Terms that EVERYONE should know (identify AND use) Abstract diction Declarative sentences Oxymoron Academic diction Denotation Paradox Active voice Dependent clause Parallelism Adjective Diction Parts of speech Adverb Ethos (ethical appeal) Passive voice Alliteration Evidence Pathos Allusion Examples Personification Ambiguity Extended Metaphor Phrase Analogy Figurative language Point of view Anaphora Figures of speech Predicate Anecdote Foreshadowing Preposition Antithesis Formal diction Pronouns Cause and effect Genre Purpose Chronological ordering Gerund Repetition Clause Hyperbole Rhetoric Coherence Idioms Rhetorical modes Colloquial diction Imagery Rhetorical question Colon Imply Satire Comma Independent clause Semicolon Comparison Infinitive phrase Simile Complex sentences Informal diction Subject Compound sentences Irony Symbolism Concession Jargon Syntax Conclusion Juxtaposition Theme Concrete diction Logos Thesis Conjunction Metaphor Tone Connotation Noun Transition Contrast Occasion Verb Coordinating conjunctions Organizational strategy Voice Dash (em-dash) Terms that are pretty darn neat but not exactly essential (really neat ones in bold) Allegory Cacophony Antecedent Chiasmus Aphorism Conceit Apostrophe Consonance Aristotelian logic Conundrum Assertion Convoluted sentences Assonance Deduction (deductive reasoning) Asyndeton Defend Balanced sentence structure Definition(s) Bandwagon Description: Didactic Onomatopoeia Digression Order of importance Dilemma Overgeneralization Discourse Oversimplification Diversion Pacing Economy Parenthesis Ellipsis Parody Epanalepsis Particular to general Epigram Pedantic Epistrophe Pedestrian diction Euphemism Period Euphony Periodic sentence structure Exclamatory sentences Persuasion Explication Polysyndeton Explicit Premise Exposition Problem/Solution False causality Pun False dilemma Punctuation General to particular Qualify Imperative sentences Quotations Implication Red Herring Implicit Refutation Induction (inductive reasoning) Sarcasm Inferences Simple sentence Interrogative sentences Slippery Slope Invective Speaker Inversion Statistics Labyrinthine sentence Stereotype Loose/cumulative sentence structure Strawman Lyrical Stream of consciousness Metonymy Subordinate clause Moderate Subordinating conjunction Moral Syllepsis Motif Syllogism Narrative/Personal experience Synecdoche Non sequitur Synesthesia Noun cluster Understatement/litotes Objectivity .