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Figurative language

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An umbrella term that encompasses rhetorical terms that are inaccurate literally but call to mind sensation or evoke reactions

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Metaphor

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An implied comparison that does not use the word like or ask

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Implied metaphor

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A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed discreetly as a sentence.

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Simile

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Comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as

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Personification

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Language attributes human qualities to non-human subjects

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration for effect

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Metonymy

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Referring something associated/related to it

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Synecdoche

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A part of a whole

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Alliteration

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The repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants

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Understatement

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An ironic minimizing for effect

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Diction

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Word choice

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Concrete language

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Language that describes specific, observational things. Physical, experience, senses

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Abstract language

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Represents ideas of thoughts-generalities

Love, hope, sad

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Connotation

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How you think of a word.

Cop, police, po po mean the same thing as police officer

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Vernacular

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Everyday speech.

Language of country

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Jargon

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The specialized vocabulary of a group with a specialty

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Anglo-Saxon diction

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Word choice characterized by simple nouns, adjectives and adverbs

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Latinate diction

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Word choice derived from the Latin or Greek roots/prefixes/suffixes

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Tone

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An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

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Repetition

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Reinforcing a point by repeating the point. 3 is the goal.

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Parallelism

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A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.

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Anadiplosis

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The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a group of words at the BEGINNING of successive clauses.

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Epistrophe
The repulsion of a group of words at he END of successive clauses.
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Antimetabole
The repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
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Simple sentence
One independent clause
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Compound sentence
2+ independent clauses
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Complex sentences
1+ dependent and 1 independent
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Compound complex
2+ independent and 1+ dependent
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Coordination
Combining sentences into one single sentence
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Subordination
Taking less important ideas and placing them in dependent clauses.
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Cliche
A figure of speech whose effectiveness has been worn out through overuse and excessive familiarity
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Idiom
A familiar grouping of words especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association
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Double entendre
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways
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Innuendo
A hint
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Parenthetical idea
Parentheses are used to set off an idea from the rest of the sentence
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Gerund
A verbal ending in -ing that functions as a noun Swimming
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Infinitive
A verbal that function as a noun, adjective or adverb To run
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Split infinitives
When the infinitive is interrupted with another word To boldly go
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Agreement
Subject verb agreement
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Active voice
The subject of the sentence performs the action
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Passive voice
The subject of the sentence receives the action
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Ambiguity
Multiple meaning; intentionally vauge
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Rhetorical question
Question not asked for information but for effect
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Imagery
Language that evokes particular sensations or emotionally rich experiences
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Allegory
An extended metaphor Has a deeper meaning: literally and metaphorically
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Allusion
A reference of something to create and effect or enrich the meaning of an idea Trojan war, face of a thousand ships
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Parody
An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes
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Soliloquy
Dialogue in which a character speaks aloud to themselves
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Apostrophe
Where nature is addressed as though human
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Appositive
Helps explain the noun Mousse, the dog, ran away
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Epithet
A word or phrase adding a characteristic to a persons name Richard the lion heart
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Antonomasia
Substitution of a title Elvis Presley "the king"
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Apology
An elaborate statement justifying some controversial position
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Auxesis
A gradual increase of importance
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Accumulation
Figure of speech on which a speaker or a writer gathers scattered points and lists them together
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Inversion
A figure in which language takes a sudden turn. Build up then flip it
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Hyperbaton
A figure of speech that uses disruption or inversion of customary word order to produce a distinctive effect
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Ellipsis
The omission of words ...
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Satire
A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect
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Sarcasm
A generally bitter comment that is ironically worded, a way to mock if ridicule something
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Accismus
A form of irony where one pretends indifference and refuses something while actually wanting it
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Situational irony
Found in the plot
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Verbal irony/ antiphrasis
When you say something and mean the opposite/ something different
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Synesthesia
A technique adopted by writers to present ideas, characters, or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one senses.
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Epigraph
A quotation at the beginning of a literary work suggestive theme
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Adage/aphorism/maxim
A piece of common wisdom
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Homily
Serious talk or speech. Sermon
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Eulogy
A formal expression of praise when someone has died
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Epistle
A poem or other literary work in the form of a letter Dear....
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Antithesis
Opposite ideas. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
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Juxtaposition
Placing things side by side for comparison
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Oxymoron
A phase that is seemingly contradictory
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Paradox
A statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless
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Undertone
An attitude that may lie under the tone of the piece
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Anachronism
Incorporating an event/person/thing that does not correspond with the time period Ex. Cell phone in 1800s
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Symbolism
Anything that represents something else
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Analogy
Comparing like things AB-CD
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Synesthesia
Appeal to more than one sense
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Asyndeton
Omission of fanboys
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Polysyndeton
Adding a lot of fanboys Ex. And...and...and...
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Anthimeria
Substitution of one part of speech for another
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Anecdote
A brief narrative in text to capture audience or support claim
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Dialect
The patterns of language used by particular cultural or ethnic populations -Like vernacular-
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Invective
Abusive language
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Dysphemism
Substitution of a more offensive or disparaging word/phrase for one considered less offensive -more metaphorical-
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Cacophemism
A word/expression that is generally harsh, impolite, offensive
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Euphemism
An indirect expression of unpleasant information | -make it seem pleasant-
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Pun
Play on words
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Antistasis
Words that sound IDENTICAL but have different meanings
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Paronomasia
Word that sound SIMILAR but have different meanings
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Syllepsis
A word used differently in relation to two other words. A connects to concept, B connects to concept, A and B aren't related
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Subject complement
The word or clauses that follows linking vets and completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it
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Predicate adjective
Adjective clause that follows a linking verb
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Predicate nominative
A noun clause that names the subject
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Loose sentence
Main idea comes first. Puts it all there at the beginning
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Periodic sentence
Central meaning is at the end

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