| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known |
| Analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them |
| Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb |
| Colloquial | the use of slang or informalities |
| Connotation | the nonliteral meaning of a word |
| denotation | the strict literal dictionary definition |
| diction | the writer's word choices |
| didactic | words whos aim is to teach |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning |
| genre | major category into which a literary work fits, prose poetry and drama |
| hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration |
| irony | the contrast between what is started explicitly and what is really meant |
| loose sentence | a type of sentence in which the main idea comes first |
| periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end |
| paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense |
| parallelism | the rhetorical framing of words to give structural similarity |
| parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect |
| rhetorical modes | the variety the conventions and the purposes of the major kinds of writing |
| satire | a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule |
| style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending dictiction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices |
| syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases |
| tone | the author's attitude toward his or her material |
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