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| The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words |
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| A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person |
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The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different
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| A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making |
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| An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses |
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| An author's choice of words |
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| Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted |
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| Refers to generally ethics, or values |
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| All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison |
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| A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis |
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| When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison |
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| The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument |
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| A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly |
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| An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning |
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| A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth |
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| An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the words |
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| A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work |
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| A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities |
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| The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis |
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| The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose |
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| The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpoe |
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| The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) |
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| A question that is asked for the sake of argument |
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| To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines |
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| A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" |
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| The way words are arranged in a sentence |
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| the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences |
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| the word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers |
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| a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth |
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| a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions |
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| informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing a word free from limitations or qualifications |
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| the implied or associative meaning of a word |
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| Re-using a word or phrase repeatedly for effect or emphasis |
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| The way sentences are grammatically constructed. |
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| the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests |
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| The implied meaning of a word; words can broadly have positive, negative, or neutral connotations |
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| An argument that is going against another that has been made |
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| A sense of style and taste |
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| an apparent contradiction of terms |
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artistic work that imitates the style of another
work for comic effect |
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deliberate use of a series of
conjunctions |
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construction in which one word (usually a
verb) modifies or governs—usually in different,
sometimes incongruent ways—two or more words in
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| A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated |
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| The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example |
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| To be able to see what will happen in the future of the story at the beginning |
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| A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |
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| A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures |
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| The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) |
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| When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves |
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| an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off |
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| a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
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| details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events |
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| when a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and the applying that principle to a specific case |
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| Conversation between two or more people |
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| having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing |
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| an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression |
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| a question that raises a hypothesis and, conjecture, or supposition |
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| an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack |
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| a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite |
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| a story or narrated account |
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| a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain |
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| the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work |
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| using one part of an object to represent the entire object |
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| the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage |
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A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar
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| Who the author is directing his or her message towards |
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| Setting up a source as credible and trustworthy. |
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| Combining sources or ideas in a coherent way in the purpose of a larger point. |
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| An author's unique sound. Similar to style. |
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| Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts |
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Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words |
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Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words |
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| The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different |
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| Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation |
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| Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun |
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| A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker |
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| A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated |
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| The emotional feeling -or mood- of a place, scene, or event |
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| Slang or common language that is informal |
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| A work that expresses sorrow |
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| An author's choice of words |
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| The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example |
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| Refers to generally ethics, or values |
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| A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea |
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