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English Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diction | Word Choice |
| Words | Selected based on their efficiency in appearance, sound, and meaning. |
| Tone | Attitude of the writer toward subject or character. |
| Style | Writing choices an author makes |
| Allusion | Implied or indirect reference |
| High or Formal Diction | Slang, idiom, colloquialism and contraction free used to create an elevated and professional tone. |
| Middle or Neutral Diction | Standard language and vocably without elaborate words. |
| Informal or Low Diction | Language of everyday use, inappropriate for most assignments. |
| Jargon | Language for specific field or profession |
| Dialect | Language of a certain region. |
| Profanity | Tasteless language, course and base. |
| Slang | Shortened, humorous or exaggerated speech. |
| Cliche | Language used very often; lost its freshness. |
| Literal vs Figurative | Exact vs picture in mind |
| Monosymbolic vs Polysymbolic | One symbol vs multiple |
| Euphonious vs Cacophonous | Pleasant sounding vs harsh sounding |
| Denotation vs Conotation | Exact definition vs emotional definition |
| Concrete vs Abstract | Practical, Specific, Tangible vs Philosophical and Conceptional |
| Hyperbole vs Understated | Deliberate exaggeration vs deliberate misrepresentation of less. |
| Metonymy | When one word or phrase is substituted for another closely related one |
| Synecdoche | Figure of speech that uses a part as a representation of whole |
| Objective vs Subjective | Unbiased perspective vs Biased perspective |
| Assonance | Repetition of similar vowels in related words. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant in related words. |
| Consonance | Repetition of same consonant sound in short succession: found in the beginning and middle. |
| Onomatopoeia | Sound like what they mean. "Sound words" |
| Syntax | Purposeful arrangement of words |
| Subject | What or whom the sentence is about |
| Predicate | Tells something about the subject. |
| Independent Clause | Clause that makes sense on its own; could be a complete sentence |
| Dependent Clause | Clause that is not a complete sentence and could not make sense on its own. |
| Simple Sentence | Lone Independent Clause |
| Compound Sentence | Two or more independent clauses together |
| Complex Sentence | A dependent and independent clause together |
| Compound-Complex Sentence | Two or more independent clauses and at least on dependent clause together. |
| Loose Sentence | The subject and predicate at (or near) the beginning. |
| Periodic Sentence | The subject and the predicate are at (or near) the end. Cumulative. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of the clauses. |
| Epistrophe | Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of clauses. |
| Polysyndeton | Repetition of conjunctions instead of commas |
| FANBOYS | For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So |
| Conjuction | Word that connects parts of a sentence. |
| Oxymoron | Two opposite words combined. (Jumbo Shrimp) |
| Paradox | Statement or Proposition that seems self-contradicting but expresses a possible truth. |
| Antithesis | Placement of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure. |
| Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a series of related phrases/words/clauses. |
| Climax | When the arrangement words/phrases/clauses are in order of increasing importance. |
| Chiasmus | An inverted structure (A B B A) |
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NerdyAngel
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