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Set of words commonly used to describe writing - how we write about literature.

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Anecdote (n)

* Anecdotal (adj)
* Anecdotally (adv)
short story/event, often proposed to support or demonstrate a point
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Conceit (n)
literary device that uses an extended metaphor to compare two dissimilar things
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Dogma (n)

* Dogmatic (adj)
* Dogmatically (adv)
belief or set of beliefs that is accepted without question or doubt; belief or set of beliefs taught by a religious organization
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Enumeration (n)

* Enumerate (v)
* Enumerative (adj)
rhetorical device used that occurs when a writer chooses to list out items, events, ideas, or other parts of a story or setting
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Expository (adj)

* Exposition (n)
intended to explain or describe something
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Didactic (adj)

* Didactically (adv)
designed or intended to teach
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Pedantic (adj)

* Pedant (n)
* Pedantically (adv)
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching
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Connotation (n)

* Connotative (adj)
idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
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Denotation (n)

  • Denotative (adj)

direct, specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated meaning

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Aphorism (n)

* Aphoristic (adj)
* Aphoristically (adv)
a short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea
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Colloquialism (n)

* Colloquial (adj)
* Colloquially (adv)
word or phrase that is used mostly in informal speech
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Contemplative (adj)

* Contemplation (n)
* Contemplate (v)
* Contemplatively (adv)
involving, allowing, or causing deep thought
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Euphemism (n)

* Euphemistic (adj)
* Euphemistically (adv)
mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive
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Illustrative (adj)

* Illustration (n)
* Illustrated (v)
* Illustratively (adv)
serving as an example or explanation
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Invective (n)

* Invective (adj)
* Invectively (adv)
or, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
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Diatribe (n)
an angry speech or piece of writing that strongly criticizes someone or something
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Elegiac (adj)

  • Elegy (n)

  • Elegiacally (adv)

of, relating to, or comprising of an elegy; expressing sorrow for often something now past, especially in reference to people who have died

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Homily (n)
sermon, lecture, or discourse on or of a moral theme
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Syllogism (n)

* Syllogistic
type of logical reasoning where the conclusion is drawn from two linked premises
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Diction (n)

choice of words, especially with regards to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

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Digression (n)

  • Digress (v)

  • Digressive (adj)

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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Epiphany (n)

  • Epiphanical (adj)

a moment in which one suddenly sees or understands something in a new or very clear way

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Jargon (n)

language used for a particular activity or by a particular group of people

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Juxtapose (v)

  • Juxtaposition (n)

to place different things/ideas/characters together in order to create an interesting effect or to show how the are the same or different

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Prosaic (adj)

commonplace, factual, matter of fact

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Prose (n)

written or spoken language in its ordinary from, without metrical structure

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Semantics (n)

the meanings of words and phrases in a particular context

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Solecism (n)

mistake in speech or writing; an impolite or improper way of behaving

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Treatise (n)

systematic exposition or argument that includes a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached

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Convey (v)

  • Conveyance (n)

to impact or communicate by statement suggestion, gesture, appearance

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Qualify (v)

  • Qualification (n)

  • Qualified (adj)

to limit or modify the meaning of

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Rebuttal (n)

  • Rebutting (v)

the act of refuting something by making a contrary argument or presenting another point of view

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Refute (v)

  • Refutation (n)

to disprove an idea, statement, or theory

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Paradox (n)

  • Paradoxical (adj)

  • Paradoxically (adv)

statement or proposition that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self contradictory

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Syntax (n)

  • Syntactic (adj)

the way in which words are put together to from phrases, clauses, or sentences

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Abstract (adj)

existing as an idea, feeling, or quality; as opposed to concrete

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Allusion (n)

  • Allude (v)

implied or indirect reference, especially in literature

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Cliché (n)

phrase or expression that has been overly used or commonplace

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Concrete (adj)

pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions

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Deductive (adj)

  • Deduce (v)

of, relating to, or provable by deriving conclusions by reasoning

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Farcical (adj)

  • Farce (n)

ludicrous or nonsensical

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Hypothetical (adj)

  • Hypothesis (n)

involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory that something that might happen

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Narrative (n)

  • Narrate (v)

report of related events presented to listeners or readers, in words arranged in a logical or sequential way, (a story)

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Pun (n)

a play on words that produces a humoirous effect that suggests 2 or more meanings, or by exploiting similair sounding words that have different meanings

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Satire (n)

  • Satirical (adj)

technique employed by writers to expose and criticize fooolisness and corruption or and individual or society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule

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Cynical (adj)

  • Cynic (n)

contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

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Anticlimax (n)

  • Anticlimatic (adj)

an event, period, or outcomr that is strikingly less important or dramatic than expected

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Ambiguity (n)

  • Ambiguous (adj)

condition of having a word or expression that can be understood in 2 or more possible ways

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Excerpt (n)

passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied

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Mood (n)

literary element that evokes certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions; sometimes referred to as the atmosphere

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Stance (n)

intellectual or emotional attitude; in rhetoric more specifically, this primarily refers to the initial position one has

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Style (n)

  • stylistic (adj)

distinctive manner of expression (as in writing or speech)

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Understatement (n)

  • Understated (adj)

avoidance of obvious emphasis or embellishment

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Wit (n)

  • Witty (adj)

reasoning power, clever or apt humor; the ability to relate seemingly disparate things so as to illuminate or amuse

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Assertion (n)

  • Asserts (v)

  • Assertive (adj)

declaration that something is the case

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Counterclaim (n)

an opposing position

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Epilogue (n)

concluding section that rounds out the design (often in works of literature or films)

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Parody (n)

literary or musical work in which the style of an author work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule