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Diction
Argument
Scheme
Syntax
100
a style of writing or speaking that uses complicated sentence structures, perfect grammatical form, and a wide range of vocabulary words.
What is Formal
100
Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.
What is Logic
100
Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.
What is antithesis?
100
the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
What is parallelism
200
Informal speech using regional and generational slang.
What is Colloquial
200
Drawing a conclusion without taking the needed time to reason through the argument.
What is Jumping to a conclusion
200
Using no conjunctions to create an effect of speed or simplicity
What is asyndeton?
200
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration
300
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is Connotation
300
the stretch of imagination that draws a reasonable inference from the available information.
What is Inductive Leap
300
When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length.
What is parallelism?
300
the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.
What is anastrophe
400
words containing one syllable
What is Monosyllabic
400
a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.
What is premise
400
Repetition in reverse order, for example,"You like it; it likes you."
What is Antimetabole?
400
a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., John and his license expired last week) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts).
What is zeugma
500
pleasing to the ear.
What is Euphonious
500
an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion
What is syllogism
500
Taking parallelism and deliberately turning it inside out, creating a "crisscross" pattern:“Naked I rose from the earth; to the grave I fall clothed.”
What is chiasmus?
500
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
What is juxtaposition