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Sarcasm
Bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something
Satire
A work that targets human voices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule can be used by irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement, and sarcasm
Semantics
The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, there historical and psychological development, there are connotations, and their relation to one another
Style
The way the writer writes by using various techniques
Subject complement
The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes the subject of the sentence by either 1. renaming it or 2. describing it
Subordinate clause
Oh word group that cannot stand alone: it does not express a complete thought
Syllogism
Deductive system of formal logic that presents to premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion
Ex:
all men are mortal
Socrates is a man
Therefore, Socrates is mortal
Symbol/symbolism
Anything that represents, or stands for, something else
Syntax
The way in author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. Similar to diction, but refers to groups of words rather than individual words
Theme
The central idea or message of her work, the insight it offers into life
Thesis
Sentence that directly expresses the authors opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition
Tone
Describes the authors attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both
Transition
A word or phrase that links different ideas.
Understatement
Presents something as less significant than it is
Wit
Intellectually am using language that surprises and delights
