6. Analysis - a method in which a work or idea is separated into its parts, and those parts given rigorous and detailed scrutiny
7. Anaphora - a device or repetition in which a word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences
8. Anecdote - a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative
9. Antithesis - a balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness
10. Aphorism - a terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life
11. Apologia - a defense or justification for some doctrine, piece of writing cause or action; also apology
12. Apostrophe - a figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly
13. Argument - the process of convincing a reader by proving either the truth or the falsity of an idea or proposition; also, the thesis or proposition itself
14. Audience: the intended listener or listeners
15. Characterization - the means by which a writer reveals a character's personality
16. Chiasmus - a reversal in the order of words so that the second half of a statement balances the first half in inverted word order
17. Circumlocution - a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, in which many words are used but a few would have served
18. Classicism - art, literature, and music reflecting the principle of ancient Greece and Rome: tradition, reason, clarity, order, and balance
19. Cliche - a phrase or situation overused within society
20. Climax - the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the point of greatest intensity oir interest at which plot question is answered or resolved
21. Colloquialism - folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation
22. Comedy - originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous, farcical, or amusing event designed to provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter
23. Conflict - struggle or problem in a story causing tension
24. Connotation - implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition
25. Contrast - a rhetorical device by which one element is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity
26. Denotation - plain dictionary definition
27. Denouement - loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion
28. Dialect - the language of a particular district, class or group of persons; the sounds grammar , and diction employed by people distinguished from others.
29. Dialectics - formal debates usuall over the nature of truth
30. Dichotomy - split or break between two opposing things
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