 8 |
| 6744867650 | Analogy | the comparison of two things alike in some respects | | 9 |
| 6744867651 | Analysis | to separate into parts for inspection and evaluation | | 10 |
| 6744867652 | Anaphora | the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | | 11 |
| 6744867653 | Anecdote | a short narrative detailing the particulars of an event | | 12 |
| 6744867654 | Annotation | explanatory or critical notes added to a text | | 13 |
| 6744867655 | Antagonist | the force against the protagonist: a person, nature, or the person's psyche | | 14 |
| 6744867656 | Antecedent | the noun to which the pronoun refers | | 15 |
| 6744867657 | Antimetabole | the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast: "eat to live; live to eat" | | 16 |
| 6744867658 | Antihero | a protagonist who is particularly graceless, inept, stupid, or dishonest | | 17 |
| 6744867659 | Antithesis | figure of speech, using strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences or ideas | | 18 |
| 6744867660 | Aphorism | a brief statement of general truth or wisdom: "Imitation is suicide." | | 19 |
| 6744867661 | Apology | a written or spoken defense | | 20 |
| 6744867662 | Appositive | a word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | | 21 |
| 6744867663 | Archaic Diction | the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | | 22 |
| 6744867664 | Archetype | a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology | | 23 |
| 6744867665 | Argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence | | 24 |
| 6744867666 | Aristotelian (rhetorical) triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | | 25 |
| 6744867667 | Artificial Setting | man made settings | | 26 |
| 6744867668 | Assertion | an emphatic statement; a declaration. | | 27 |
| 6744867669 | Assumption | a belief or statement taken for granted without proof | | 28 |
| 6744867670 | Asyndeton | leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | | 29 |
| 6744867671 | Attitude | the author's or speaker's feelings toward the subject, attend to distance when discussing attitude | | 30 |
| 6744867672 | Audience | the intended recipents for a speaker or writer's message | | 31 |
| 6744867673 | Authority | a reliable, respected source - someone with knowledge | | 32 |
| 6744867674 | Begging the Question | a fallacy in reasoning which omits the minor premise and goes directly to the conclusion | | 33 |
| 6744867675 | Bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | | 34 |
| 6744867676 | Bildungsroman | a coming of age novel, the story of a person's development | | 35 |
| 6744867677 | Canon | an accepted list of literary works commonly taught in schools and universities | | 36 |
| 6744867678 | Carpe Diem | literally "Seize the day," a philosophy of living for the day and not thinking of tomorrow | | 37 |
| 6744867679 | Catharsis | a moral and spiritual cleansing you receive when watching a protagonist overcome great odds to survive | | 38 |
| 6744867680 | Character | a person described as an individual with reference to characterization | | 39 |
| 6744867681 | Characterization | the creation and development of an imaginary person who seems life‐like | | 40 |
| 6744867682 | Chronological | in the order of time | | 41 |
| 6744867683 | Claim | an assertion, usually supported by evidence | | 42 |
| 6744867684 | Clause | any combination of subject and verb which makes a complete sentence, Independent/dependent | | 43 |
| 6744867685 | Colloquial | informal conversation, it differs in grammar, vocabulary, syntax, imagery, or connotation--can also vary based on location | | 44 |
| 6744867686 | Common Ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions | | 45 |
| 6744867687 | Conceit | a type of metaphor that is strikingly odd and thoughtful. Ex: Love compared to a motorcycle | | 46 |
| 6744867688 | Concession | a reluctant acknowledgment or yielding | | 47 |
| 6744867689 | Concrete | opposite of abstract, tangible, quantifiable | | 48 |
| 6744867690 | Concrete Detail | details used in a persuasive paper which attempt to convince the reader: proof or evidence | | 49 |
| 6744867691 | Confidant (male)/ Confidante (female) | A person who partakes little in the action, is very close to the protagonist, and hears all of the intimate secrets of the protagonist | | 50 |
| 6744867692 | Conflict | A disagreement or challenge--usually presented to the protagonist of a story | | 51 |
| 6744867693 | Connotation | that which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | | 52 |
| 6744867694 | Context | words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning | | 53 |
| 6744867695 | Controlling Image | an image or metaphor which runs throughout the work | | 54 |
| 6744867696 | Coordination | grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but | | 55 |
| 6744867697 | Counterargument | a challenge to a position; an opposing argument | | 56 |
| 6744867698 | Credible | worthy of belief; trustworthy | | 57 |
| 6744867699 | Crisis | The point of the highest clash | | 58 |
| 6744867700 | Criticism | analysis, study, and evaluation of individual works of literature | | 59 |
| 6744867701 | Cumulative Sentence | an independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | | 60 |
| 6744867702 | Declarative Sentence | a sentence that makes a statement | | 61 |
| 6744867703 | Deductive | reasoning from the general of the specific | | 62 |
| 6744867704 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | | 63 |
| 6744867705 | Descriptive Detail | Details in an essay which use sensory description (the five senses) therefore you analyze these descriptions by each sense. | | 64 |
| 6744867706 | Detail | specifically described items placed in a work for effect and meaning | | 65 |
| 6744867707 | Deus Ex Machina | literally "God in the machine," this is a Greek idea from when the gods would come on stage to rescue the hero, now it applies to anytime the hero is saved by a miraculous or improbable event | | 66 |
| 6744867708 | Devices | speech, syntax, diction. These stylistic elements collectively produce and effect | | 67 |
| 6744867709 | Diction | word choice | | 68 |
| 6744867710 | Didactic | a "teaching" type of tone, usually lesson‐like or boring in nature | | 69 |
| 6744867711 | Digression | insertion of material not closely related to the work or subject | | 70 |
| 6744867712 | Dilemma | 2 choices - both bad, or 2 choices either one producing a bad outcome | | 71 |
| 6744867713 | Doppelganger | literally "double goer," a mysterious twin or double fighting against your good work | | 72 |
| 6744867714 | Dystopia | "bad place" An imaginary world which was constructed to be perfect yet failed. Present tendencies are carried out to their intensely unpleasant end. | | 73 |
| 6744867715 | Elegiac | mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone | | 74 |
| 6744867716 | Ellipsis/Ellipse | the omission of one or more words | | 75 |
| 6744867717 | Epigram | a brief witty statement | | 76 |
| 6744867718 | Epiphany | a sudden understanding or realization which prior to this was thought of or understood | | 77 |
| 6744867719 | Ethos | the character of the writer reflected in the speech or writings | | 78 |
| 6744867720 | Euphemism | a device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid unpleasantness | | 79 |
| 6744867721 | Explication of text | explanation of a text's meaning through an analysis of all of its constituent parts, including the literary devices used; also close reading | | 80 |
| 6744867722 | Expository | a mode of writing which is used to explain something | | 81 |
| 6744867723 | Fantasy | a genre--usually the breaking away from reality | | 82 |
| 6744867724 | Figurative language | the use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | | 83 |
| 6744867725 | Figure of Speech | uses of language which depart from customary construction. Metaphors, similes, personfication, hyperboles, etc. | | 84 |
| 6744867726 | Fragment | a word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence | | 85 |
| 6744867727 | Generic Conventions | from "genre" or type, each type of writing editorial, biography, narrative, persuasive, etc.; uses particular conventions. The persuasive mode of writing uses the technique of syllogism to prove a point | | 86 |
| 6744867728 | Genre | A particular type or category of writing; tragedy, comedy, epic, short story, historical fiction, didactic, etc. | | 87 |
| 6744867729 | Hamartia | from Greek and translated in the New Testament as "sin" literally it means an error, mistake, frailty, or misstep. This will cause the protagonist's downfall | | 88 |
| 6744867730 | Hyperbole | to overstate an issue, exaggeration | | 89 |
| 6744867731 | Imagery | literally, the collection of images within a work. Specifically, descriptive details which use figures of speech to explain a concept, person, or thing. | | 90 |
| 6744867732 | Imperative sentence | a sentence that requests or commands | | 91 |
| 6744867733 | In Medias Res | meaning "in the midst of things," this is starting a story in the middle of the action -- the first part will be revealed later. | | 92 |
| 6744867734 | Independent Clause | a sentence which stands alone | | 93 |
| 6744867735 | Dependent clause | a sentence which needs to be joined with another sentence in order to make sense | | 94 |
| 6744867736 | Inductive | reasoning from the specific to the general | | 95 |
| 6744867737 | Inference | to conclude by reason an idea, attitude, tone which is not directly stated by the author | | 96 |
| 6744867738 | Invective | a violent verbal attack | | 97 |
| 6744867739 | Inversion | a sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | | 98 |
| 6744867740 | Irony | a recognition of reality different from the appearance. | | 99 |
| 6744867741 | Irony (verbal) | the actual intent is the opposite of what is said, something like sarcasm but not as harsh. | | 100 |
| 6744867742 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | | 101 |
| 6744867743 | Kitsch | "gaudy trash"-- shallow flashy art designed to have a mass appeal | | 102 |
| 6744867744 | Language | the style of the sentence and vocabulary used in conversation and written communication. Slang, formal, parental, didactic, common, etc. | | 103 |
| 6744867745 | Linking Verb | a being verb (is, are, was, were, have been, had been, has been, will have been) which joins a subject to a predicate nominative or predicate adjective. | | 104 |
| 6744867746 | Logos | a Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | | 105 |
| 6744867747 | Mechanics | any form of sentence regulation which aides in interpretation; period, comma, hyphen, question mark, italics, capitalization, etc. | | 106 |
| 6744867748 | Metaphor | saying one thing in terms of something else | | 107 |
| 6744867749 | Metonomy | figure of speech. The substitution of the name of an object with a word closely associated with it. Ex. The White House for the presidency, the crown for the royal family or the queen. | | 108 |
| 6744867750 | Microcosm | "small world" representing an entire idea through a small situation or conflict | | 109 |
| 6744867751 | Modifier | a word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause | | 110 |
| 6744867752 | Motif | a simple device that serves as a basis for an expanded narrative, it is a recurring feature in the work | | 111 |
| 6744867753 | Narrative Devices | the ordering of events, withholding information until a climactic moment, and all tools the storyteller uses to progress the story line | | 112 |
| 6744867754 | Narrative Technique | The "style" of the story, concentrate on the writer's order of events and details | | 113 |
| 6744867755 | Natural Setting | a setting that is produced through nature including weather and light/darkness | | 114 |
| 6744867756 | Nominalizaton | turning a verb or adjective into a noun | | 115 |
| 6744867757 | Noun | any name of a person, place, thing, or idea | | 116 |
| 6744867758 | Objective | a tone of fairness and even discussion of a subject, it usually suggests that there is distance between the author and the subject being discussed. Be careful, this tone can also be cold and impersonal. | | 117 |
| 6744867759 | Occasion | an aspect of context; the clause or reason for writing | | 118 |
| 6744867760 | Omniscient narrator | an all knowing, usually third‐person narrator | | 119 |
| 6744867761 | Oxymoron | a self‐contradictory combination or words. | | 120 |
| 6744867762 | Paradox | a statement that seems to be contradictory or absurd, however it is found to be true | | 121 |
| 6744867763 | Parallelism | the coordination of sentence syntax, word order, and ideas. It is used for effect and emphasis | | 122 |
| 6744867764 | Parody | a writing which imitates another serious piece and pokes fun at the original. | | 123 |
| 6744867765 | Pathos | a Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | | 124 |
| 6744867766 | Pedantic | bookish and scholarly in tone, often boring and dull due to little interest on the part of the listener | | 125 |
| 6744867767 | Periodic Sentence | a sentence not grammatically complete until the end. It has the dependent clause at the beginning and ends with the independent clause | | 126 |
| 6744867768 | Persona | the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | | 127 |
| 6744867769 | Personification | human‐like qualities are given to inanimate objects | | 128 |
| 6744867770 | Persuasive Devices | devices used in the writing mode of persuasion; strong connotations, order of intensity from lesser to greater, the logic of the argument | | 129 |
| 6744867771 | Plagiarism | literary theft -- using someone's ideas and style and passing the off as your own. | | 130 |
| 6744867772 | Plot | the framework upon which a story is placed; chronological, flashback, in medias res, or others. Once the story is finished a definite beginning, middle, and end can be found. | | 131 |
| 6744867773 | Point of View | point from which an author presents a story. It can be close, distant, within a character, or others. | | 132 |
| 6744867774 | Polemic | an argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | | 133 |
| 6744867775 | Polysyndeton | the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | | 134 |
| 6744867776 | Predicate | the part of the sentence beginning with the verb or the first verb in a verb phrase | | 135 |
| 6744867777 | Predicate Adjective | an adjective in the predicate which modifies the subject of the sentence, the predicate adjective must follow a linking verb, and "tall" is an adjective modifying the subject "She". | | 136 |
| 6744867778 | Predicate Nominative | a noun in the predicate which renames the subject, It must follow a linking verb. Ex. He is President. "President" renames the subject. | | 137 |
| 6744867779 | Premise; major, minor | two parts of a syllogism: the concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise. Major premise: All mammals are warm‐blooded. Minor premise: All horses are mammals. Conclusion: All horses are warm‐blooded. | | 138 |
| 6744867780 | Pronoun | a word which takes the place of a noun to prevent repetition or to act as the subject of a clause. | | 139 |
| 6744867781 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | | 140 |
| 6744867782 | Protagonist | the main character of a work who has some type of contest; mental, spiritual, physical, natural; to complete | | 141 |
| 6744867783 | Purpose | speaker's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing | | 142 |
| 6744867784 | Realism | being as close to reality as possible. Realistic works depict the reality of the harsh world and the effect upon the luckless protagonist. | | 143 |
| 6744867785 | Refute | to discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | | 144 |
| 6744867786 | Repetition | word, sound, phrase, idea; used for emphasis. An excellent technique in persuasive speeches. Always pay attention to repetition in writing. The author is trying to tell you something. | | 145 |
| 6744867787 | Resource of Language | an author's use of diction, syntax, sentence structure, and figures of speech to produce an effect | | 146 |
| 6744867788 | Rhetoric | the art of persuasion and employing the devices to persuade. Persuasion extends to the construction of a work so that you believe it to be true even though it is fiction. | | 147 |
| 6744867789 | Rhetorical Question | a question used by the speaker or writer to achieve an awareness in the listener or reader. No reply to the question is expected. | | 148 |
| 6744867790 | Rhetorical Shift | changing from one tone, attitude, or distance to another, Look for little words like but, however, even though, although, yet, etc.. | | 149 |
| 6744867791 | Rhetorical Structure | to analyze, study, and evaluate this, you must examine\nimages, details and arguments. | | 150 |
| 6744867792 | Sarcasm | a bitter expression of disapproval, sometimes intended to be harsh and hurtful, levels of intensity exist | | 151 |
| 6744867793 | Satire | a way or writing or speaking which censures things, activities, persons, or ideas; it is accomplished with humor and wit. | | 152 |
| 6744867794 | Scheme | a pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | | 153 |
| 6744867795 | Sentence Structure | analyzing sentence structure asks that you look at sentence length; simple, compound, complex; unusual phrases, repetition, altered word order. | | 154 |
| 6744867796 | Simile | a comparison of two things using "like" or "as" | | 155 |
| 6744867797 | Simple Sentence | a sentence containing subject and verb with little else in the subject or predicate | | 156 |
| 6744867798 | Spatial | the distance between characters, ideas, and things within the story. Careful, a character can be close physically to a person, but emotionally distant. | | 157 |
| 6744867799 | Stylistic Devices | when analyzing stylistic devices the reader must find the best combination of the elements of language to discuss: tone, syntax, attitude, figures of speech, repetition, in tone especially connotations | | 158 |
| 6744867800 | Subjective | expressing in a personal manner your convictions, beliefs, and ideas; when this subjective response occurs it is likely to be emotional. | | 159 |
| 6744867801 | Subordinate clause | created by a subordination conjunction, a clause that modifies an\nindependent clause | | 160 |
| 6744867802 | Subplot | a secondary story within a story, | | 161 |
| 6744867803 | Syllogism | a formula for presenting a logical argument. Ex. Assertion, Proof, Commentary or Major Premise, Minor Premise, Conclusion | | 162 |
| 6744867804 | Symbol | a thing that in and of itself it stands for something else. All symbols have vehicle and tenor. | | 163 |
| 6744867805 | Synopsis | a summary of the main points of a story or essay | | 164 |
| 6744867806 | Syntax | the physical arrangement of words in a sentence. | | 165 |
| 6744867807 | Synthesis | the joining of two or more ideas, arguments, abstracts to create a new idea, argument, or product | | 166 |
| 6744867808 | Tenor and Vehicle | terms used when referring to a symbol: vehicle is the physical thing or person; the tenor is the abstraction. | | 167 |
| 6744867809 | Theme | the central idea of a story or essay. | | 168 |
| 6744867810 | Thesis | the attitude or position taken by the speaker or writer. | | 169 |
| 6744867811 | Topic Sentence | a sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | | 170 |
| 6744867812 | Transcendental | reliance upon conscience and intuition, a form of idealism, romanticism | | 171 |
| 6744867813 | Transition | a body or phrase that links different ideas | | 172 |
| 6744867814 | Trope | artful diction; the use of language in a non-literal way; also called a figure of speech | | 173 |
| 6744867815 | Understatement | an actual statement which false under the magnitude of the actual event. | | 174 |
| 6744867816 | Utopia | a perfect world | | 175 |
| 6744867817 | Verb | the word in the sentence which gives action or being to the subject. | | 176 |
| 6744867818 | Wit | intellectual humor | | 177 |
| 6744867819 | Zeugma | a construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs - often in different, sometimes incongruent ways - two or more words in a sentence | | 178 |
| 6744867820 | Cliche | an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect | | 179 |
| 6744867821 | Complex Sentence | a sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. | | 180 |
| 6744867822 | Dialect: | a term that applies to particular speech patterns, or it's characteristic to a particular group of the language speakers. | | 181 |
| 6744867823 | Synecdoche: | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special | | 182 |
| 6744867824 | Idiom: | an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements | | 183 |
| 6744867825 | Jargon: | terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event | | 184 |
| 6744867826 | Litotes: | understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed | | 185 |
| 6744867827 | Mood: | the atmosphere created by the setting, and actions of people and characters in it. It also relates to how the reader emotionally responds to the text | | 186 |
| 6744867828 | Tone: | literary technique which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work | | 187 |
