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| A particular viewpoint, or belief that someone states - it doesn't include the evidence. |
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| Utilizing the author's life and history to draw meaning from text |
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| using a funny character, situation, or line to lighten the mood or lessen the tension of a scene |
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| Applying your ideas about the meaing of someone's text in a logical and constructive way. |
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| Things in common meaning/versus differences meaning |
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| Using details that use senses to avoid generalities |
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| having the qualities of harmony and completion |
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| How believable someone is. Refers to trustworthiness and/or competence. |
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| Facts and information that can be used to form evidence. |
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| occurs when the audience knows a characters actions are wrong but the character has no clue |
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| long poem with 10 syllable lines about bigger than life subjects |
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| Credibility/Emotion/Logic Trusted messenger appeal/Emotional appeal/Logical Appeal |
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| using nice words or phrases to label unpleasant things |
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| Places heavy emphasis on style, form, or technique, seeing these as more important content. |
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| the protagonist who overcomes trials and temptation to be transformed into a better person |
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| ten syllables of paired unstressed and stressed beats |
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| using concrete details to help the reader/listener picture an idea or object in their mind |
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| to begin a story in the middle and return to the middle with flashbacks |
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| when expectations thought to be sound are dashed by the actual result of a situation |
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| using a word incorrectly on accident that leads to humorous results |
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| one person speaking for an extended period |
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| two words with opposite meaning coupled together to make a new term |
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| an unsolvable situation in which two premises seem to cancel each other out |
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| use of standard language in writing |
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| using a similar sounding word in phrase for comedic effect |
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| Reader response criticism |
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| Taking the reader's interpretation of the text and investigating it's viability |
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| Using values and ethics of an age to draw meaning from text |
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| an actor, separate from action, makes a speech that informs the audience of their thoughts and feelings |
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| When things in the text represent something else in the world |
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| Sentence that end of the first paragraph and defines the claim of a paper and reasons for the claim. |
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| a sad ending, often death, occurs because of the flaw in a mostly good character |
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| archetype that shows a hero's growth into greatness |
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| heros often have some semi prophetic nature or demigod-like status |
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| hero needs to leave home to either save home or prove himself |
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| >Supernatural helper/mentor |
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| often a older, wiser counselor who helps the hero avoid foolish mistakes |
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| a special tool or skill the hero uses to overcome trials and tests |
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| leaving the known (home) and heading out into the unknown - usually involves a test |
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| progressively harder trials that test the hero's skills and courage |
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| temptation that tells the hero to settle for an easy, unheroic life |
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| hero proves himself and is transformed from flawed to heroic |
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| >Reconciliation with father—figure |
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| hero's often have to step out of the shadow of their father figures and take their place as an equal |
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| the final reward of trials is to live a happy life with the hero's true love |
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