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Caustic, bitter language--iterally means "to tear the flesh."

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Caustic, bitter language--iterally means "to tear the flesh."

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Sarcasm

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A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

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Parody

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A work that pokes fun human vices and follies in order to call attention to a larger problem.

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Satire

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The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words.

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Semantics

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A sentence in which the subject and verb come toward the end of the sentence.

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Periodic Sentence

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A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.

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Syllogism

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Strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.

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Exhort

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Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed.

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Lackadaisical

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A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity.

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Litotes

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An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish

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Pedantic

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correctional facility = jail between jobs = unemployed

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Euphemism

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Having an instructive purpose; intending to convey information to teach a lesson usually in a dry, pompous manner.

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Didactic

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An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information.

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Fallacy

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Attacking a speaker's character instead of to their argument.

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Ad Hominem

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A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole.

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Synecdoche

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An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

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Invective

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Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words

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Alliteration

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A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

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Anecdote

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A reference to something (e.g., a book, a movie, an historical event) that is presumed to be well known to the audience.

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Allusion

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A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor.

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Conceit

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Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism.

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Antithesis

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A sentence in which the subject and verb come at the front of the sentence.

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Loose Sentence

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The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences.

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Anaphora

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Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

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Dogmatic

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Includes a subordinate conjunction, such as because, while, etc.

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Dependent Clause

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A brief witty statement.

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Epigram

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Early to bed and early to rise help make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. -Ben Franklin

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Aphorism

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Understood or implied without being stated.

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Tacit

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The omission of a word or several words.

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Ellipsis

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A complete sentence.

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Independent Clause

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a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.

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Metonymy

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A statement or idea that seems contradictory but is in fact true.

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Paradox

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one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms.

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Prose

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An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

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Innuendo

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A type of parallelism in which elements are reversed. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

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Chiasmus

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Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group.

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Jargon

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This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.

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Homily

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A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before.

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Non Sequitur

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Having or showing zeal.

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Zealous

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Excessive pride that often brings about one's fall.

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Hubris

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"Oh, Captain, my Captain, our fearful trip is done..."

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Apostrophe

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The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically.

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Allegory

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Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

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Antecedent

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The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.

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Colloquial/Colloquialism

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