Diction
Syntax
Rhetorical Strategies
Genre
Argument
100
An idea or meaning suggested or associated with a word or thing
What is connotation?
100
A sentence that contains a parenthetical aside
What is an interrupted sentence?
100
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
What is anaphora?
100
Writing that is not poetry
What is prose?
100
An assertion stated as true
What is a claim?
200
Expressed with restraint or lack of emphasis
What is understatement?
200
Begins with the subject and verb adding modifying elements to the end
What is cumulative/loose?
200
An indirect reference to an event, person, place or artistic work
What is allusion?
200
Exposes and ridicules human vices and for the purpose of correction
What is satire?
200
The triad of rhetoric
What is ethos, logos, pathos?
300
Informal, conversational language
What is colloquial?
300
Opens with modifiers; withholds the subject and verb until the end
What is periodic?
300
Punctuation mark used to indicate a sudden break in thought
What is a dash?
300
Oration by a prophet or member of the clergy
What is a sermon?
300
An attack on a person instead of the issue
What is ad hominem?
400
Pleasing or agreeable to the ear
What is euphonious?
400
Juxtaposing two ideas in a parallel structure
What is parallel-antithesis?
400
Brief statement that expresses an observation on life; a wise observation
What is aphorism?
400
A technique that records multiple thoughts and feelings without regard for logical or narrative sequence
What is stream-of-consciousness?
400
Type of reasoning that asserts a claim; begins with a major premise and works its way down to a conclusion
What is deductive reasoning?
500

Language characterized by narrow, often ostentatious concern from book learning and formal rules

What is pedantic?

500
Strategy used to omit one or more words
What is ellipsis?
500
The writer's attitude toward his reader and his subject
What is tone?
500
An extended account of historical events without interpretation or comment
What is chronicle?
500
Comparing two things that are irrelevant; do not pose a valid comparison
What is false analogy?
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