The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
What is Anadiplosis
100
The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning
What is Connotation?
100
Works that have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles.
What is Didactic?
100
A device used to produce figurative language
What is Figure of Speech?
100
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity
What is Metaphor?
200
The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described
What is Atmosphere
200
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing
What is Colloquial?
200
Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
What is Diction?
200
The major category into which a literary work fits
What is Genre?
200
The first meaning is grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude
What is Mood?
300
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
What is Anaphora
300
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb
What is Clause?
300
In essays, one of the for chief types of composition, the others being argumentation, description, and narration
What is Exposition?
300
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
What is Hyperbole?
300
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
What is Paradox?
400
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning
What is Allegory?
400
A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible
What is Coherence?
400
A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
What is Euphemism?
400
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
What is Loose Sentence?
400
A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
What is Metonymy?
500
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
What is Apostrophe?
500
A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects
What is Conceit?
500
Repetition at the end of successive clauses. “They saw no evil, they spoke no evil, and they heard no evil.”
What is Epistrophe?
500
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented
What is Invective?
500
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.