the order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other
What is syntax?
100
the group for whom a work is intended
What is audience?
100
a stale or overused image or expression
What is cliche?
100
words, phrases, sentences, or even paragraphs that indicate connections between the author's ideas; guide the reader from one idea to the next
What is transition?
100
said of words or terms denoting objects or conditions that are palpable, visible, or otherwise evident to the senses; opposite of abstract
What is concrete?
200
the reversal of normal word order in a sentence to achieve a desired effect, such as emphasis
What is inversion?
200
the logical bases or supports for an assertion or idea
What is evidence?
200
a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent person or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
What is apostrophe?
200
a rhetorical tool used to develop essays that systematically match two items for similarities and differences
What is compare/contrast?
200
words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but which cannot be seen
What is abstract?
300
sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
What is complex sentence?
300
the major category into which a literary work fits
What is genre?
300
the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning; for example, an author may intend a character to personify hope or freedom
What is allegory?
300
a question posed with no expectation of receiving an answer; often used to launch or further discussion
What is rhetorical question?
300
the repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
What is anaphora?
400
a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end
What is a periodic sentence?
400
the ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point, backed up by support, of an argument
What is claim?
400
a fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason
What is ad populem?
400
the characteristic of having all parts contribute to the overall effect
What is unity?
400
instance when a part of something is used to refer to the whole; ex: "50 head of cattle"
What is synecdoche?
500
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 a loose sentence?
500
a writer's intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing
What is attitude?
500
terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle; may be a memorable summation of the author's point
What is aphorism?
500
a type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain ffect
What is process analysis?
500
a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it; from Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name; ex: "the White House declared"