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| A writers intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing |
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| Nouns that name a physical object, or details from passage and personal experience |
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| appeal to visual sences and sensory details |
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| Figures of speech, syntax, diction |
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| how syntax diction and figurative language create an effect |
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| words that intensify emotional effect |
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| essay that argues a point |
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| devices available to an author |
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| how the passage is constructed |
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| diction syntax tone attitude figures of speech connotation and repition |
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| arguement that appeals to emotion rather than reason |
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| Story with an underlying meaning |
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| repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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| direct or indirect reference to something that is common knowledge |
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| Multiple meanings of a word phrase sentence ect. |
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| Similarity or comparison between two different things |
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| The word of phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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a seeming contradiction of ideas within a balanced gramatical structure
Accounting for the opposite of the given thesis of a paper |
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| statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle |
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| A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person |
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| emotional mood created by a literary work |
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| representation in which the subjects distinctive features are exagerated |
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| a figure of speach based on inverted parallelism, 2 clauses are related to each other through a reversal of terms |
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| grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb |
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| slang or informality in speech or writing |
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| a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects |
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| implied meaning of a word |
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| strict literal meaning of the word |
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| work with the aim of teaching or instructing |
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| less offensive substitutes for generally unpleasant words |
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| metaphor developed over a series of lines |
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| writing or speech not meant to be taken seriously |
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| device used to produce figurative language |
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| describes traditions for each genre |
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| major category into which a literary work fits |
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| serious talk speech or lecture involving spiritual or moral advice |
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| exaggeration or overstatement |
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| sensory details to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions |
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| draw a conclusion from given information |
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| an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language |
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| contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant |
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| placing dissimilar items, descriptions,, or ideas close together or comparison or contrast |
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| sentence when the main idea, independent clause, comes first followed by dependant grammatical units such as phrases and clauses |
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| comparison without like or as |
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| speakers attitude towards the subject |
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| the telling of a story or account of events |
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| word that sounds like the sound it names |
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| using two contradictory terms together |
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| name of an object closely related to another is substituted |
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| statement that appears to be false, but upon furthur examination is true |
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| rhetorical framing of words phrases sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity |
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| a work that closely imitates the style or content of another for comedy/ ridicule |
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| adjective that is overly scholarly, academic or bookish |
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| a sentence that presents its central meaning and main clause at the end. |
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| giving human characteristics to non human items |
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| what perspective the story is told from |
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| an adjective clause that follows a linking verb |
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| noun that renames the subject after a linking verb |
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| one major division of genre, fiction and non fiction- written in every day language |
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| duplication of an element of language |
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| principles of the art of writing effectively |
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| persuasive device by which an author tries to sway the audiences attention and respsonse |
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| purpose of the major kinds of writing |
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| question asked for effect with no intended reply |
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| bitter caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something, can be used as irony |
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| targets human vices and follies, to ridicule them |
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| comparison using like as or if |
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| sum of authors choices of diction syntax figurative language and other literary devices |
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| word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject by either renaming it or describing it |
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| clause with subject and verb that cannot stand alone |
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| if a is b and b is c, then a is c |
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| an object that stands for something different in a story |
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| the way an author chooses to join words into phrases clauses and sentences |
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| central idea or message of a work |
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| senctences that directly express the authors opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition |
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| author's attitude towards the material and/or audience |
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| word or phrase that links different ideas |
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| ironic minimizing of a fact opposite of hyperbole |
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affirmation is made by denying its opposite
It was no mean feat meants it was difficult |
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calling something less important than it is
ITS A MEAR FLESH WOUND
when the dark knight looses a leg |
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| intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights |
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