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An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
What is Clause
100
Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source
What is Works Cited
100
A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises
What is Paradox
100
The space that separates a performer or performance from an audience.
What is Fourth Wall
100
Phrases coming between the subject and the verb
What is Intervening Phrases
200
Verb form which functions as a noun and ends in -ing
What is Gerund Phrase
200
The attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority
What is Snob-Appeal
200
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
What is Ballad
200
Dramatic structure is the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film.
What is Falling Action
200
Express the meaning of using different words
What is Paraphrase
300
A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another
What is Antecedent
300
Attacking an opponent's motives or character rather than the policy or position they maintain.
What is Ad Hominem
300
A temporary state of mind or feeling.
What is Mood
300
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is Inference
300
In rhetoric, loaded language is wording that attempts to influence the listener or reader by appealing to emotion.
What is Loaded Words
400
Having the same linguistic derivation as another,from the same original word or root
What is Cognate
400
An incorrect proposition that forms the basis of a logical syllogism.
What is False Premise
400
A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse.
What is Refrain
400
A detailed analysis and assessment of something, esp. a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
What is Critique
400
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind,
What is Simile
500
A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent.
What is Reflexive Pronoun
500
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
What is Soliloquy
500
Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
What is Dramatic Irony
500
A title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, or poster.
What is Caption
500
A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative
What is Suffix
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