the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraph.
What is antithesis?
100
The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example
What is deduction?
100
The body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one. It includes metaphor, simile, symbol, motif, and hyperbole, etc.
What is figurative language?
100
Presents its main clause at the end of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety.
What is a periodic sentence?
200
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
200
A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer.
What is argument?
200
The author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.
What is diction?
200
The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization.
What is induction?
200
A mode of writing based on ridicule that criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution.
What is satire?
300
A literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison.
What is analogy?
300
The use of slang in writing, often to provide informal tone.
What is colloquialism?
300
Writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach.
What is didactic?
300
A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
What is inference?
300
A comic relief that ridicules through caustic language.
What is sarcasm?
400
The process of taking apart a text by dividing it into its basic components for the purpose of examining how the author develops his/her subject.
What is analysis?
400
The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
400
An indication that some material has been omitted from a given text.
What is Ellipsis?
400
A figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea.
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
What is metonymy?
400
A figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole.
What is synecdoche?
500
A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point.
What is anecdote?
500
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
500
A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.
What is euphemism?
500
A term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing.