Literary language

To examine in detail the structure of something, typically for the purpose of interpretation?

Language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words. Ex: Metaphor, Simile, etc

Comparing one thing to another using the words like or as?

To combine a number of things into a coherent whole?

To explain the meaning of, or to understand something?

Any characteristic of a text that helps convince readers of a certain point of view?

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

The use of grammatical structures to express ideas that are related to equivalents?

Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences?

To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning?

A person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning, but also represents something else.

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language?

The placement of short sentences next to each other without showing how they are related?

Adds a pause stronger than a comma, but not as strong as a period.

Adds to a sentence with additional information, but cannot stand alone as a sentence.

To note the degree of difference between two or more things?

The repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words?

What conveys meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words?

To estimate, measure, or note the similarity or differences between something?

The subject or topic of a speech or piece of writing; the big idea or moral?

A contrast between appearance and reality in writing.

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase.

The use of words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses?

When a word or phrase that is needed to form a complete grammatical structure is omitted?

An attitude or mood of a writer toward a subject or an audience?

A group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought; a sentence.

A kind of figurative language that compares two things without using like or as?

Groups of words that look like sentences, but are not complete sentences.

A word/phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group.

Figure of speech in the form of a question asked in order to make a point not elicit an answer.

An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage?