Study sets matching "english vocab language composition examples"
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Alliteration
Analogy
Anecdote
Didactic
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,... The furrow followe…
"The white mares of the moon rush along the sky... Beating their…
What is that? Bells, dogs again! Is it a dream? I sob and cry.…
"All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others."
Alliteration
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,... The furrow followe…
Analogy
"The white mares of the moon rush along the sky... Beating their…
ad hominem argument... (Stating that one's…
ad hominem argument... (Using someone's ed…
ad hominem argument... (Use of marital sta…
allegory... (an allegory to save the earth)
"You are clearly just too young to understand"
You didn't even finish high school - how could you possibly kn…
"How can you make a decision about someone having marital prob…
Wall-E: ... arguing that the movie was made to show humans that w…
ad hominem argument... (Stating that one's…
"You are clearly just too young to understand"
ad hominem argument... (Using someone's ed…
You didn't even finish high school - how could you possibly kn…
ad hominem argument... (Stating that one's…
ad hominem argument... (Using someone's ed…
ad hominem argument... (Use of marital sta…
allegory... (an allegory to save the earth)
"You are clearly just too young to understand"
You didn't even finish high school - how could you possibly kn…
"How can you make a decision about someone having marital prob…
Wall-E: ... arguing that the movie was made to show humans that w…
ad hominem argument... (Stating that one's…
"You are clearly just too young to understand"
ad hominem argument... (Using someone's ed…
You didn't even finish high school - how could you possibly kn…
Metaphor
Simile
Metonymy
Synecdoche
The office is a beehive of activity on Mondays
He was as unpleasant as a wart
If we cannot strike offenders in the heart, let us strike them…
Twenty eyes watched our every move
Metaphor
The office is a beehive of activity on Mondays
Simile
He was as unpleasant as a wart
Personification
Antithesis
Anaphora
Metonomy
Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."
"To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was t…
"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall…
"The White House declared" rather than "The President declared"
Personification
Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."
Antithesis
"To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was t…
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a genera…
Allegory
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Antecedent
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Early to bed and early to rise help make a man healthy, wealth…
Allegory
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Antecedent
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
audience
concession
connotation
context
Gehrig's ____ was his teammates and fans in the stadium that d…
Lou Gehrig concedes what some of his listeners may think — tha…
All of the following mean "overweight": ... That cat is PLUMP. Th…
The ____ for Lou Gehrig's speech is the recent announcement of…
audience
Gehrig's ____ was his teammates and fans in the stadium that d…
concession
Lou Gehrig concedes what some of his listeners may think — tha…
ad hominem argument
argument from authority (argument from…
appeal to ignorance
begging the question
of course the writer supports tax cuts; she's rich!
this is absolutely awesome-it's the best review book ever writ…
no one can prove the Loch Ness monster does not exist; therefo…
the Loch Ness monster spoke to me in my dreams, so it must exi…
ad hominem argument
of course the writer supports tax cuts; she's rich!
argument from authority (argument from…
this is absolutely awesome-it's the best review book ever writ…
Personification
Antithesis
Anaphora
Metonomy
Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."
"To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was t…
"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall…
"The White House declared" rather than "The President declared"
Personification
Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."
Antithesis
"To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was t…
apathetic
egotistical
eloquent
flippant
(adj.) lacking concern, emotion (Uninterested in politics, Bru…
(adj.) excessively self-centered; conceited (Though Danielle l…
(adj.) expressive, articulate, moving (The priest gave such an…
(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy (The teena…
apathetic
(adj.) lacking concern, emotion (Uninterested in politics, Bru…
egotistical
(adj.) excessively self-centered; conceited (Though Danielle l…
Allegory
Autobiography
Biography
Blog Post/Weblog Post
A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstrac…
An account of a person's life written by that person... An autho…
A third-person account of someone's life. ... A story about a per…
An entry on a personal or professional website called a blog;…
Allegory
A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstrac…
Autobiography
An account of a person's life written by that person... An autho…
Alliteration
Allusion
Verbal Irony
Satire
I saw a busy bee among the sweet bilberries
Your backyard is a garden of eden
I couldn't care less
John Oliver, political cartoons
Alliteration
I saw a busy bee among the sweet bilberries
Allusion
Your backyard is a garden of eden
Alliteration
Allusion
Analogy
Anaphora
The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of…
An indirect reference, often to another text or a historic eve…
An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things…
The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses…
Alliteration
The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of…
Allusion
An indirect reference, often to another text or a historic eve…
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.
Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a genera…
Allegory
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolical…
Antecedent
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
abate
abdicate
aberration
abjure
become less in amount or intensity.
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties…
a state or condition markedly different from the norm.
(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the president…
abate
become less in amount or intensity.
abdicate
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties…
Balance
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Climax
The syntactic structure of each sentence supports its meaning.…
Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical stru…
Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrase is reverse…
Writer arranges ideas in order of importance
Balance
The syntactic structure of each sentence supports its meaning.…
Parallelism
Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical stru…
Abstraction
Abstract Noun
Allegory
Alliteration
A generality; a concept or idea or thought separated from conc…
Names of an idea, thing, quality, action, or feeling meaning m…
A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions repre…
Repetition, at close intervals of beginning consonant sounds
Abstraction
A generality; a concept or idea or thought separated from conc…
Abstract Noun
Names of an idea, thing, quality, action, or feeling meaning m…
The device of using character and/or st…
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by…
Opposition or contrast of ideas through…
Early to bed and early to rise help mak…
Allegory
Antecedent
Antithesis
Aphorism
The device of using character and/or st…
Allegory
Word, phrase, or clause referred to by…
Antecedent
Alliteration-
Connotation-
Denotation-
Diction-
Tongue Twister: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Emotional: He was blue after his dog passed/You are a pig whic…
Literal: He wore a blue shirt/You are a dog which literally me…
The light illuminated the cave vs. the light lit up the cave/S…
Alliteration-
Tongue Twister: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Connotation-
Emotional: He was blue after his dog passed/You are a pig whic…
Let both sides explore what problems un…
Ask not what America will do for you.
But neither can two great and powerful…
To that world assembly of sovereign sta…
hortative sentence
imperative sentence
cumulative sentence
periodic sentence
Let both sides explore what problems un…
hortative sentence
Ask not what America will do for you.
imperative sentence
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Ambiguity
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a…
Occurs when a series of words in a row (or close together) hav…
A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person,…
Can have multiple meanings, either intentionally or unintentio…
Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a…
Alliteration
Occurs when a series of words in a row (or close together) hav…
Allusion
Argumentation
Diction
Exposition/Expository Writing
When something is being referenced or brought up, implicitly.…
To defend or support a position with reasoning.... Ex. Using argu…
The word choice used by the author. ... Ex. "I hain't got no mone…
Type of writing aimed to explain or inform. ... Ex. article
Allusion
When something is being referenced or brought up, implicitly.…
Argumentation
To defend or support a position with reasoning.... Ex. Using argu…
Ad Hominem Argument
Allegory
Alliteration ...
Allusion
Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than add…
Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or conc…
The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning o…
A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea,…
Ad Hominem Argument
Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than add…
Allegory
Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or conc…