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Essay Terms
Masters Humanities 10
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English
10th Grade
10/01/2012

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Agreement
Definition
Correspondence in gender, number, pronoun; correspondence within a sentence, paragraph and/or piece of writing.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the same initial sound in two or more words close together.
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Concrete
Definition
Factual and specific, relying more on particular examples than theory.
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Explicit
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Obvious; in terms of an essay, the thesis or main idea is fully or clearly expressed or demonstrated.
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Hyperbole
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Gross exaggeration to create emphasis or effect.
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Image
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A mental picture triggered by words that appeal to one or more of our five senses, or to emotions.
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Implicit
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Implied; in terms of an essay, the thesis or main idea is not stated.
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Irony
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A statement that seems literally to be mean one thing in fact means another; the contrast between what is expected to happen and what does happen.
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Metaphor
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A comparison of two unlike things where one becomes the other.
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Paradox
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A statement that seems illogical but that in some unexpected way may be true.
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Parallel Structure
Definition
words, phrases and/or arguments constructed and/or presented in the same pattern.
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Personification
Definition
Giving human qualities to non-human objects; giving animate qualities to inanimate objects.
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Simile
Definition
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
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Thesis Statement
Definition
The sentence or sentences which first state the main point and restrict the focus of an essay.
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Tone
Definition
The attitude of the writer towards the subject and reader.
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Transition
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A word, phrase, sentence or paragraph that move the reader from one idea, example, or part of the essay to the next.
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