english terms

connotation

emotional impression a word creates

maxim

a short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct i.e actions speak louder than words

epithet

adjective or descriptive quality expressing a quality characteristic of the person/thing mentioned

fallacies

flawed argumentssy

syllogism

a logical way of explaining something that contains a major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion

concession

opposing viewpoint to writer’s claims

rebuttal

dismissing those arguments

summation

strong conclusion

acrolect

a register considered most suitable for formal occasions

mesolect

a neutral register, usually contains natural slang or contradictions

basilect

informal register, how one would talk to one’s friends, includes slang

metonymy

type of metaphor that replaces the name of a thing with something that is closely related

i.e the pen is mightier than the sword

synecdoche

specific type of metonymy that represents the whole by using a part of it or using the whole to represent a part

litotes

understatement in which statement is expressed by negatating its opposite expression

i.e i am not as young as i used to be

apostrophe

detaches from reality and addresses an imaginary character in their speech

zeguma

figure of speech but where a word applies to 2 others in 2 different senses

anaclouthon

a shift in a sentence from one idea to another that leaves the first unfinished

synaesthesia

statement in which one of the 5 senses is described in the terms of another

apophasis

raising an issue by pretending not to mention it