•Ad hominem argument

•Allegory

•Alliteration

•Allusion

•Ambiguity

•Analogy

•Antecedent

•Antithesis

•Aphorism

•Apostrophe

•Atmosphere

•Caricature

•Chiasmus

•Clause

•Colloquialism

•Conceit

•Connotation

•Denotation

•Diction

•Didactic

•Euphemism

•Extended metaphor

•Figurative language

•Figure of speech

•Generic conventions

•Genre

•Homily

•Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Inference/infer

• Invective

• Irony/ironic

• Juxtaposition

•Loose sentence

•Metaphor

•Metonymy

•Mood

•Narrative

•Onomatopoeia

•Oxymoron

•Paradox

•Parallelism

•Parody

•Pedantic

•Periodic sentence

•Personification

•Point of view

•Predicate adjectives

•Predicate nominative

•Prose

•Repetition

•Rhetoric

•Rhetorical appeal

•Rhetorical modes

•Rhetorical question

•Sarcasm

•Satire

•Simile

•Style

•Subject complement

•Subordinate clause

•Syllogism

•Symbol/symbolism

•Syntax

•Theme

•Thesis

•Tone

•Transition

•Understatement

•Wit