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- linguistics
- The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics
- metaphor
- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison
- mood/tone
- Manner of expression in speech or writing
- objective
- Having actual existence or reality
- paradox
- A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
- parallelism
- The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases
- parody
- A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule
- pathos
- A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow
- pedantic
- Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
- prose
- Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure
- pun
- A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words
- rationalism
- Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action
- rhetoric
- The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively
- satire
- A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit
- semantics
- The study or science of meaning in language; the study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent
- soliloquy
- A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener
- style
- The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed
- subjective
- Proceeding from or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world
- syntax
- The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language; the study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
- syllogism
- A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
- symbol
- Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible
- surrealism
- A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter
- thesis
- A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof; a proposition that is maintained by argument
- transition
- Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another
- vernacular
- The standard native language of a country or locality