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| 8077304206 | enshroud | to cover | 0 | |
| 8077304207 | Haughtiness | pride; arrogance | 1 | |
| 8077307211 | Lachrymose | tearful, sad (adj) | 2 | |
| 8077309852 | Obfuscate | deliberately make difficult to understand | 3 | |
| 8077313824 | Plethora | an excess (large amount) | 4 | |
| 8077316661 | Repudiate | shun, eschew | 5 | |
| 8077318619 | Tedium | Boredom | 6 | |
| 8077321544 | Blithe | Free-spirit, care-free | 7 | |
| 8077324376 | Crepuscular | Active at dawn/ dusk | 8 | |
| 8077327371 | Enunciation | Clear pronunciation | 9 |
| 8665169020 | Trope | 0 | ||
| 8665191398 | Rife | of common or frequent occurrence, in widespread existence | 1 | |
| 8665205275 | Hackles | anger, especially when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner | 2 | |
| 8665210222 | Monolithic | characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability | 3 | |
| 8665229385 | Parsing | to analyze in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech | 4 | |
| 8665241418 | Disparities | lack of similarity or equality | 5 | |
| 8665247367 | Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin | 6 | |
| 8665252562 | Tenacious | holding fast, characterized by keeping a firm hold | 7 | |
| 8665262301 | Rendering | an act or instance of interpretation, rendition or depiction. | 8 | |
| 8665276407 | Conflate | to fuse into one entity; merge | 9 | |
| 8665284532 | Stigma | a mark of disgrace or infamy, a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation | 10 | |
| 8665290841 | Pathological | dealing with disease | 11 | |
| 8665300824 | Resignation | an accepting, unresistant attitude, state | 12 | |
| 8665311089 | Ailing | unsound or troubled | 13 | |
| 8665315577 | Brutes | a brutal, insensitive, or crude person | 14 | |
| 8665321692 | Pugnacious | incline to quarrel or fight readily, quarrelsome; belligerent, combative | 15 | |
| 8665336342 | Intimate | associated in close personal personal relations. | 16 | |
| 8665339539 | Mulatto | the offspring of one white parent and one black parent | 17 | |
| 8665346399 | Treacherous | characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust,; traitorous | 18 | |
| 8665353311 | Consolation | a state of being consoled (Grief) | 19 | |
| 8665364795 | Monstropolous | 20 |
| 8641366509 | Anecdote | Short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point | 0 | |
| 8641366510 | arguementation | Attempts to prove a point by "reasoned arguments" ex; persuasive writing | 1 | |
| 8641366511 | Allegory | Extended narrative of an incident in pose or verse, where characters, events & settings represent abstract qualities & writer extends a second meaning: moral, religious, political, social, or satiric | 2 | |
| 8641366512 | Annotation | Explanatory notes added to a text to explain structure & to add understanding to authors purpose, cite sources, or give bibliographical data. | 3 | |
| 8641366513 | Antithesis | the presentation of two contrasting images that are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs | 4 | |
| 8641366514 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing; figurative speech, & other comp techniques | 5 | |
| 8641366515 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase in everyday conversation & informal writing but often inappropriate in formal writing. | 6 | |
| 8641366516 | Connotation | Words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind. Opposite of denotation. | 7 | |
| 8641592735 | Consonance | Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity | 8 | |
| 8641592736 | caricature | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature, appearance or facet of personality | 9 | |
| 8641592737 | Coherence | The quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central theme or idea | 10 | |
| 8641592738 | Aphorism | Short, often witty statement of a principle or truth about life. | 11 | |
| 8641592739 | Apostrophe | Usually in poetry but sometimes in prose: calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction. | 12 | |
| 8641592740 | cacophony | Hard, awkward or dissonant sounds used deliberately in prose or poetry. | 13 | |
| 8641592741 | connotation (n) | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 14 | |
| 8641592742 | Dennotation | The dictionary meaning of a word | 15 | |
| 8641592743 | Enumeration | A rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. Type of amplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts. Writers use this to clarify & detail understanding. | 16 | |
| 8674204354 | Analogy | A comparison of two ideas or things | 17 | |
| 8674204355 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 18 | |
| 8674204356 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 19 | |
| 8674204357 | Metonymy | figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea | 20 | |
| 8674204358 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 21 | |
| 8674204359 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 22 | |
| 8674204360 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 23 | |
| 8674204361 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions. | 24 | |
| 8697626412 | Synecdoche | A part of something that represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 25 | |
| 8697626413 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character important for the reader to "sense" to determine an argument conveyed through word choice or viewpoint of a writer | 26 | |
| 8697626414 | Process Analysis | The documentation and detailed understanding of how work is performed and how it can be redesigned | 27 | |
| 8697626415 | Syntax | A 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. English- refers to how we choose to arrange our words. Choice of words is called diction, and these are closely related. | 28 | |
| 8791431702 | Provocative Diction | Our choice of words. The purposeful use of words to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument. | 29 | |
| 8791431703 | Classification | the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. Often a strategy of argumentation in order to provide the reader with structure to your argument. | 30 | |
| 8791431704 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 31 | |
| 8791431705 | Colorful Diction | Purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone | 32 | |
| 8791431706 | Counterargument | an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. MANDATORY to acknowledge the other side to tot heir argument. | 33 | |
| 8791431707 | Claim | Providing an argument to support your position | 34 | |
| 8791431708 | Evidence | In the form of paraphrase and quotations. Presented to persuade the readers and used with powerful arguments in the texts or essays. | 35 | |
| 8791431709 | Warrant | The glue that holds an argument together. Links the evidence to the claim. | 36 | |
| 8791431710 | fallcy | An erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention. | 37 | |
| 8791431711 | logical fallacy | a pattern of reasoning rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can neatly be expressed in a standard logic system. | 38 | |
| 8791431712 | Prophcey | A significant difference between prophecy and prediction. A prophecy has all the elements of a prediction except the element of time. A prophecy is hard to determine. A prophecy has more of a religious connotation since there is an element of uncertainty about time. | 39 | |
| 8791431713 | Prediction | A forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject involved after evaluating the odds they can predict the future. A prediction is limited to a time element unlike a prophecy. | 40 | |
| 8791431714 | adage | A short, pointed & memorable saying based on facts and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people. | 41 | |
| 8791431715 | Pendantic | Means to teach. Someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant & ostentatious show of learning. He could be a writer, character, feelings, tone, or words. | 42 | |
| 8791431716 | flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness often associated with the impatience of youth. | 43 | |
| 8791431717 | evocative | The use of language that suggests meanings other than the denotative. Language that connects with emotions or feelings not associated with the actual meaning of a word | 44 | |
| 8791431718 | Anadiplosis | 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 | 45 | |
| 8791431719 | syntactical inversion | Reversing the normal word order of a sentence | 46 | |
| 8791431720 | Apposition | A grammatical construction in which two elements normally noun phrases are placed side by side with one element serving to identify the other in different way. The two elements are said to be in apposition | 47 | |
| 8791431721 | Didactic | 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. Often referring to the forms of literature that are ostentatiously dull and erudite. | 48 | |
| 8791431722 | Conceit | two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 49 | |
| 8791431723 | anachronism | something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | 50 | |
| 8791431724 | anagram | Word play where the letters of a word or phrase are rearranged so a new word is formed. | 51 | |
| 8791431725 | periodic structure | Has the main clause and the predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis & can be persuasive by the putting the reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. Can create suspense or interest for the reader | 52 | |
| 8791431726 | Paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 53 | |
| 8791431727 | Irony | The intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words also may in a different way than expected. | 54 | |
| 8791431728 | Parenthesis | a qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause or word that writers insert into a paragraph or passage | 55 | |
| 8810070659 | sardonic | Grimly mocking, sarcastic, satirical, mocking in a humorous manner. A tone word that describes writing that fits the meaning. | 56 | |
| 8810070660 | Satire | expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends on improve humanity by criticizing follies and foibles. Uses fictional characters, standing for real people to expose & condemn their corruption. | 57 | |
| 8810070661 | polemical | relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech | 58 | |
| 8810070662 | Ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. | 59 | |
| 8810070663 | Archetype | Universal symbol, may be a character, theme, or a setting. Have a common and reoccurring representation in a particular human culture or entire human race, shape the structure & function of a literary work. | 60 | |
| 8829819128 | Function of an archetype | Gives literary work universal acceptance | 61 | |
| 8829819129 | tragic flaw | the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy | 62 | |
| 8829819130 | assertion | a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief | 63 | |
| 8829819131 | autobiography | An account of a person's life written by that person | 64 | |
| 8870306204 | memoir | an account based on the author's personal experiences | 65 | |
| 8870306205 | cumulative sentence | an independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 66 | |
| 8870306206 | blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 67 |
| 8696139990 | comparison | the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one. |  | 0 |
| 8696139991 | contrast | identify differences between two subjects, places, persons, things, or ideas. Simply, it is a type of opposition between two objects, highlighted to emphasize their differences. |  | 1 |
| 8696141491 | illustration | an example or anecdote used to explain, clarify, or justify a point |  | 2 |
| 8696141492 | narration | a report of related events presented to listeners or readers, in words arranged in a logical sequence. A story | 3 | |
| 8696141493 | definition | precisely explains the fundamental state or meaning of something | 4 | |
| 8696142797 | analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect (Sword is to a warrior as pen is to a writer) | 5 | |
| 8696142798 | anecdote | A short, amusing true story | 6 | |
| 8696143636 | process analysis | a method of paragraph or essay development by which a writer explains step by step how something is done or how to do something. Information about how something works (informative) An explanation of how to do something (directive). | 7 | |
| 8696143637 | enumeration | means counting or reciting numbers or a numbered list. A waiter's lengthy enumeration of all the available salad dressings might seem a little hostile if he begins with a deep sigh. | 8 | |
| 8696144253 | detailed description | Think about the anatomy of the human skin |  | 9 |
| 8696144254 | causal analysis | attempting to determine a cause for an effect. Everytime you try to answer a question that asks WHY? | 10 | |
| 8696152303 | Allegory | a short moral story (often with animal characters) like a metaphor on steroids: a writer tells a fictional story where everything and everyone in it is supposed to represent a deeper meaning. Using a plain old metaphor, you might call death "the grim reaper," but an______ might build a whole tale of how the grim reaper goes around in a black cloak and informs people of their impending doom. | 11 | |
| 8696152304 | Archetype | perfect example or model of something. If you have long blonde hair, a sparkly ball gown, and a fairy godmother hovering over your head, you're the ________ of a fairytale princess | 12 | |
| 8696153680 | Apostrophe | Oh lovely orange, you golden treat, tell me why arn't you easy to eat? | 13 | |
| 8696156923 | allusion | That little nod to a Dylan Thomas poem that you sneaked into your PowerPoint presentation? That was an ________, a quick reference to something that your audience will have to already know in order to "get." (Can be biblical or classical) | 14 | |
| 8696159733 | Anachronism | An ________ is something that doesn't fit its time period, like if you say you'll "dial" your smartphone. | 15 | |
| 8696159734 | Alliteration | Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers | 16 | |
| 8696161613 | Aside | a digression- If something's aside, it's not in the middle of things — it's off to the side, either literally or figuratively, as with the papers and books you push aside on the couch, to make room to sit. | 17 | |
| 8696161614 | Catharsis | the experience a person can have of releasing emotional tension and feeling refreshed afterwards. | 18 | |
| 8696161615 | Conceits | a term used to describe an extended comparison between 2 ideas. A far fetched simile or metaphor- when the speaker compares two highly dissimilar things (The pen is mighter than the sword) | 19 | |
| 8696162874 | Comic Relief | The drunk porter in Macbeth |  | 20 |
| 8696162875 | Equivocation | I know evolution is true because we see evolution happening all the time | 21 | |
| 8696164472 | In Medias Res | Middle, Beginning, End | 22 | |
| 8696165778 | Dramatic irony | Occurs when there is a difference between what a character thinks and what the reader knows (Cat "feeding the fish" with pepper when actually prepping them for a meal) | 23 | |
| 8696165779 | Verbal irony | saying one thing but meaning something else (Romeo and Juliet- flower well pumped) (sarcsm is a form of this) | 24 | |
| 8696166922 | Situational irony | When what actually happens is opposite of what is expected. (A man takes a step back to avoid the sprinkler and falls into a swimming pool) (Bill Gates spotted using an apple computer) | 25 | |
| 8696169601 | Foil | pairs of characters whose differences illuminate the important charateristics in each other | 26 | |
| 8696169602 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech involving exageration to help create a desired image (Why does a boy who's fast as a jet, take all day- and sometimes two to get to school?) | 27 | |
| 8696170534 | Metaphor | A comparison w/o like or as (my mom is a teddy bear) | 28 | |
| 8696170535 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for something closely associated with it. (The "white house" declared that we are at war with mars... white house= president) | 29 | |
| 8696170546 | Nihilism | Nothingness seems to go on forever. God is dead. | 30 | |
| 8696171945 | Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself, but reveals a deeper truth through its contradiction (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times War is peace Freedom is slavery ignorance is strength) | 31 | |
| 8696171946 | Personification | When human feelings, actions, and characteristics are given to inanimate objects (The lonely sea, the boat sleeps) | 32 | |
| 8696172904 | Pun | I used to be a ballet dancer but I found it to be too too (tutu) difficult | 33 | |
| 8696174190 | Simile | comparison using like or as | 34 | |
| 8696174191 | Soliloquy | reveals innermost thoughts of a character | 35 | |
| 8696174192 | Synecdoche | When the name of a part is used to refer to a whole (Let his hands eat the dinner) | 36 | |
| 8696176063 | Tragedy | In the play Julius Caesar, the lead character is an ambitious, fearless and power hungry king who ignores all the signs and does not heed the advice of the well-meaning: finally being stabbed to death by his own best friend and advisor Brutus. This moment has been immortalized by the phrase "Et tu Brute?", wherein Caesar realizes that he has finally been defeated, and that too through betrayal. | 37 | |
| 8696176064 | Tragic Hero | Romeo | 38 | |
| 8696177264 | Zeitgeist | the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era | 39 | |
| 8696178560 | anaphora | I have a dream... I have a dream... I have a dream... (comes at beginning of sentence) | 40 | |
| 8696178561 | antithesis | Figure of balance when two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallet structure (love is an irresistable desire to be irresistably desired) | 41 | |
| 8696179846 | anadiplosis | When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child | 42 | |
| 8696179847 | asyndeton | I came, I saw, I conquered (omitting conjunctions) | 43 | |
| 8696180929 | chiasmus | Fair is foul and foul is fair Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you | 44 | |
| 8696184145 | complex parallel | Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written. It is grammatically correct to ensure that phrases, clauses and items on a list after a colon use the correct parallel structure. | 45 | |
| 8696184146 | epistrophe | When the same word is (or group of words) is used at the end of the same sentence to emphasize it. (... and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth). | 46 | |
| 8696184147 | ellipsis | I know I saw my keys somewhere... -deliberate omission of a word or words implied by context | 47 | |
| 8696185294 | hyperbaton | In inversions of the normal order of words for the sake of emphasis (This I must see) (instead of I must see this) | 48 | |
| 8696185295 | polyptoton | repetition of words derived from the same root. (But alas... the gate is narrow, the threshold high, few are chosen because few choose to be chosen) | 49 | |
| 8696185296 | polysyndeton | I love to spend time with my mother and brother and father and sister and dog and cat | 50 | |
| 8696188406 | effective short sentence | I cried. | 51 | |
| 8696189368 | synesthesia | The use of one sensory image to describe another (the bitter cold...uses taste and touch to say how cold it is) (a cool shirt) | 52 | |
| 8696190316 | propaganda | ads | 53 | |
| 8696190317 | euphemism | Can I use the "restroom" | 54 | |
| 8696191214 | diction | the way we express words | 55 | |
| 8696191215 | syntax | the structure of the words | 56 | |
| 8696192143 | imagery | evokes the senses | 57 | |
| 8696192144 | selection of detail | details are used to evoke the story purpose as a whole | 58 | |
| 8696193107 | tone | the authors attitude toward the subject matter | 59 | |
| 8696193108 | TOOLS of Thinking | Observation Details (retain-try to consider purpose) Patterns Connections (see larger picture + connect to a meaning) (put pattern in context) Insight | 60 | |
| 8696195295 | theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually, __ is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, the __ may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing. | 61 | |
| 8696195908 | SOAPStone | Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject Tone | 62 |
| 7334363098 | Desecrate | (Verb) To violate the sacredness of a thing or place | 0 | |
| 7334372740 | Gargantuan | (Adj.) Enormous or gigantic | 1 | |
| 7334375965 | Induce | (Verb) To bring a bout or make happen | 2 | |
| 7334380292 | Profane | (Adj.) Lewd/indecent | 3 | |
| 7334388014 | Capitulate | (Verb) To surrender or give in | 4 | |
| 7334432572 | Anadiplosis | (Rhetorical Strategy) Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next. | 5 | |
| 7334458739 | Nebulous | (Adj.) Vaguely defined or cloudy. | 6 | |
| 7334458740 | Inept | (Adj.) Not suitable or qualified. | 7 | |
| 7334485833 | Quandary | (Noun) A perplexing, irresolvable state. | 8 | |
| 7334494821 | Plethora | (Adj.) An extreme excess or abundance. | 9 | |
| 7334503176 | Conundrum | (Noun) A puzzle or problem. | 10 | |
| 7334507185 | Anastrophe | ( Rhetorical Strategy) Unusal word order for the sake of emphasis. | 11 | |
| 7366681800 | Pragmatic | (Adj.)Practical | 12 | |
| 7366699578 | Sadistic | (Adj.) Deriving pleasure from cruelty toward others | 13 | |
| 7366721066 | Hapless | (Adj.) Unlucky/unforunate | 14 | |
| 7366778439 | Genial | (Adj.) Friendly | 15 | |
| 7405925472 | Malleable | (Adj.) Capable of being shaped/transformed | 16 | |
| 7366789238 | Antithesis | (Rhetorical strategy) Opposition emphasized by parallel structure | 17 | |
| 7504098499 | Lavish | (Adj.)(Verb) Given without limits | 18 | |
| 7504105388 | Frivolous | (Adj.) Little importance | 19 | |
| 7504111721 | Taciturn | (Adj.) Habitually silent or untalkative | 20 | |
| 7504125193 | Lecherous | (Adj.) Obsessed with sex | 21 | |
| 7504207868 | Impudent | (Adj.) Rude or insolent | 22 | |
| 7504211273 | Euphemism | (Rhetorical strategy) Substituting an inoffensive word or phrase for an unpleasant or embarrassing expression. | 23 | |
| 7730155952 | Polysyndeton | The repeated use of a conjunction in a list. Counterpart to asyndeton. | 24 | |
| 7730176259 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration used for emphasis. Hyperbole can be used to heighten effect, to catalyze recognition, or to create a humorous perception. | 25 | |
| 7730202487 | Oxymoron | A two-word paradox that is used to emphasize the complexity or ridiculousness of human nature. | 26 | |
| 7730214206 | Asyndeton | The omission of a conjunction from a list. | 27 | |
| 7730226487 | Apostrophe | An interruption in dialogue that allows for the direct address of a person or abstract idea. This person/object may or may not be present. An apostrophe represents heightened emotions. | 28 |
| 7744134746 | Alliteration | The repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. | 0 | |
| 7744134748 | Hyperbole | A trope composed of exaggerated words or ideals used for emphasis and not to be taken literally. | 1 | |
| 7744134750 | Litotes | Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary). | 2 | |
| 7744134752 | Metaphor | A trope in which a word or phrase is transferred from its literal meaning to stand for something else. Unlike a simile, in which something is said to be "like" something else, a metaphor says something is something else. | 3 | |
| 7744134754 | Metonymy | Figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original closely related to or suggested by the original. | 4 | |
| 7744134757 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 5 | |
| 7744134758 | Personification | A trope in which human qualities or abilities are assigned to abstractions or inanimate objects. | 6 | |
| 7744134760 | Simile | A trope in which one states a comparison between two things that are not alike but have similarities. Unlike metaphors, similes employ "like" or "as." | 7 | |
| 7744134762 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech - a part is used for the whole. Or the whole is used for a part. | 8 | |
| 7744134768 | Trope | The use of a word, phrase, or image in a way not intended by its normal signification. | 9 | |
| 7744134769 | Understatement | A restrained statement that departs from what could be said; a studied avoidance of emphasis or exaggeration, often to create a particular effect | 10 |
| 9816414897 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent and abstraction in addition to literal meaning. |  | 0 |
| 9816414898 | Antecedent | Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. |  | 1 |
| 9816414899 | Antithesis | Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism. |  | 2 |
| 9816414900 | Aphorism | Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a general truth or moral |  | 3 |
| 9816414901 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. |  | 4 |
| 9816414902 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |  | 5 |
| 9816414903 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |  | 6 |
| 9816414904 | Euphemism | Euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. |  | 7 |
| 9816414905 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. |  | 8 |
| 9816414906 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. |  | 9 |
| 9816414907 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. |  | 10 |
| 9816414908 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. |  | 11 |
| 9816414909 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |  | 12 |
| 9816414910 | Prose | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. |  | 13 |
| 9816414911 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. |  | 14 |
| 9816414912 | Syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together," a syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. |  | 15 |
| 9816414913 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. |  | 16 |
| 9816414914 | Synesthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. |  | 17 |
| 9816414915 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. |  | 18 |
| 9816414916 | Epigram | A brief witty statement. |  | 19 |
| 9816414917 | Digression | The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work. |  | 20 |
| 9816414918 | Ellipsis | the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable. |  | 21 |
| 9816414919 | Ad Hominem | Directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason. |  | 22 |
| 9816414920 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era. |  | 23 |
| 9816414921 | Didactic | Having an instructive purpose; intending to convey information to teach a lesson usually in a dry, pompous manner. |  | 24 |
| 9816414922 | Fallacy | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. |  | 25 |
| 9816414923 | Hubris | Excessive pride that often affects tone. |  | 26 |
| 9816414924 | Inductive Reasoning | A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. |  | 27 |
| 9816414925 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. |  | 28 |
| 9816414926 | Motif | A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse. |  | 29 |
| 9816414927 | Non Sequitur | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. |  | 30 |
| 9816414928 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |  | 31 |
| 9816414929 | Jargon | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. |  | 32 |
| 9816414930 | Diatribe | A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something. |  | 33 |
| 9816414931 | Dogmatic | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. |  | 34 |
| 9816414932 | Pernicious | Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. |  | 35 |
| 9816414933 | Bellicose | Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. |  | 36 |
| 9816414934 | Voracious | Craving or consuming large quantities of food. |  | 37 |
| 9816414935 | Zealous | Having or showing zeal. |  | 38 |
| 9816414936 | Tacit | Understood or implied without being stated. |  | 39 |
| 9816414937 | Innuendo | An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. |  | 40 |
| 9816414938 | Languid | Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed. |  | 41 |
| 9816414939 | Consecrate | Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose. |  | 42 |
| 9816414940 | Dyspeptic | Of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression. |  | 43 |
| 9816414941 | Doggerel | Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm. |  | 44 |
| 9816414942 | Petulant | Childishly sulky or bad-tempered. |  | 45 |
| 9816414943 | Infidel | A person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own. |  | 46 |
| 9816414944 | Exhort | Strongly encourage or urge someone to do something. |  | 47 |
| 9816414945 | Cloistered | Kept away from the outside world; sheltered. |  | 48 |
| 9816414946 | Vex | Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters. |  | 49 |
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