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abstraction
- something that isn't concrete
- Ex.- the concept of HOPE
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ad hominem
- -appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason.
- - attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument.
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allegory
story in which objects, characters, or actions are symbols of something outside the narrative.
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Alliteration
the repetition of initial sounds.
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allusion
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
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anachronism
something out of its normal time.
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anaphora
repetition when it is specifically used at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
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anastrophe
inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence.
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antithesis
involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings, generally for the purpose of contras.
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aphorism
a concise statement of a principle or precept given in pointed words.
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appositive
the placing next to the noun or phrase that explains it
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assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
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asyndeton
condensed form of expression in which a series is presented without conjunctions.
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catharsis
a moral or spiritual cleansing; an emphatic identification with others.
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catalyst
a person or thing that precipitates an event or change.
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chiasmus
a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second.
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climax
when a writer arranges ideas in order of importance.
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consonance
repetition of consonant sounds
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