I mean the overall title kind of describes it? idk what else u want from me

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alliteration

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repetition of sound at the beginning of several words; generally used to express the lyrical qualities of language

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allusion

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form of figurative language in which reference is made to text, event, person, or place; writer relies on the reader’s contextual knowledge and makes an implicit comparison between what is presented and what is known

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analogy

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cognitive process of transferring traits from one thing or idea to another (essentially, comparing one thing to another)

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anaphora

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repetition of the same word / phrase in a succession of phrases or sentences

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antithesis

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contrast between ideas (thesis and antithesis) by placing them together for effect

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appeal to authority

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argumentation technique in which one refers to a source that claims to have authority; assumes that authorities / institutions are right

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appeal to fear

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when writers and speakers appeal to their audience’s sense of fear; if you can make people scared, they will believe or buy anything

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audience

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general term that refers to the reader or listener of a text

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bias

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language that supports an ideological position, either explicitly or implicitly; subjectivity in pieces of writing that should be objective; imbalance between opposite perspectives in an article

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cacophony

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discordant, rugged, or had-sounded effects in prose or verse, usually produced by clusters of consonants arranged so as to make pronunciation difficult

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characterisation

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the way in which a writer creates her characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel the sympathy of the reader / audience

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coherence

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systematic connection of ideas in a written piece; achieved through the use of linking words and the integration of illustrations; helps an idea become developed in an essay; one tends to state, illustrate, and analyze / explain

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colloquialism

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can be regarded as a kind of expression or grammar that is associated with ordinary, everyday speech rather than formal language; intended related way of speaking or writing; contrasts formal language

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connotation

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aura of emotion that is associated with the word through personal experience; opposite of denotation

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couplet

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in poetry, a pair of rhymed lines in any meter

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deictic

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words that point in various directions, within a text and beyond it, or point in time; ex: down there, this, that, now, then, next year

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denotation

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literal, factual meaning of a word; meaning / initial meaning given in a dictionary

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denouement

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refers to the final unfolding of plot in a literary work; that the reader’s expectations of what will happen to literary characters are either satisfied or denied

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dialect

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unique and distinguishable combination of vocabulary, pronunciation, and syntax; a language is a dialect that has gained a recognized, official status

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dramatic irony

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frequent feature of dramatic texts; in plays, it occurs when the development of the plot allows the audience to possess more information about what is taking place than some of the characters themselves have

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equivocation

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when a word is used in two different senses in an argument

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ethos

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authority; used to describe the character of an audience, nation, or community

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euphemism

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word or phrase that makes something sound better than it actually is

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formalism

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a school of literary criticism that looks at texts at face value, without biographical, historical, or contextual considerations; notion that a text can have inherent meaning

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genre

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refers to a kind or type of literature; three major genres are poetry, drama, and novel / prose which can be subdivided

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graphology

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visual aspect of a text, including layout, font, and image

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imagery

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stylistic device which uses language to appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch; sometimes used to compare an abstract idea to a concrete experience

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intertextuality

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the ways in which a text resonates or refers to another text; ex: to be ___ or not to be ___ references Shakespeare

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irony

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literary or stylistic device in which one states something that is in discordance with what is expected; when someone says one thing but means something else; understanding of irony depends on understanding of context

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logos

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logic; appeal to the reader or listener’s sense of logic

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metaphor

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comparison of two concepts through language; often done by using the verb “to be”

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metonymy

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act of referring to a concept not by its name, but by something intimately associated with it

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pathos

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emotion; when speakers appeal to one’s sense of emotion

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personification

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a stylistic device where inanimate objects are given human qualities; a form of analogy

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setting

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more than where it takes place, geographically and when it takes place, temporarily; often looked at in relation to its main characters; creates a set of expectations for the reader and environment for its characters

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simile

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comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”

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synecdoche

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stylistic device; act of referring to an entity by one of its parts

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textuality

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characteristics that define a text; inherent structures that define a text