Language Techniques
1. Abstract Language: Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places.
2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work
4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.
5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words, it is the comparison between two different items.
6. Anaphora: repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent.
7. Anecdote: A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point.
8. Annotation: explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data.
9. Antithesis: the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ."
10. Argument: A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer
11. Assonance: Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
12. Attitude: the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience
13. Authority: Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience.
14. Backing: Support or evidence for a claim in an argument
15. Balance: a situation in which all parts of the presentation are equal, whether in sentences or paragraphs or sections of a longer work.
16. Begging the Question: Often called circular reasoning, __ occurs when the believability of the
2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work
4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.
5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words, it is the comparison between two different items.
6. Anaphora: repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent.
7. Anecdote: A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point.
8. Annotation: explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data.
9. Antithesis: the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ."
10. Argument: A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer
11. Assonance: Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
12. Attitude: the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience
13. Authority: Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience.
14. Backing: Support or evidence for a claim in an argument
15. Balance: a situation in which all parts of the presentation are equal, whether in sentences or paragraphs or sections of a longer work.
16. Begging the Question: Often called circular reasoning, __ occurs when the believability of the