an article in a newspaper or other periodical presenting the opinion of the publisher, editor, or editors

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a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead[image]

Emotional Appeal

logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient's emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument

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noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style:

Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.

a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.  [image]

a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation andinsight.[image]

any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. [image]

the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, orblunt.

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agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words:

the majestic euphony of Milton's poetry.

a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about

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a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products       an exposition of 19th-century paintings; an automobile exposition.

Expository Essay

An expository essay is an essay which explains something via facts, rather than opinions.

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a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especiallya poem: 

Robert Frost uses two roads as an extended metaphor in “The Road Not Taken.”

External Conflict

struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or anothercharacter, which drives the dramatic action of the plot:

 external conflict between Macbeth and Macduff.

a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters;apologue: 

the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.

the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has beenresolved.  [image]

When you are telling a story or writing an article if you write it from your own point of view using words like 'I' and 'us', this is first person.

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a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking placebefore the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. [image]

to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: 

Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.

external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration:

 atriangular form.

used for the discussion of ideas. Its purpose is generally to inform or persuade.

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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. [image]