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Alliteration

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The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words as in (she sells sea shells)

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Allegory

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The device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction

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Allusion

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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art

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Ambiguity

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The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word or phrase, sentence or passage.

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Analogy

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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Can explain something unfamiliar

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Anecdote

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A short narrative dealing particulars of an interesting episode or event. Specified to an incident in the persons life

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Antithesis

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The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite

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Aphorism

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A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. Can be a memorable summation of the authors point

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person of personified abstraction such as liberty or love.

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Colloquial

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The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing

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Conceit

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A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy

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Connotation

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The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word

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Denotation

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The strict literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion

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Diction

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Related to style, diction refers to the writers word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.

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Didactic

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Literally means teaching. Works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral principles

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Euphemism

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“Good speech” are a moral agreeable or less agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

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Exposition

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The purpose is to explain something
In drama is the introductory material which creates the tone, gives the setting, and introduces the characters and conflict

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Extended metaphor

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A metaphor developed at length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work

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Genre

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The major category into which literally works fits.
It’s a flexible terms
Fiction, narrative, dramatic,

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Hyperbole

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A figure or speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

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Imagery

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The sensory details or figurative language used to describe arouse emotion or represent abstractions

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Inference

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To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

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Invective

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An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language

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Irony

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Contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

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Verbal irony

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The words literally state the opposite of the writers/speaker true meaning

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Situational irony

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Event turns out opposite if what us expected

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Dramatic irony

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Facts of events are unknown to a character but are know to a reader

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Litotes

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A figure of speech in which understatement is employed for rhetorical effects, principally via double negatives

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Metonymy

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“Changed labels” or “substitute name”

Is a figure of speech in which the babe of one object us substituted for that if another closet associated with it

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Mood

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Is the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

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Oxymoron

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“Pointed foolish” a figure a speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

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Paradox

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A statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense

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Parallelism

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Referred to parallel structure “besides one another”

Rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give similar structure

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Anaphora

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Exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences

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Parody

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Closely imitates the style or content of another with a specific aim of comedic effect and or ridicule

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Pedantic

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An adjective that describes words phrases orca general tone that us overlay scholarly

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Point of view

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In literature the perspective from which the story is told

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Prose

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One of the major divisions of genre, prose of fiction and non fiction

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Rhetoric

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“Orator” this terms describe the principle governing the art of writing effectively

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Rhetorical modes

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The flexible term describes the variety the conventions and the purpose of major kinds of writing

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Sarcasm

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“To tear flesh” involves bitter caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something

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Satire

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Is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose of writing

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Semantics

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The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development

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Style

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The consideration has two purposes

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Syllogism

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“Reckoning together” is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises

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Symbolism

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Anything that represents itself and stands fir something else. Usually a symbol is something concrete that represents something more abstract

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Synecdoche

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Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the cajole or occasionally the whole is used to represent a part

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Synesthesia

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When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another

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Syntax

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The way one chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences

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Theme

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The central idea or message of work

The idea the author wants you to take

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Tone

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Tone described the author attitude toward his material the audience or both

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Understatement

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The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something a less significant than it is

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