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| 4930602849 | avert | turn away (one's thoughts or eyes); prevent or ward off | 0 | |
| 4930602850 | benevolent | generous; charitable | 1 | |
| 4930602851 | brazen | insolent, rude, arrogant | 2 | |
| 4930602852 | bolster | support; prop up | 3 | |
| 4930602853 | berate | scold strongly | 4 |
| 4928382405 | Origin of Greek Drama | Created to worship God Dionysus | 0 | |
| 4928382406 | Dithyramb | A lyric poem or hymn that was performed in praise of Dionysus | 1 | |
| 4928382407 | Orchestra | Circular dancing area | 2 | |
| 4928382408 | Tragoedia | Song that chorus sang in honor of Dionysus - "goat song" | 3 | |
| 4928382409 | Chorus | Sang during plays and typically dressed as satyrs (goat men) | 4 | |
| 4928382410 | Hypokrite | First actor, created by Thespis | 5 | |
| 4928382412 | Aeschylus | Father of drama; invented the second actor; reduced number or chorus men to 12 | 6 | |
| 4928382413 | Sophocles | Added third actor; raised chorus back to 15; wrote Oedipus Rex which is epitome of Greek tragedy | 7 | |
| 4928382414 | Tragedy | Form of play written in Dramatic, not narrative, form. Incidents occur throughout play, arousing audience's emotions. | 8 | |
| 4928382415 | Tragic hero | Main character who is NOT preeminently virtuous; experiences loss through error in judgment. Experiences a tragic fall. Also often has tragic flaws causing this fall from grace | 9 | |
| 4928382416 | "Hamartia" | Greek for tragic flaw. One common flaw is hubris, or overwhelming pride | 10 | |
| 4928382417 | Theatron | "Seeing place"; part of amphitheater where people sat on sloping hillsides | 11 | |
| 4928382418 | Parados | Ramps leading into or out of orchestra | 12 | |
| 4928382419 | Strophi | Stage direction (enter E>W) | 13 | |
| 4928382420 | Antistrophe | Stage direction (enter W>E) | 14 | |
| 4928382421 | Choragos | Choral leader | 15 |
| 6637936914 | Ad hominem argument | An argument that attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand. Example:A lawyer attacking a defendant's character rather than addressing or questioning based on the case, e.g., in a case of theft pointing out the defendant's level of poverty. |  | 0 |
| 6637936915 | Antithesis | (n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast. Example: "Whereas she was boisterous, I was reserved" |  | 1 |
| 6637936916 | Apotheosis | Noun:elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something. Example: A Cult leader |  | 2 |
| 6637936917 | Appositive | Noun: A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. Example: "The luxury train, The Orient Express, crosses Europe from Paris to Istanbul in just twenty-six hours" |  | 3 |
| 6637936918 | Assonance | Noun: Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity. Example: The pot's rocky, pocked surface. |  | 4 |
| 6637936919 | Asyndeton | noun: Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. Example: I came, I saw, I conquered" |  | 5 |
| 6637936920 | Attitude | Noun: Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. Example: Tones in literature like sadness and anger. |  | 6 |
| 6637936921 | Bathos | Verb: the use of insincere or overdone sentimentality Example: He spent his final hour of life doing what he loved most: arguing with his wife. |  | 7 |
| 6637936922 | Contrast | Noun:The state of being noticeably different from something else when put or considered together. Example:Striking contrast between the clouds and the clear blue sky. |  | 8 |
| 6637936924 | Elegiac, elegy | Noun: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead Example: Speech at a funereal. |  | 9 |
| 6637936925 | Ethos | Credibility Example: "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results" |  | 10 |
| 6637936926 | Exposition | Noun: A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. Example: The famous story for children titled "The three little bears" |  | 11 |
| 6637936927 | Fiction | Noun: literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. Example: Imaginary characters |  | 12 |
| 6637936928 | Figurative language | Noun: language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors. Example: metaphor, simile, etc |  | 13 |
| 6637936929 | Foreshadowing | Verb: be a warning or indication of (a future event). Example:In the balcony scene, Juliet is concerned about Romeo's safety as she fears her kinsmen may catch him. Romeo says, in the above lines, that he would rather have her love and die sooner than not obtain her love and die later. Eventually, he gets her love and dies for her love, too. |  | 14 |
| 6637936930 | Grammar | Noun: the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics. Example: Verb, noun, adverb |  | 15 |
| 6637936931 | Image/ imagery | Noun: visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. Example: He fumed and charged like an angry bull. |  | 16 |
| 6637936932 | Irony/ ironic | Noun:the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect Example:When a tiny dog is named Giant. |  | 17 |
| 6637936933 | Juxtaposition | Noun:the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Example:Two siblings in a story are opposites-one is always good and one is always evil. |  | 18 |
| 6637936934 | Logos | Noun: Appeal to logic Example:All men are mortal.Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. |  | 19 |
| 6637936935 | Metaphor | Noun: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable Example: All the world's a stage. |  | 20 |
| 6637936936 | Metonymy | Noun: the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. Example: The pen is mightier than the sword. |  | 21 |
| 6637936937 | Mood | Noun: a temporary state of mind or feeling Example:Disneyland: The happiest place on earth. |  | 22 |
| 6637936938 | Onomatopoeia | Noun: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. Example: Boom, Pow, etc. |  | 23 |
| 6637936939 | Overview | Verb: give a general review or summary of. Example: Reporters on specific novels. |  | 24 |
| 6637936940 | Oxymoron | Noun: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction Example: Faith and unfaithful |  | 25 |
| 6637956079 | Pacing or narrative pacing | stylistic device, which shows how fast a story unfolds. Examples: Cliffhangers and Dialogue, etc. |  | 26 |
| 6638274063 | Paradox | Noun:a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory Example:Your enemy's friend is your enemy. |  | 27 |
| 6647441412 | Parallelism | Noun: the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. Example: At sea, on land, in the air, we will be loyal to the very end. | 28 | |
| 6638274064 | Parody | Verb: produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of Example: Scary Movie for horror movies |  | 29 |
| 6638274065 | Pathos | Noun: a quality that evokes pity or sadness Example:Ads encouraging donations, show small children living in pathetic conditions to evoke pity in people to urge them to donate for the cause. |  | 30 |
| 6638274066 | Person | Noun: a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), or a third party (third person). Example: First, second, and third person |  | 31 |
| 6638274067 | Persona | Noun: a role or character adopted by an author or an actor. Example: A businessman wants others to think that he is very powerful and successful. He drives a fancy car, buys a big house, wears expensive clothing and talks down to people that he thinks are below him on the social ladder. The persona he presents to the world is that he is a rich guy but not very nice or compassionate. |  | 32 |
| 6638274068 | Personification | Noun: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Example: Lightning danced across the sky. | 33 | |
| 6638274069 | Point of view | Noun: (in fictional writing) the narrator's position in relation to the story being told. Example: first person= I, me, etc. | 34 | |
| 6638274070 | Pun | Noun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Example: too much in the sun. In hamlet | 35 | |
| 6638274071 | Repetition | Noun: the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. Example: Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn... | 36 | |
| 6638274072 | Rhetoric, rhetorical purpose | Noun: the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. Example: to persuade, to analyze, or to expose. | 37 | |
| 6638274073 | Rhetorical, or narrative, strategy | Strategy is a plan of action or movement to achieve a goal. Example: Allusion, alliteration, etc. |  | 38 |
| 6638274074 | Rhetorical, or stylistic, devices | Specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy to achieve a purpose in writing. Example: Diction, Imagery, etc. |  | 39 |
| 6638274075 | Rhetorical question | Noun: a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. Example: who cares? |  | 40 |
| 6638274076 | Satire | Noun: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Example: Gulliver's Tavern |  | 41 |
| 6638274077 | Selection of detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author used to create a scene. Example: Her fingernails were gaudily painted, but badly bitten and not clean. |  | 42 |
| 6638274078 | Simile | Noun: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Example: He was tall as a tree. |  | 43 |
| 6638274079 | Speaker | Noun: Voice behind the poem or story Example: The speaker in Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" is a conflicted person, who does not tell anything about himself. |  | 44 |
| 6638274080 | Syllogism | Noun: an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion Example: all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs |  | 45 |
| 6638274081 | Symbol | Noun: a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process. Example: American Flag |  | 46 |
| 6638274082 | Synonym | Noun: a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language Example: shut=close |  | 47 |
| 6638274083 | Syntax | Noun: the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. Example: The big blue sky beckoned her. |  | 48 |
| 6638274084 | Tension | Feeling excitement and expectation that the reader or audience feels. Example: Two people staring at each other with intent of violence. |  | 49 |
| 6638274085 | Texture | Noun: The quality created by the combination of the different elements in a work of music or literature. Example: If the author's prose is rough or smooth. |  | 50 |
| 6638274086 | Theme | Noun: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. Example: Risk, loyalty, bravery, etc. |  | 51 |
| 6638274087 | Tone | Noun: the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. Example: irony, humorous, etc. |  | 52 |
| 6638274088 | Understatement | Noun: the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. Example: Destructive monsoon as "a bit of wind". |  | 53 |
| 6638274089 | Voice | format through which narrators tell their stories Example: loud, soft, etc. |  | 54 |
| 6638274090 | Zeugma | Noun: a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses Example: John and his license expired last week. |  | 55 |
| 4343199936 | Calamitous | disastrous, catastrophic | 0 | |
| 4343213687 | Invoice | A form describing the goods or services sold, the quantity, and the price | 1 | |
| 4343218346 | Lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary | 2 | |
| 4343220154 | Smarmy | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | 3 | |
| 4343224204 | Hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation | 4 | |
| 4343232133 | Dio | a character in the popular manga and anime named Jojo's Bizarre Adventure that seeks out to destroy the whole family | 5 | |
| 4343243371 | Jotaro Kujo | the main character of Startdust Crusaders that is descendant of the Joestar family line and is the first of the family to posses what is called a "stand" which allows him to fight other people with "stands". | 6 |
| 5700733722 | allay | diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry). | 0 | |
| 5700733723 | capacious | having a lot of space inside; roomy. | 1 | |
| 5700733724 | didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. | 2 | |
| 5700733725 | diurnal | diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night. | 3 | |
| 5700733726 | ignominous | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. | 4 | |
| 5700733727 | mitigate | make less severe, serious, or painful. | 5 | |
| 5700733728 | palpitate | a sensation that the heart is racing, pounding, fluttering, or skipping a beat, often bothersome, but hardly ever a sign of heart disease. | 6 | |
| 5700733729 | phlegmatic | (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. | 7 | |
| 5700733730 | propitious | giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable. | 8 | |
| 5700733731 | prostrate | lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward. | 9 |
| 4246079128 | ad Populum | In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it: "If many believe so, it is so." | 0 | |
| 4246079129 | Bandwagon | tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or "everyone" is doing it. | 1 | |
| 4246080414 | Anecdote | A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point. | 2 | |
| 4246081693 | Anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting | 3 | |
| 4246084894 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 4 | |
| 4246084895 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 5 | |
| 4246087145 | Cause and Effect | noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. | 6 | |
| 4246087146 | Chronological Ordering | Arrangement in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present or in reverse chronological order, from present to past | 7 | |
| 4246088554 | Classification | Assignment of objects or people to categories on the basis of shared characteristics. | 8 | |
| 4246088555 | Concession | An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point. | 9 | |
| 4246089771 | Damning with Faint Praise | intentional use of a positive statement that has a negative implication; e.g. "Your new hairdo is so-- interesting." | 10 | |
| 4246089772 | Description | A rhetorical mode based in the five senses. It aims to re-create, invent, or present something so that the reader can experience it. | 11 | |
| 4246091616 | Digression | act of straying from the main point | 12 | |
| 4246092849 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 13 | |
| 4246092850 | Exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | 14 | |
| 4246094084 | First Hand Evidence | Evidence based on something the writer knows, whether it's from personal experience, observations, or general knowledge of events | 15 | |
| 4246094085 | Hasty Generalization | a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence | 16 | |
| 4246095715 | Hortative Sentence | sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action | 17 | |
| 4246095716 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 18 | |
| 4246095717 | Inversion | A reversal of the usual order of words. | 19 | |
| 4246097542 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 20 | |
| 4246097543 | Order of Importance | giving the reasons or details of support from least important to most important | 21 | |
| 4246099161 | Pedantic | Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules | 22 | |
| 4246099162 | Persuasion | A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions. | 23 | |
| 4246099163 | Polemic | (n.) an aggressive argument against a specific opinion (My brother launched into a polemic against my arguments that capitalism was an unjust economic system.) | 24 | |
| 4246100313 | Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | 25 | |
| 4246101492 | 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. | 26 | |
| 4246101493 | Quantitative Evidence | includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers | 27 | |
| 4246102787 | Refutation | The part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view. | 28 | |
| 4246103966 | Rhetorical Mode | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing | 29 | |
| 4246103967 | Straw Man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position. | 30 | |
| 4246103968 | Second Hand Evidence | accessed through research, reading, and investigation | 31 | |
| 4246107014 | Zeugma | A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun. Zeugmas are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence. She dashed His hopes and out of his life when she waked through the door. | 32 |
| 2840733602 | Allusion | A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. | 0 | |
| 2840735695 | Attitude | The disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character. | 1 | |
| 2840738457 | details | the individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story. | 2 | |
| 2840740157 | devices of sound | the techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry. (ex. rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia) | 3 | |
| 2840742664 | diction | word choice | 4 | |
| 2840743565 | figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech, such as metaphor, simile, and irony (oppose to literal language) | 5 | |
| 2840745424 | imagery | the images created by a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work. | 6 | |
| 2840747132 | irony | a figure of speech in which the intended meaning and the actual meaning differ, characteristically using praise to indicate blame or using blame to indicate praise; a pattern of words that runs away from direct statement of its obvious meaning. | 7 | |
| 2840752795 | metaphor | a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparison term like "as", "like", or "than". | 8 | |
| 2840756132 | narrative techniques | The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts. | 9 | |
| 2840757898 | omniscient point of view | the vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses. | 10 | |
| 2840759417 | point of view | any of several vantage points from which a story is told. It may be omniscient, limited to several characters, or to just a single character. | 11 | |
| 2840762034 | resources of language | A general phrase fro the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use. | 12 | |
| 2840764249 | rhetorical techniques | the devices used in effective or persuasive language. | 13 | |
| 2840765070 | satire | Writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject. | 14 | |
| 2840767128 | setting | the background of a story; the physical location of a play, story, or novel. | 15 | |
| 2840769535 | simile | A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than". | 16 | |
| 2840770976 | strategy | the management of language for a specific effect; the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect. | 17 | |
| 2840773198 | structure | the arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. | 18 | |
| 2840804563 | style | the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author. | 19 | |
| 2840807610 | symbol | Something that is simultaneously itself and also a sign of something else. | 20 | |
| 2840808768 | syntax | the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. | 21 | |
| 2840810653 | theme | The main thought expressed by a work | 22 | |
| 2840811375 | tone | the manner in which an author expresses his ot her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning. | 23 | |
| 2840814879 | allegory | A story in which the people, things, and events have another extended, frequently abstract, meaning. | 24 | |
| 2840815934 | ambiguity | Multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate, especially when two meanings are incompatible. | 25 | |
| 2841358999 | apostrophe | Direct adress, usually to someone or something that is not present. | 26 | |
| 2841361410 | connotation | the implications of a word or phrase, or the emotions associated with it, as opposed to its exact meaning. | 27 | |
| 2841362989 | convention | a device of style or subject matter that is used so often that it becomes a recognized means of expression | 28 | |
| 2841364787 | denotation | the specific, literal meaning of a word to be found in a dictionary, as opposed to connotation | 29 | |
| 2841367023 | didactic | explicitly instructive. | 30 | |
| 2841367988 | digression | the inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of a work. | 31 | |
| 2841369323 | epigram | a pithy saying, often employing contrast. it is also a verse form, which is usually brief and pointed. | 32 | |
| 2841372135 | euphemism | a figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness, such as "deceased" for "dead" or "remains" for "corpse" | 33 | |
| 2841374968 | grotesque | characterized by distortions or incongrueties | 34 | |
| 2841376228 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration, overstatement. | 35 | |
| 2841377210 | jargon | the specialized language of a profession or group | 36 | |
| 2841377677 | literal | the precise, explicit meaning; accurate to the letter; a matterof fact, as opposed to figurative language | 37 | |
| 2841379557 | lyrical | songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination | 38 | |
| 2841380482 | oxymoron | a combinaiton or juxtaposition of opposites; a union of contradictory terms. | 39 | |
| 2841382140 | parable | a story designed to suggest a principle, to ilustrate a moral, or to answer a question. | 40 | |
| 2841383528 | paradox | a statement that seems to be self-contradictory but is, in fact, true. | 41 | |
| 2841384212 | parody | a composition that imitates the style of another composition, normally done for comic effect. | 42 | |
| 2841385889 | personification | A figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics. | 43 | |
| 2841388315 | reliability | a quality of some fictional narrators in whose words the reader can place the trust | 44 | |
| 2841390192 | rhetorical question | a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply | 45 | |
| 2841391670 | soliloquy | a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud. | 46 | |
| 2841392302 | stereotype | a conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | 47 | |
| 2841393030 | syllogism | a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 48 | |
| 2841394441 | thesis | the theme, meaning, or position that a writer endeavours to prove or support | 49 | |
| 2841396283 | alliteration | the repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words. | 50 | |
| 2841588575 | assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | 51 | |
| 2841589534 | ballad meter | a four-line stanza rhymed abcb in which lines one and three have four feet and lines two and four have three feet | 52 | |
| 2841590982 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 53 | |
| 2841591908 | dactyl | a metrical foot of three syllables, including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables | 54 | |
| 2841597189 | end-stopped | a line with a pause at the end | 55 | |
| 2841597821 | free-verse | poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical | 56 | |
| 2841601189 | heroic couplet | two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, usually containing a complete thought in the two-line unit | 57 | |
| 2841603656 | hexameter | a line containing six feet | 58 | |
| 2841604241 | iamb | a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable | 59 | |
| 2841604969 | internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end | 60 | |
| 2841606132 | onomatopeia | the use of words whose sound suggests their actual meaning | 61 | |
| 2841606966 | pentameter | a line containing five feet | 62 | |
| 2841607351 | rhyme royal | a seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, which was used by Chaucer and other medieval poets | 63 | |
| 2841609617 | sonnet | a poem written in ambic pentameter, normally composed of fourteen lines | 64 | |
| 2841610846 | stanza | a repeated grouping of three or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme | 65 | |
| 2841615147 | terza rima | a three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. | 66 | |
| 2841616424 | tetrameter | a line of four feet | 67 | |
| 2841617254 | antecedent | that which has gone before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 68 | |
| 2842895830 | clause | A group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not form a complete sentence | 69 | |
| 2842897850 | ellipsis | A phrase that omits some words that would be necessary for a complete construction, yet which is still understandable | 70 | |
| 2842899921 | imperative | the mood of a verb that gives an order. | 71 | |
| 2842900621 | modify | to restrict or limit in meaning | 72 | |
| 2842901727 | parallel structure | a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph | 73 | |
| 2842902600 | periodic sentence | a sentence that becomes grammatically complete only at the end (important idea at the end) | 74 | |
| 2842903815 | loose sentence | grammatically complete before the period (put the important idea first) | 75 | |
| 2842905494 | syntax | the structure of a sentence | 76 |
| 3162368443 | abominate v. | to have an intense dislike or hatred for | 0 | |
| 3162369639 | acculturation n. | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another | 1 | |
| 3162389221 | adventitious adj. | resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character | 2 | |
| 3162409892 | ascribe v. | to assign or refer to | 3 | |
| 3162411885 | circuitous adj. | roundabout, not direct | 4 | |
| 3162414708 | commiserate v. | to have pity or sorrow for | 5 | |
| 3162418169 | enjoin v. | to direct or order | 6 | |
| 3162420049 | expedite v. | to make easy, cause to progress faster | 7 | |
| 3162434967 | expiate v. | to make amends, make up for | 8 | |
| 3162436820 | ferment n. v. | a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence to be in work or work into such a state | 9 | |
| 3162451365 | inadvertent adj. | unintentional, accidental | 10 | |
| 3162461806 | nominal adj. | too small to be considered or taken seriously | 11 | |
| 3162469270 | noncommittal adj. | not decisive or definite | 12 | |
| 3162485339 | peculate v. | to steal something that has been given into one's trust | 13 | |
| 3162490595 | proclivity n. | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) | 14 | |
| 3162494781 | sangfroid n. | composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances | 15 | |
| 3162499968 | seditious adj. | resistant to lawful authority | 16 | |
| 3162502332 | tenuous adj. | thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness | 17 | |
| 3162508057 | vitriolic adj. | bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) | 18 | |
| 3162518913 | wheedle v. | to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end | 19 |
| 6210935420 | Diction | word choice | 0 | |
| 6210935421 | Syntax | sentence and phrase structure | 1 | |
| 6210936021 | Antithesis | balancing of contrasting ideas | 2 | |
| 6210937929 | Polysyndeton | stringing a sentence together with conjunctions | 3 | |
| 6210939587 | Parallelism | repetition of similar syntactical structure | 4 | |
| 6210940450 | Point of view | narrative perspective (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) | 5 | |
| 6210941838 | Apostrophe | addressing person/entity not present | 6 | |
| 6210942578 | Analogy | the use of a similar or parallel example to reason or argue a point | 7 | |
| 6210943436 | Colloquialism | informal diction; the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing | 8 | |
| 6210944410 | Anecdote | a brief narrative describing an interesting or amusing event | 9 | |
| 6210947078 | Logos | an argument formed to address logical reasoning | 10 | |
| 6210947727 | Ethos | an argument formed to address ethical reasoning | 11 | |
| 6210948371 | Pathos | an argument formed to address emotional reasoning | 12 | |
| 6210949047 | Argument | discourse characterized by reason advanced to support conclusions | 13 | |
| 6210949888 | Context | the circumstances surrounding an issue or word that should be considered during the discussion of a given text | 14 | |
| 6210951502 | Fallacy | an argument that uses poor reasoning | 15 | |
| 6210952323 | Purpose | what a writer is trying to do/say with her use of language | 16 |
| 5470977591 | allusion | a reference,explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history | 0 | |
| 5471492320 | genre | a type or class, as poetry, drama, etc. | 1 | |
| 5471518831 | imagery | the representation through language of sensory experience | 2 | |
| 5471518832 | mood | the pervading impression of a work | 3 | |
| 5471518833 | theme | the main idea, or message, of a literary work. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than translated explicity | 4 | |
| 5471518834 | tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work | 5 | |
| 5471518835 | symbol | (literary) something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well, a figure of speech which may be read both literally and figuratively | 6 |
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