English words

latin word meaning of or against man. argument appeals to the emotion rather then reason

the device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstract n addition to the literal meaning

the repetition of sounds

a direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly nown such as book or work of art

the multiple meanings

a similarity between two different things or the relationship between them

the word phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun

figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas words clauses or sentences

a terse statement of known authorship that expressed a general truth or moral prinicple

a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction

the emotional mood created by the entirety of literal work

a representation especially pictorial or literary

a figure of speech based on inverted parallelism

a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb

slang or informality in speech or writing

a fanciful expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor

the nonliteral association meaning of a word, the implied

a strict literal dictionary definition of a word

related to style refers to the writers word choices

from the greek word "didactic"

from the greek word "good speech"

a metaphore developed at great length

writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning

a divice used to produce figurative language

this term describes the traditions for each genre

the major category into which a literary work fits

means "sermon

figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates

the sensory details or figurative language used to decribe

to draw reasonable conclusion

an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation

contrast between what is stated and what is meant

placing dissimilar items, descriptions or ideas together

type of sentence main idea comes first

figure of speech used implied or comparison of seemily unlike things

a greek term meaning "changed label"

two technical meaning in the English language

telling of a story or an account of an event

figure of speech in which natural sounds are emitted in the sounds of words

greek work "pointedly foolish"

a statement that appears to be self contraditrary

also reffered to as parallel structure

a work that closely imitates the style or content of another

an adj that describes words phrases or general tone

a sentence that presents central meaning

a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts

in literature. the prospective from with the story is told

one type of subject complement, an adjective

a second type of subject complement, a noun

one major divisions of genre "prose"

duplication either exact or approximate

from the greek word "orator"

the persuasive device by which a trite true to sway the audiences attention

this flexiblile term describes the variety

a question not wanting an answer

greek word meaning "to tear flesh"

a work that human vices and follies

an explicit comparison normally using "like"or "as"

the word or clause that follows a linking verb

like all clases this word contains both a subject and a verb

from the greek word "reckoning together" a syllogism

generally anything that represents or stands for something else

the way the author chooses to join words into phrases clauses or sentences

the cntral idea of the passage

in epository writing. the thisis statement

similar to mood, tone

a word or phrase that links different ideas

the ironic minimizing of face, understatemtent

in modern usage, wit is intellectual.