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| language that describes concepts rather than concrete images |
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| a work that functions on a symbolic level |
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| a reference contained in a work |
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| a story told to illustrate a point |
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| the presentation of two contrasting images, balanced by a work, phrase etc. (To be or not to be; ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you. |
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| use of slang to provide color or an informal term |
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| inclusion of humor to contrast with tragic elements, thereby intensifying the next tragic even |
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| the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example |
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| writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach |
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| the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme |
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| the pleasent, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work |
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| background info presented in a literary work |
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| moving from a given series of specifics to a generalization |
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| a verbally abusive attack |
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| an unexpected twist or contrast with what was supposed to happen |
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| a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea (the pen is mightier than the swrod) |
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| the repetition or variations of an image or idea used to develop theme or characters |
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| aspects that elicit pity. an emotional appeal that can be used to persuade |
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| describes writing that borders on lecturing. it is scholarly and academic and often difficult and distant |
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| "to reduce to the absurd" it is a fallacy because it reduces arguement to an either/or |
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| utilizes a part as representative as a whole |
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| the grammatical structure of prose and poetry |
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