Glossary of literary and rhetorical terms meaning and definition

 

 

 

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Glossary of literary and rhetorical terms meaning and definition

 

  • abstract
  • abstract language
  • acronym
  • adjective
  • adverb
  • aesthetic effect
  • aesthetic purpose
  • aim
  • allegory
  • alliteration
  • allusion
  • ambiguity
  • anadiplosis
  • analogy
  • analysis
  • anaphora
  • anecdotal scripting
  • anecdote
  • annotated bibliography
  • antagonist
  • antanaclasis
  • antecedent
  • antimetabole
  • antithesis
  • aphorism
  • apocop
  • apostrophe
  • appeal
  • archetype
  • argument
  • argument by analogy
  • argument by authority
  • argument by causation
  • argument by emotion
  • argument by logic
  • article
  • assertion
  • assonance
  • asyndeton
  • atmosphere
  • audience
  • ballad
  • bias
  • blank verse
  • caricature
  • characterization
  • chiasmus
  • claim
  • classification
  • clause
  • clichè
  • climax
  • cognate
  • coherence
  • colloquial/colloquialism
  • comedy
  • compare/contrast
  • complex sentence
  • compound sentence
  • compound-complex sentence
  • conceit
  • conclusion
  • conjunction
  • connotation
  • consonance
  • context
  • controlling idea
  • convention
  • couplet
  • critique
  • cumulative sentence
  • deductive reasoning
  • definition
  • denotation
  • denouement
  • description
  • dialect
  • dialogue
  • diction
  • didactic
  • discourse
  • division
  • draft
  • drama
  • dramatic monologue
  • ellipsis
  • engage
  • epic
  • epithet
  • ethos
  • euphemism
  • evidence
  • exposition
  • expository discourse
  • extended metaphor
  • fact
  • fallacy
  • fiction
  • figurative language
  • figure of speech
  • flashback
  • flow
  • focus
  • foil
  • foreshadowing
  • free verse
  • generalization
  • generic conventions
  • genre
  • grammar
  • homily
  • hyperbole
  • idiom
  • imagery
  • inductive reasoning
  • inference/infer
  • integrate
  • introduction
  • invective
  • irony/ironic
  • jargon
  • juxtaposition
  • literal language
  • litote
  • logic
  • logical argument, classical
  • logical argument, contemporary
  • logical fallacy
  • logos
  • loose sentence
  • lyric poem
  • main idea
  • marginalia
  • meme
  • metacognition
  • metaphor
  • meter
  • metonymy
  • mood
  • narrative
  • nonfiction
  • noun
  • organization
  • oxymoron
  • paradox
  • parallelism
  • parody
  • pathos
  • pedantic
  • periodic sentence
  • personification
  • perspective
  • persuasion
  • phrase
  • plagiarism
  • plot
  • poem
  • point of view
  • polysyndeton
  • predicate adjective
  • predicate nominative
  • preposition
  • primary source
  • pronoun
  • propaganda
  • proposition
  • prose
  • protagonist
  • quotation
  • reasoning
  • reflection
  • refute/refutation
  • repetition
  • revision
  • rhetoric
  • rhetorical context
  • rhetorical devices
  • rhetorical modes
  • rhetorical purpose
  • rhetorical situation
  • rhyme
  • rhythm
  • rising action
  • sarcasm
  • satire
  • secondary sources
  • semantics
  • setting
  • slang
  • style
  • style manual
  • subordinate clause
  • support
  • syllepsis
  • syllogism
  • symbol/symbolism
  • synecdoche
  • syntax
  • synthesize
  • tautology
  • technical documents
  • thesis
  • tone
  • topic sentence
  • tragedy
  • transition
  • trope
  • understatement
  • undertone
  • verb
  • verse
  • wit
  • writing process
  • zeugma
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