FINAL Rhetorical Vocab studying

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Aphorism

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a concise statement of a principle. ex - “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

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Apostrophe

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A speech/address towards a person that’s not actually there // a personified object. Ex: the skull in Hamlet.

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Assonance

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similar vowel sounds (ex: stony and holy)

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Asyndeton

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Conjunctions are omitted/left out. (“You go, you stay, you leave”)

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Blank Verse

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Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines . usually in iambic pentameter

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Cacophony

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Harsh or discordant sounds in words.

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Caesura

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A break/pause in a line/ verse. (Think - the little dash lines //)

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Caricature

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Exaggeration/distortion of characteristics to represent a character.

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Colloquialism

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“ain’t” or “gonna” - words only used in certain appropriate circumstances

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Concrete Language

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tangible/perceivable. fact, not abstract

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Connotation

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different association rather than its literal meaning. (“thrifty” vs. “stingy”)

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Consonance

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“to lead away from”. big to small

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Denotation

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literal dictionary def

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Diction

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choice of words

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Dissonance

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disruption of harmonic sounds or rhythms. lack of harmony. more about organization. Things don’t match up and it’s jarring.

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Dramatic Irony

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the reader knows something that the character doesn’t.

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End-stopped

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The definite end of a text/poem. (Think - periods rather than commas. cut off)

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Epigraph

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A quotation at the beginning of a work that suggests its theme

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Enjambed

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The continuation of a sentence in poetry from one line to the next

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Epistrophe

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The repetition of phrases our clauses in a set of clauses, sentences, or poetic lines. “For the people, from the people, by the people”

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Epithet

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Adjective/phrase used to characterize someone / describe a characteristic. Ex: Ivan the Terrible

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Euphony

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pleasing and harmonious sound patterns

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Exposition

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background info on the characters/setting, usually at the beginning of the story

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Extended Metaphor

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metaphor that goes on for a whiiiile

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Figurative Language

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you know this one

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Foreshadowing

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hints at what is to come in the story

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Frame narrative

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a story is situated inside of another story

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Free Verse

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poetry that doesn't follow any strict meter or rhyme scheme

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Genre

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a distinctive type/category of literary composition

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Heroic Couplet

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a pair of rhyming lines in a heroic poem OR that show themes of heroism.

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Hubris

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arrogance and excessive pride `

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Humanism

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human values are of the most importance

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration to create effect

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Euphemism

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The replacement of one word that might be too inappropriate for a situation with a word that is appropriate Ex: "passed away" instead of "died"

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Induction

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A conclusion that's reached after the analysis of facts

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Inference

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reaching a conclusion from known facts

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Interior Monologue

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the inner thoughts of the characters

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Invective

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abusive, reproachful, venomous language intended to offend or blame or hurt

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Inversion

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the syntactic reversal of the normal order of words and phrases in a sentence

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Irony

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when a person says or does something that departs from what one expects them to say or do

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Jargon

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a type of specialized language used within a unique field

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Lampoon

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speech or text that is satire meant to criticize (ex - political cartoons)

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Logical Fallacy

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flawed, deceptive, or false arguments that can be proben wrong with reasoning

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Lyric

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a type of poem construction. usually has verses and is flowing and meaningful/filled with feeling

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Metaphor

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a comparison using “is”

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Meter

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the rhythmic pattern of poetry

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Metonymy

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translates to “change of name” ;; something is referred to by something that is closely related to it. i.e. referring to a plate of food as just a “plate” or “lend me your ears” or “give me a hand”

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Mock Epic

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a form of satire - takes the epicness of a heroic style of the classical epic poem and makes it about something trivial.

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Mode

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a way of categorizing literature by the way it is done; (ex - descriptive, persuasive, etc)

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Moral

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a lesson that is conveyed through the text

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Motif

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a symbolic idea or image that appears frequently in the text

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Narration

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the way that a story is told

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Non-Sequitur

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a conclusion or reply that doesn’t fit with the previous statement/question , usually for comedy. (ex - “what’s the weather out today?” “2:00”)

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Objectivity

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being concerned with facts rather than feelings or biases.

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Onomatopoeia

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formation of a word that sounds like the thing

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Oxymoron

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contradictory terms appear together (ex: bittersweet)

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Parable

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a short fictional story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle

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Paradox

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a statement that contradicts itself but contains a kernel of truth. ex- “I am not lying” - but how can you trust what they say?

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Parallelism

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when a sentence is constructed in a parallel fashion. (ex: I like dogs and I like cats (not I like dogs and also cats)

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Parody

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a humorous imitation (ex- puffs!)

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Pedantic

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(often about a person) usually overly attentive to small details/ very overly detailed

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Personification

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applying qualities of personhood to an inanimate object

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Point of View

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the perspective from which a story is told

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First-person narrator

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narration told from the perspective of the main character

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Stream of consciousness

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captures the rawness of the inner thought process

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Omniscient

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the story is told from a perspective that is outside of the story, but they still know the insides of the characters’ heads

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Limited omniscient

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third person narration through the eyes of the main character

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Rhetoric

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language designed to motivate, persuade, or inform - basically, to have an impact on the reader.

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Petrarchan Conceit

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a hyperbolic comparison - usually made by poets. She’s like a tomb, she’s like an ocean, she’s like the sun

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Polysyndeton

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more conjunctions than needed for emphasis (neither rain nor snow nor shine)

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Protagonist

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their fate matters most - the main character and the one fighting for good

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Reductio ad absurdum

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a mode of argumentation that seeks to establish a contention by deriving an absurdity from its denial (an anti-Equal Rights advocate claiming that anyone in favor of an Equal Right Amendment must be in favor of killing babies)

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Regionalism

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works that describe/represent a certain region or culture (m..midwest emo....)

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Zeugma

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One word to link two thoughts - “She broke his car and his heart”

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Satire

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ridicules various aspects of pop culture (usually politics) in order to influence change

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Rhetorical Question

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A question asked for an effect, not for an answer

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Simile

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A comparison using “like” or “as”

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Sonnet

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a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization. The name is taken from the Italian sonetto, which means “a little sound or song.”

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Strawman

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purposefully misinterprets someone’s argument to make it easier to dismiss. Ex: “I think that we should eat less beef” “YOU THINK WE SHOULD ALLLL BE VEGANS??”

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Subjectivity

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how something is subjective - shaped by personal opinions and feelings

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Syllogism

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deductive reasoning from a major to minor premise EX: penguins are black and white, and old TV shows were black and white, so therefore all penguins are old TV. EX: All men are mortal. Thom Yorke is a man. Therefore, all men are mortal

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Symbolism

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the use of an object or an action to represent something else

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Synecdoche

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using a part of something to represent the whole. EX: he’s been behind bars for years

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Syntactic Fluency

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The ability to create a variety of sentence structures - both complex and simple to add variation to writing

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Syntactic Permutation

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sentence structures that are extremely complex and involved.

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Syntax

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word structure

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Theme

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universal idea/message of a work

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Thesis

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the main/controlling idea of a work

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Tone

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the writer’s attitude toward the subject

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Travesty

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the treatment of a noble or dignified subject in an inappropriate manner

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Understatement

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describing something as having much less than it does for effect

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Voice

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the rhetorical mixture of vocabulary, tone, point of view, and syntax that makes phrases, sentences, and paragraphs flow in a particular manne

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Voice

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the rhetorical mixture of vocabulary, tone, point of view, and syntax that makes phrases, sentences, and paragraphs flow in a particular manner

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Verismilitude

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the appearance of being true, or a likeness to the truth