EXPANDED VOCABULARY
(1-56: Elements of Style Glossary)
1. adjective:
2. adverb:
3. adverbial phrase:
4. agreement
5. antecedent
6. appositive:
7. articles
8. auxiliary verb
9. case
10. clause
11. colloquialism
12. complement:
13. compound sentence:
14. compound subject:
15. conjunction:
16. contraction:
17. correlative expression:
18. dependent clause:
19. direct object:
20. gerund:
21. indefinite pronoun:
22. independent clause:
23. indirect object:
24. infinitive/split infinitive
25. linking verb:
26. loose sentence:
27. main clause:
28. modal auxiliaries
29. modifier
30. nominative pronoun:
31. nonrestrictive modifier
32. noun:
33. number:
34. object:
35. participial phrase
36. periodic sentence
37. possessive:
38. predicate:
39. preposition:
40. prepositional phrase:
41. principal verb:
42. pronominal possessive:
43. proper noun:
44. relative clause:
45. relative pronoun:
46. restrictive term, element, clause:
47. sentence fragment:
48. subject:
49. subordinate clause:
50. syntax:
51. tense:
52. transition:
53. transitive verb:
54. verb:
55. verbal:
56. voice:
(“Introduction” handout)
57. diction
58. detail
59. syntax
60. tone
61. imagery
62. repetition
63.. semicolon
(Terms from multiple choice)
69. ad hominem argument
70. allegory
71. allusion
72. ambiguity
73. analogy
74. antithesis
75. aphorism
76. apostrophe
77. atmosphere
78. caricature
79. chiasmus
80. conceit
81. didactic
82. figurative language
83. figure of speech
84. generic conventions
85. genre
86. homily
87. hyperbole
88. inference
89. invective
90. irony/ironic
91. juxtaposition
92. metaphor
93. mood
94. narrative
95. onomatopoeia
96. oxymoron
97. paradox
98. parallelism
99. parody
100. pedantic
101. personification
102. point of view
103. predicate adjective
104. predicate nominative
105. prose
106. repetition
107. rhetoric
108. rhetorical appeal
109. rhetorical modes
110. rhetorical question
111. sarcasm
112. satire
113. simile
114. style
115. subject compliment
116. syllogism
117. symbol/symbolism
118. theme
120. thesis
121. understatement (litotes, meiosis)
122. wit
(Terms from essay section)
123. attitude
124. concrete detail
125. descriptive details
126. devices
127. language
128. narrative devices
129. narrative technique
130. persuasive devices
131. persuasive essay
132. resources of language
133. rhetorical features
134. sentence structure
135. stylistic devices