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Slang or informalities in speech or writing
What is colloquialism?
100
this term describes tradition for each genre, and they help to define each genre
What is generic conventions?
100
a substitute name for an object ex: the WHITE HOUSE declared instead of the PRESIDENT declared
What is metonymy?
100
The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence or grammatical pattern
What is repitition?
100
a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitable lead to a sound conclusion
What is syllogism?
200
The device of using characters and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning
What is allegory?
200
the implied, suggested, non-literal meaning of a word; uses ideas, emotions, and/or attitudes
What is connotation?
200
an understatement made by denying the opposite Ex: "Not a bad idea"
What is litotes?
200
this flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major types of writing
What is rhetorical modes?
200
involves bitter language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone
What is sarcasm?
300
A figure of speech that addresses an absent or imaginary person
What is an Apostrophe?
300
a serious, talk, or lecture involving serious moral or spiritual advice, often called a "sermon"
What is homily?
300
A statement that appears to be self contradictory to common sense, but was true in reality
What is paradox?
300
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with comic effect and/or ridicule
What is parody?
300
a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole
What is synecdoche?
400
A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or analogy
What is a conceit?
400
the primary aim of teaching or instructing of moral or ethical standards.
What is diactic?
400
similar to tone and atmosphere, is the emotional aura of the work
What is mood?
400
describes concepts, animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions
What is personification?
400
classification of an author's work, by comparing it to other work or distinguishing the work from others
What is style?
500
A contrast of ideas, the direct opposite
What is an antithesis?
500
"good speech" that makes something sound less offensive to add humor or an understatement
What is eupherism?
500
the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant
What is irony?
500
An adjective that describes words, phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly or academic, or bookish
What is pedantics?
500
the study of the meanings of words and their psychological and historical developement
What is semantics?
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