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Assertive tone

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Spoken strongly and with authority

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Analysis

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Careful examination of the parts and structure of a text

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Inference

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Educated guess based off of evidence

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Details

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Specific or particular things and facts

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Theme

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The main topic of writing or a speech

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Central idea

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short overview summary of an entire piece of writing

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Development

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The evolution of something as its developed or being developed

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Refined

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Improved to make perfect

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Emerges

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Something becomes important

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Bias

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In favor or against one thing more than another

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Objective summary

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Summary without opinions or judgements

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Complex character

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Character that develops with different traits

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Plot

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How the main events develop in a story; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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Characterization

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The making of a fictional character

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Conflict

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The problems in a story that lead to later events

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Connotation

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The emotions a word gives off

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Figurative language

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Literary tool that uses words or phrases to create different effects

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Simile

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Phrase that uses like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparison of two things without using like or as

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Personification

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Describing non-living things with human like characteristics

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Hyperbole

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Where statements are exaggerated and are not meant literally

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Tone

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writers feelings toward a subject

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Formal vs. informal tone

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Formal is straightforward and detailed; informal is how one would speak to a friend

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Context

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Background to a story and when or why it was written

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Text structure

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The way a writer sets up information in a text; point-by-point, block format, compare and contrast, problem and solution

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Suspense/mystery/tension

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Each build the story and keep the readers excited

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Parallel plot

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Text where the writer includes two or more stories that are similar

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Flashback

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Go back in time that’s earlier than the story

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Foreshadowing

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A hint toward an upcoming event

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Allusion

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Indirect mention to something else

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Rhetoric

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way of persuasive speaking or writing using figurative language

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Paradox

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A seemingly self-contradictory statement that when investigated can be proved true

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Understatement

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Making something sound not as bad or important

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Logical fallacy

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seemingly true argument but actually is flawed

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Emotional appeals

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Used in attempts to sway or change audiences emotions or opinions

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Claim

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a demanding statement usually without proof

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Counter claim

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claim used to rebut a previous one

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Point of view

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The position in which a story is told

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Transitions

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Words and phrases that connect ideas to each other

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Thesis statement

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Sentence or claim that tells what the whole story/ essay will be about

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Formal writing style

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Has complex sentence structures, professional language

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Objective tone

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not personal, provides information and facts but no opinions or details about the writer

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Alliteration

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The same letter or sound at the beginning of closely placed words

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Assonance

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Repetition of sounds near each other

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Convey

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Communicate things and there meanings

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Authors purpose

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Authors reasoning for writing something

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Informative essay

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claim, evidence, explanation, introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion

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Narrative essay

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Character, plot, setting

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Argumentative/persuasive essay

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Claim, counter claim, rebuttal, evidence

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