language and writing

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Comparing an object or action to something else which is not literally applicable.

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Metaphor

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Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as.”

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Simile

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exaggeration in a statement or claim in order to make a point.

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Hyperbole

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Giving human characteristics to objects or animals

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Personification

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Repeating the first letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected word

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Alliteration

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a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

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Synecdoche

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A set of rules that govern the construction of words in order to make phrases, clauses, and sentences

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Syntax

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The study of word or symbol meaning

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Semantics

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A particular form of a language that is associated with a specific group of people or region.

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Dialect

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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

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Vernacular

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is a linguistic behavior in which individuals change how they speak according to their audience.

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Code-switching

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I, we, me, myself, us, our

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First person POV

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You, your, yourself

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Second person POV

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he, she, it, they, them, theirs, her
Nonfiction

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Third person POV

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he, she, it, they, them, theirs, hers
Fiction
Narrator is outside story
Narrator has limited access to minds and motivations of other characters
Mostly follows actions and thoughts of main character

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Third person limited POV

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he, she, it, they, them, theirs, hers
Fiction
Narrator is outside story
Narrator is all-knowing and understands motivations and actions of all characters

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Third person omniscient POV

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contrast between what a character sees or says and what the reader understands to be true

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Dramatic irony

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discrepancy between what happens and what the reader expects to happen.

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Situational irony

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A lawyer pressing a witness into admitting something that will help their case. Your parents asking you questions about the weekend they were gone, knowing you held a party.

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Socratic irony

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Mexican-American English, is a dialect of American English spoken primarily by Mexican Americans

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Chicano language

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The core meaning of the word
(stand-alone word)

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Roots

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Attached to the back of a word
-ing -ed -ful

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Suffixes

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Attached to the front of a word
Un- re- dis-

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Affixes

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a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic
original documents e.g. birth certificates, trial transcripts

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Primary sources

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one that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about

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Secondary sources

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.gov = credible
.net .com .org = not credible

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Credibility of sources

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is a term used to describe the purpose of communication

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Modes of writing

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to prove the author’s point through reasoning and evidence

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Argumentative

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is to convince the reader that the author’s opinion is correct

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Persuasive

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to explain or inform about a topic

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Expository

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to tell a story about an event

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Narrative

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to vividly describe the topic in a way that enables the reader to picture it

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Descriptive

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writing with the purpose to inform

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Informative

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are strategies a reader can use to evaluate a text for meaning.

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Literary analysis theory

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explores gender equality and uses the idea that women should be equal in society to men to critique a text

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Feminist theory

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• focusing on how the READER creates meaning from a text, not the author

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Reader response

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the proactive solution for delivering the skills and strategies to positively influence the news media in the event of a crisis

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Media response

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a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

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Inference

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the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.

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Critical thinking

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a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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Analogies

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the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of works of literature

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Literary criticism

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Use this to check your spelling as you complete a document using your computer’s word processor.

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Spell checker

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Use when you need to locate a more suitable synonym for a word that you want to use

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Thesaurus

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Use when you need to define a word, determine its origin, or know the part of speech

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Dictionary

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Use when you want to write in a uniform style, create citations for a research paper, or write for a specialized discipline (such as medicine or law).

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Style manual

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a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.

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Encyclopedia

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a book published every year that contains information about the movements of the planets, the changes of the moon and the tides, and the dates of important anniversarie

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Almanac

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supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature

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Appendix