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abstract

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refers to the language that describes concepts rather than concrete images.

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allegory

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extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings rep. abstract qualities & which the writer intends a second meaning

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anedote

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a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

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annotation

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notes added to a text to explain , cite, sources, or give bibliographical data

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antithesis

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presentation of two contracting images. Ideals are balanced by words, phrases, clause, paragraphs

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aphorism

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a short often witty statement of a principle

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argumentation

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writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point

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apostrophe

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device of calling out the imaginary,dead, or absent person

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cacophony

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harsh, awkward or dissonant sounds used in poetry

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carivauture

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descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a feature

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corroquialism

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a word or phrase used in everyday conversation

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coherence

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quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute

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concrete language

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language that describes specific observable things, people, or places

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connotation

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implied or suggested meaning of a word

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consonance

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repletion of identical constant sounds within 2 or more words

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corundram

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a riddle whose answer is or involves a pan; it may also be a paradox

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deduction

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process of moving former general rule to a specific ex

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denotation

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literal meaning of a word as defined

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description

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pic in words of something or someone through detailed observation

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Diction

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creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning

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Didactic

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writing whose purpose is to instruct of teach. usually in formal and focuses on morals or ethical concerns

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Discourse

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spoken or written language. The modes are: description, exposition, narration, and persuation

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Emotional appeal-Pathos

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Writer appeals to the reader’s emotions

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Epigraph

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the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme

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Ethical Appeal-Ethos
Writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him/her on a presentation
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Euphemism
a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable
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Euphony
a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose
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Example
individual instance taken to be representation of a general pattern
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Explication
the art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of the text
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Expostion
the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot
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Generalization
when a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable
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Genre
type of literary work
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Humor
anything that causes laughter and or amusement
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Hyperbole
deliberates exaggeration in order to create humor
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Image
a word or words that describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the sense
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Jargon
special language of a profession or group
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Logical Appeal
When a writer tries to persuade the audience with statistics, facts, reasons
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Lyrical
song like, characterized by emotions, subjectivity imagination
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Mode
Method or from of literary work
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Mood
similar to tone , is the primary emotional attitude of a work
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Narration
telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse
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objectivity
impersonal presentation of events and character. the writer attempts to remove him/her self from any subjective, personal involvement in a story
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Parallelism
The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or, larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form.
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Parody
work that ridicules the style of another work by imitating and exaggeration its elements
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Pathetic Appeal-Pathos
writer tries to persuade the audience by appealing to their emotions.
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Paradox
statement that seems to contradict itself but turns out to have a rational meaning
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Sarcaism
harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone less subtle than irony
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Satire
a work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element to human behavior by portraying it in a extreme way
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Speaker
Voice of a work; an author may speak as himself/herself as a fictitious persona
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Sterotype
a character who represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group
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Style
Author's manner of expression
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Subjectivity
personal presentation of events; from the view of author's feelings/opinion
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Syllogism
A from of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from it
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Synecdote
figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole. "All hands on deck" meaning sailors
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Syntactic
Ability to create a variety of sentence structures,appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length
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Theme
Central idea
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Thesis
Expresses that direct opinion, purose, meaning of the author
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Tone
describes the author's attitude toward his material
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Transition
a word or phrase that links different ideas
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Understatement
the ironic minimalizing of fact
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Wit
intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights

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