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Writing Vocab
November 28th 2012
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General Vocab
Undergraduate 1
11/28/2012

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Syntax
Definition
The ways words ar pulled together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences; also how it influences the way a reader perceives a piece of writing.
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megacognition
Definition
monitoring your own thoughts as you encounter ideas and facts presented to you in written form
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rhetoric
Definition
the art, practice, and study of human communication and using laanguage effectively; it is the style, ideas, structure, and purpose of a piece.
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Style
Definition
the literary elements that describes the ways that an author uses words; the habitual, repeated patterns that differentiate one writer from another
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juxtaposition
Definition
placing of two items side by side to create a certain effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose.
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Invective
Definition
use of angry and insulting language in satirical writing
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Effect
Definition
the creation of a desired or distinctive impression
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double speak
Definition
language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth
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Diction
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the level of formality exhibited by the specific words chosen; words are selected on thier efficiency in the three
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Dennotation
Definition
direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associate idea.
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Connotation
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the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes
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Colloquial
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informal speech or writing such as a local or regional saying or slang, similiar to every day speech
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antithesis
Definition
the juxtaposition of opposites, often in parallel structure
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anaphora
Definition
regular repitition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of succesive phrases or clauses
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ambiguity
Definition
use of language in which multiple meanings are possible in good writing it is frequently intentional in the form of multiple connotative meaning.
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alliteration
Definition
the repitition of initial identical sounds in succesive words
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aesthetic
Definition
responsive to or appreciative to what is pleasurable to the senses.
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mood
Definition
the feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer's attitude and point of view, created through descriptions of feelings or objects that establish a particular feeling.
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