1. repetition of first consonant sounds--alliteration
2. a word that refers to ideas, generalities--abstract
3. a reference to a generally familiar person, place, or thing--allusion
4. repetition of a word, or group of words, at the beginning of successive clauses--anaphora
5. a balancing act of two opposites--antithesis
6. a noun that repeats the meaning of and stands after the first noun--appositive
7. repetition of vowel sounds--assonance
8. the use of commas to separate words in a series--asyndeton
9. extreme exaggeration--hyperbole
10. feelings and emotions aroused by a word--connotation
11. a word that links two ideas--conjunction
12. words for specific things--concrete
13. the probability of one word appearing in context with another--ambiguity
14. the repetition of key terms in a sentence forming the pattern ABBA--chiasmus
15. the use of “and” to separate words in a series--polysyndeton
16. attitude of the writer towards the subject, audience, and himself--tone
17. 1st, 2nd, 3rd person and omniscient author—point of view
18. a question not requiring an answer—rhetorical question
19. to give the qualities of a person to a thing--personification
20. to go off topic--digression
21. a thing which represents an idea--symbol
22. a comparison without like or as--metaphor
23. a sentence with two independent clauses--compound
24. a question--interrogative
25. a verb--predicate
26. a monologue--soliloquy
27. a command--imperative
28. a phrase with a subject and a verb--clause
29. to drop an unnecessary word--ellipsis
30. two contradictory words used together--oxymoron
31. a comparison using like or as--simile
32. to describe
33. a sentence with one subject and one verb--simple
34. using unnecessarily large words to impress--pedantic
35. a sentence with a subordinate clause--complex
36. the structure of the sentence--syntax
37. a sentence with a subject and a verb at the end—periodic sentence
38. a command--imperative
39. the proper us of educated words--erudite
40. a turning away from the audience to address an imaginary or absent person--apostrophe
41. a noun that stands for a thing it is closely associated with--metonomy
42. a noun that names a part of the whole for which it stands--synecdoche
43. three statements consisting of a major and minor premise and a conclusion--syllogism
44. a sentence in which the verb comes before the subject--inversion
45. a part of a sentence--fragment
46. two or more parts of a sentence or sentences in which the syntactic structure is the same-parallelism
47. to state less than the truth about—understatement
48. an expression in which the words have more than a literal meaning—figure of speech
49. a clause which is dependent on another--subordinate
50. a break in the rhythm or normal progression of a sentence—interrupted movement
51. the use of words to create pictures--imagery
52. a phrase repeated so much it has lost its vitality--cliche
53. a brief story often used as evidence in an argument--anecdote
54. word choice--diction
55. the study of word origins--etymology
56. telling a story in time order—chronological narration
57. words used in everyday language--colloquialisms
58. the use of exaggeration and humor in criticism of human nature and having the intent of
change--satire
59. a statement which contradicts itself--paradox
60. saying the opposite of what is meant in order to insult--sarcasm
61. to reason from general to specific--deduction
62. the extent to which the writer’s personality is expressed in his words--voice
63. the use of syllogism in drawing general conclusions from specifics--induction
64. a general term which means a comparison of two ideas—figure of speech
65. exaggerated imitation--parody
66. exposition, narration, description, argumentation—rhetorical modes
67. the art of using language effectively for the writer’s purpose--rhetoric
68. the noun to which the pronoun or relative pronoun refers--antecedent
69. manner in which a writer says what he wants--style
70. the incorrect use of an “ing” form of a verb—dangling participle
71. having two or more interpretations--ambiguity
72. to describe a place from one area to the next—spatial description
73. artistic representation which evokes pity or compassion--pathos
74. the study of what is right and what is wrong--ethics
75. having to do with public speaking--oratorical