1. Abstract language

2. Language describing ideas or qualities rather than observable, specific things

3. Allegory

4. Anachronism

5. Out of time, placing something in time where it does not belong

6. Anaphora

7. Repetition of the first word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of 2 or more sentences

8. Anecdote

9. A short narrative detailing the particulars of an event

10. Aphorism

11. A short statement of containing a general truth or moral wisdom

12. assonance

13. Repetition of a vowel sound in words in close proximity

14. Asyndeton

15. Using only commas, but no conjunctions; speeds up the flow of the sentence; equalizes all parts

16. Carpe Diem

17. A philosophy of living for the day and not thinking about tomorrow

18. Chiasmus

19. XYYX pattern

20. Connotation

21. The non-literal, associative meaning of a word

22. Conceit

23. An extended metaphor or a surprising analogy between two dissimilar objects

24. Clause

25. Santa’s Last Name

26. A grammatical unit containing both a subject and a verb

27. Didactic

28. A term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a lesson

29. Doublespeak

30. Evasiveness in writing or speech

31. Euphemism

32. Replacing a word with a more pleasant sounding one

33. Hyperbole

34. A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration

35. Metonymy

36. A figure of speech where the name of the object is substituted with a word closely associated with it

37. Oxymoron

38. Grouping contradictory terms together to suggest a paradox

39. Paradox

40. A statement that seems opposed to common sense, but upon closer examination contains some validity or truth

41. Parallelism

42. Similar grammatical words, phrases or clauses

43. Loose sentence

44. A sentence in which the main idea comes first

45. Pedantic

46. A tone that is overly bookish or educated

47. Periodic sentence

48. A sentence in which the main idea comes at the end

49. Exposition

50. Writing that expresses ideas, explains and analyzes ideas

51. Satire

52. Writing that targets human folly, social institutions, or conventions for reform or ridicule

53. Synecdoche

54. A figure of speech in which the part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part

55. “Foul is fair and fair is foul.” Macbeth

56. Paradox And antimetabole

57. I want you to want me I need you to need me I’d love you to love me Cheap Trick

58. Anaphora And Epistrophe

59. Cruel kindness

60. Oxymoron

61. “They were the best of times; they were the worst of times.” Charles Dickens

62. Parallelism And epistrophe And paradox

63. Beware of the suits!

64. Metonymy

65. My grandmother, a centenarian, had a keen sense of smell until her death.

66. Appositive A noun describing a noun

67. The alien, teeth bared, devoured every human it could sink its teeth into.

68. Absolute A noun and a participle describing something in a sentence

69. Breathing heavily, the human barely evaded the alien.

70. Participle phrase Particples end in –ed, -ing, or they can be irregular as in “gone” form the word “go”

71. To run was the only option to survive the alien’s jaws. What kind of sentence?

72. Simple

73. It is best to run from the alien, or you will get eaten.

74. Compound Sentence

75. As she faced certain death, Ripley sprayed the alien with acid.

76. Complex sentence

77. While the alien appeared to be dead, the survivors had to be wary, or they too would end up as a fricassee.

78. Compound-Complex sentence

79. The android tried to persuade Ripley that he was human, but Ripley didn’t believe him.

80. Compound-Complex Sentence

81. First the alien killed humans; soon, however, the humans and androids were killing each other.

82. Another days dawns in the universe.

83. Simple

84. The alien and Ripley never really did become friends.

85. Simple

86. deduction

87. Using logic, particularly a syllogism to arrive at a conclusion or truth

88. induction

89. Using an array of evidence and appeals to arrive at a conclusion or truth

90. The three parts of a syllogism

91. Major premise, minor premise, conclusion

92. Enthymeme

93. A syllogistic structure in which the major premise is assumed to be true by the audience and therefore, unstated by the writer or speaker

94. Syllogism or Enthymeme? To drink alcohol, legally in the U.S., you must be 21. Emma is 16. Emma cannot drink alcohol legally.

95. Syllogism

96. Syllogism or Enthymeme? All people that wear glasses are smart. Mrs. Trang wears glasses. Mrs. Trang must be smart.

97. Syllogism or Enthymeme? All marijuana smokers drank milk when they were children Bill drank milk when he was a child. Bill smokes marijuana.

98. Enthymeme

99. Syllogism or Enthymeme?

100. People who eat a lot of sweets are putting themselves at risk for diabetes. Susie eats a lot of sweets. Susie is putting herself at risk for diabetes.

101. Syllogism

102. How does an enthymeme differ from a syllogism?

103. The major premise is an unstated assumption the writer believes the audience will accept as true.

104. How is an argumentative essay different from a persuasive essay?

105. The persuasive essay will have an additional paragraph at the end calling the reader to action.

106. Definitions: Sardonic

107. Bitter, scathing

108. erudite

109. scholarly

110. Ad hominem

111. Attacking the person instead of what the person is saying

112. Pathetic fallacy

113. Giving nature human emotions or characteristics

114. elegiac

115. mournful

116. Homily

117. a sermon

118. Periodic sentence

119. A sentence in which the main idea appears at the end (used to build suspense)

120. Exigence

121. The event that causes a writer to write