Glossary Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

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the repetition of one or more initial consonant sounds

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Allusion

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a reference to a person, place, event made to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea

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Analogy

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a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things

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Anecdote

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a brief narrative/story often used to illustrate an idea or make a point

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Antecedent

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a word to which a pronoun refers. EX: Jim went to the store. He bought Milk. Jim is the antecedent of he.

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Antithesis

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a contrast of ideas brought out by the clever arrangements of words. Ex. They promised freedom, but they delivered slavery.

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Clause

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a structural element of a sentence consisting of a grammatical subject and a predicate. An Independence clause is technically a complete sentence. A Subordinate clause cannot stand on it’s own. Another way to name these clauses is Independent and dependent.

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Diction

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is a choice of words

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Voice, Active or Passive

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Active Voice uses subject, verb, object. Passive voice has a missing or buried subject.

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Objective

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Dealing with fact, data and logic

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Periodic Sentence

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a sentence where the main idea is at the end of the sentence. The main idea comes near the period.

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech that compares unlike objects. EX, My life is a long winding road-to nowhere

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Metonymy

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a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. EX, The white house said today…

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Subjective

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dealing with emotions, feelings, personal opinions and impressions

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onomatopoeia

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words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Such as BOOM or ZIP or BUZZ.

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Paradox

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a statement that seems self-contradictory, but is nevertheless true. Such as, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Parallel Structure

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the way to apply the action of a subject onto more than one object EX, John went to the store, and he bought eggs, bread, and milk

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Litotes

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a statement in which a negative is used to point to a positive. EX, Our destination is not far from here.

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Rhetoric

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the study of language and how language communicates meaning

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Style

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the manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences, and creates structure to convey ideas.

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Simile

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a metaphor using like or as. EX, She sings like a canary

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Tone

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the author’s attitude toward the subject being written about-the spirit of quality that is the work’s emotional essence

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Denotation

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is the literal or dictionary definition of a word

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Connotation

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the associated or implied meaning of the world. EX, cool often has a different connotation that its strict denotation

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Synecdoche

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When a part is used to represent the whole. EX All hands on deck or I roll with mad heads

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Irony

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When the actual situation is the opposite of what is expected. Irony can be tonal or situational.