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Anaphora (repetition)

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the use of a short word (e.g. pronoun- “it”; verb- “do”) to refer back to a previous word

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Anecdote

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a short entertaining story about a real person or event

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Atmosphere

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a feeling or tone conveyed by something

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Bias (perspective)

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an opinion or feeling that strongly favours one side in preference yo another

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Cliché

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a phrase or idea that is used so often that it has little meaning

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Colloquial language

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informal language used in everyday situations

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connotation

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something implied or suggested in addition to the main meaning

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Descriptive detail

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the inclusion of specific details to add to the vividness of the description

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Diacope (repetition)

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repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words

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Empathising (emotion)

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to understand and share in someone else’s feelings

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Foreshadow

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to be a sign of something that is likely to happen

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Imperative

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expressing a command

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Inference

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a conclusion reached by reasoning

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Informal language

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language used in everyday speech

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Lexical field (semantic field)

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words used in a text which have an element of shared meaning

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Pejorative language

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words/phrases that express contempt or disapproval

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Personal pronouns

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the pronouns that indicate person, gender, number and case

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Polyptoton (repetition)

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repetition of words of the same root with different endings (e.g, “strength”, “strong”)

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Propaganda

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biased or misleading publicity meant to promote a political point of view

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Purpose

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something you intend to do/achieve: an intended result

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repetition

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repeating, or being repeated

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Setting

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the way or place in which something is set

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Sterotype

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an oversimplified image or view of a group of people widely held

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Theme

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the subject about which a person speaks, writes or thinks

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Tone

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a manner of expression in speaking or writing

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viewpoint

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an opinion or point of view

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complex connectives

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Connectives within a complex sentence

although, since, after, when, because

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Interjection

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sudden remark, used as an interruption

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