Asyndeton: Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses.
Elegiac: Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone.
Parody: A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule.
Polemic: An Argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion.
Scheme: A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect.
Trope: Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech.
Pacing: The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented.
Nominalization: Turning a verb or adjective into a noun.
Hortatory: Urging, or strongly encouraging.
Occasion: An aspect of context; the cause of reason for writing.
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