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8th Grade
05/16/2012

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Name Calling or Innuendo
Definition
creating a negative attitude; hinting or implying; using loaded, emotional, or slanted language
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glittering generalities or Card Stacking
Definition
telling only part of the truth; generalizing from a shred of evidence
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Bandwagon
Definition
creating a desire to join a large group satisfied with the idea; making one feel left out if not with the crowd
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Testimonials
Definition
using the declaration of a famous person or authoritative expert to give heightened credibility
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Appeal to Prestige or Snobbery/Plain Folks)
Definition
using a spokesperson who appeals to the audience; a well-known or appealing person the audience wants to emulate, a person like the audience members with whom they can identify, a person whose lifestyle appeals to the audience
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Transfer
Definition
associating positive or negative qualities of a person, object or value to another in order to make the second more acceptable or discredit it
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Simile
Definition
figure of speech that uses words like or as to make comparison
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Metaphor
Definition
figure of speech that implies comparisons
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Personification
Definition
figure of speech that implies comparisons
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Hyperbole
Definition
intentionally exaggerated figure of speech
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Inferences
Definition
making judgment or drawing conclusions based on what an author has implied
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Tone
Definition
used to express writers attitude
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Voice
Definition
shows an author's personality
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Static
Definition
character that doesn't change
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Dynamic
Definition
character that changes
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Mood
Definition
emotional atmosphere
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POV
Definition
way author reveals events
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Symbol
Definition
anything that represents something else
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Foreshadowing
Definition
giving clues to hint at coming events
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Irony
Definition
implication that the actual situation is quite different from the presented
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Flashback
Definition
return to an earlier point in time to give information
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Symbolism
Definition
use of concrete and recognizable things to represent ideas
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Haiku
Definition
17 syllable Japanese poem about nature
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Limerick
Definition
5 line humorous verse
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Ballad
Definition
songlike narrative poem
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Free verse
Definition
poetry that doesn't have any rhythm
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Couplet
Definition
pair of rhyming lines
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Quatrain
Definition
stanza containing four lines
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Rhyme
Definition
recurring final words
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Rhythm
Definition
pattern of syllables
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Meter
Definition
fixed pattern of syllables
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Repetition
Definition
accented and unaccented syllables to create rhythm
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
word whose sound suggests it meaning
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Synthesis
Definition
concrete or abstract whole form the logical relation of parts
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Critique
Definition
critical judgment
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Composing
Definition
structuring and elaborating a writer does to construct an effective message for readers
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Written expression
Definition
features the show the writer purposefully shaping and controlling language to affect readers
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Usage/mechanics
Definition
features that cause written language to be acceptable and effective for standard discourage
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Elaboration
Definition
occur by using descriptive details
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Narrative
Definition
writing to tell a story
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Persuasive
Definition
writing to influence the reader or listener to believe or do as the author or speaker suggests
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Expository
Definition
writing to explain and build a body of well-organized and understandable or speaker suggests
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Informational
Definition
writing to put forth information, frequently used in textbooks and the news media
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Initiating Event
Definition
incident that introduces the central conflict in a story
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Viewpoint
Definition
the author's bias or subjectivity toward the subject.
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