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Devices use In literature
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English
11th Grade
03/13/2014

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Counter argument
Definition
An argument that goes against the main/and or another argument
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WARRANT
Definition

sentence that connects the evidence back to the argument; 

justification of evidence

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Anecdote
Definition
A brief narrative
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Ethos
Definition
Appeal to the authors credibility. The author establishes credibility with the audience
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Pathos
Definition
Appeal to the audience emotions/and or belief
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Logos
Definition
Using logic and reason to help support author's purpose
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Colloquialism
Definition
informal diction not usually accepted in formal writing; slang
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Imagery
Definition
description that appeals to the audience's senses
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Analogy
Definition
Comparison Of two unlike things
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Paradox
Definition
A contradiction that contains some truth
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Metaphor/extended metaphor
Definition
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
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All the rhetorical patterns
Definition
Used in literary work to support authors purpose
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Adage
Definition
A general truth; a proverb/short sentence expressing general truth
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Apposition
Definition
Two clauses, where the latter explains the former one
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of a letter or consonant sound
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to something else such as historical events and figures
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Anaphora
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Repetition of a word or words in the beginning of a clause(s)
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Understatement
Definition
making something see. Less important than it actually is
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Asyndeton
Definition
The omitting of a conjunction in a sentence between phrases
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rhetorical question
Definition
A question not ment to be answered. Used to make a point
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Figurative language
Definition
Words/and or phrases used beyond their literal Meaning
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Metonymy
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Word or phrase That symbolizes something else
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Synecdoche
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A figure of speech in which a part is used to refer as a whole
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Prophecy
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The prediction of the future/future events
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Epistrophe
Definition
The repitition of a word or phrase at the end of a clause,
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Polysyndeton
Definition
The injection of numerous conjunction between phrases
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Irony
Definition
Irony
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