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An indirect reference, usually to another text.
What is Allusion.
100
Elegiac
What is mournful over what has passed or been lost.
100
A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another.
What is Parody.
100
A question asked more to produce an affect than to get an answer.
What is Rhetorical Question.
100
Central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer.
What is Thesis.
200
The noun to which a later pronoun refers.
What is Antecedent.
200
Denotation
What is the literal meaning of a word.
200
Pathos.
What is appeals to emotion.
200
An ironic, sarcastic composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it.
What is Satire.
200
Speaker's attitude toward the subject or the audience.
What is Tone.
300
That which is implied by a word.
What is Connotation.
300
A brief witty statement.
What is Epigram
300
An argument against an idea usually about politics, religion, or philosophy.
What is Polemic.
300
A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking the opponents position.
What is Straw Man
300
Understatement.
What is lack of emphasis in a statement or point.
400
Cumulative Sentence.
What is a sentence with an independent clause followed by subordinate clauses.
400
Reasoning from general to specific.
What is Deduction.
400
A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information.
What is Propaganda.
400
Syntax.
What is sentence structure.
400
Artful diction; use of diction in a nonliteral way.
What is Trope.
500
Asyndeton.
What is leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
500
Urging, or strongly encouraging.
What is Hortatory.
500
Polysyndeton.
What is the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions.
500
Syllogism.
What is a form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise.
500
A construction in which one word modifies two or more words in a sentence
What is zeugma