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Word choice

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Diction

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Sentence structure

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Syntax

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3
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Error: two sentences joined without punctuation/conjunction

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Fused

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Error: two sentences joined with only a comma

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Comma splice

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5
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Using sentences of different lengths and beginnings

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Variety

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Opening sentence used to capture attention

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Hook

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7
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Short sentences that should be combined

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Choppy

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Dictionary meaning of a word

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Denotation

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Emotional meaning of the word

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Connotation

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10
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Putting your personality in your writing

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Voice

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Little story added to writing to add interest

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Anecdote

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Sentence that organized essay-your stance

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Thesis

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Words like “however, therefore, consequently”

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Conjunctive adverb

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14
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Reference to something famous

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Allusion

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Literary term: making fun of something with intention of positive change

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Satire

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Verbal: you+ verb ( to run )

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Infinitive

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Verbal:ending in “ing,Ed” – used as adjective – singing bird

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Participle

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Verbal: ending in “ing” – used as noun– swimming is fun.

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Gerund

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” and, but, for, nor, so, yet” ( type of conjunction)

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Coordinating conjunction

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“Because, if, since, until, if” (type of conjunction)

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Subordinating conjunction

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Groups of words– could be prepositional, participle, gerund, etc.

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Phrase

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Groups of words with a subject and predicate ( dependent/independent)

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Clause

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23
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Copying someone else’s words without quotes

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Plagiarism

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Noun that comes beside about her noun to rename it/- “my brother, Bubba”

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Appositive

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Sound words

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Onomatopoeia

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Overused expression

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Cliche

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“Am,is, are, was, were”

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Linking verbs

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Person of “he, she, it, they”

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Third person

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Person of “I, we, me, us”

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First person

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Person of “you”

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Second person

31
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Unnecessary repetition-“modern world today”

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Redundant

32
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Play on multiple meaning words or homophones

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Pun

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Sentence type:1 independent & 1 dependent clause

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Complex

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Sentence type:2 or more independent & 1 or more dependent clause

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Compound/complex

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Sentence type: 2 or more independent clauses

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Compound

36
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Point of view- we know what characters are thinking

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Omniscient

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Literary term-exaggeration for effect

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Hyperbole

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Effect is a noun

Affect is a verb

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No answer only example

39
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Something concrete stands for something abstract

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Symbol

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Universal symbol in all cultures/ all times

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Archetype

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How the speaker feels about his/her subject-attitude

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Tone

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Life lesson of piece of literature

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Theme

43
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Groups of words that doesn’t mean what it literally says

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Idiom

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Subject is “doer” of action- he hit the ball

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Active voice

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Subject received action- the ball was hit by him

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Passive voice

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Refers to structural similarity of parts of sentence

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Parallel structure

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Repeated symbol like apples in Out if the Dust

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Motif

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Sensory word pictures

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Imagery

49
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Error: no comma with “ and, but, or” joining independent clauses

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Comma error

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Error: pronoun doesn’t have clear antecedent

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Indefinite reference

51
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Poetry about emotions

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Lyric

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Poetry that tells a story

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Narrative

53
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Mark of punctuation that goes after greeting in business letter

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Colon

54
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Two things can follow linking verbs

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PA or PN

55
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Pronouns( who, whom, whose, which, that) begins dependent clauses

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Relative pronouns

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Noun function that follows linking verb and renames subject?

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Predicate noun

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I,we, you, he, she, they, it

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Subject pronouns

58
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Me, us, you, him, her, it, them

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Object pronouns

59
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Type of irony: you know something the characters don’t

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Dramatic irony

60
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Type of irony: something unexpected happens

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Situational

61
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Literary term less direct way of saying things-“passed away”

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Euphemism

62
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When you can count something, do you use fewer/less?

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Fewer

63
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Between/among: which is for 2? For three? More?

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Between for 2 among for 3

64
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An awareness- an aha moment of deeper understanding

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Epiphany

65
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Negative futuristic story

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Eyostopian

66
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Literary term for placing things side by side

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Juxtaposition

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Literature about the end of the world

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Apocalyptic

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Words used to connect ideas in writing

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