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Ad Hominem

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In an argument, attack on the other person instead of their argument

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Abstract

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Refers to language that describes concepts rather concrete images

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Allegory

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A second meaning lies beneath the surface of the reading

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Anaphora

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repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

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Anecdote

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a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

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Antithesis

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Presentation of two contrasting images

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Aphorism

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A short, often witty statement of a principal or truth about life

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Apostrophe

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usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants, such as in neigh/fade

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Asyndeton

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Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words 
X, y, z
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Cacophony

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Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately, opposite of euphony

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Caricature

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Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance or a faced of personality

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Colloquialism

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A word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing, inappropriate for formal writing

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Chiasmus

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Two corresponding parts arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a

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Coherence

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QuoIty of a piece of writing in which all of the parts contribute to the development of a central idea or theme

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Concrete language

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Language that describes observable things rather ideas

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Consonance

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Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or Moore words I’m close proximity, boost/best

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Conundrum

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A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun, may also be a paradox

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Deduction

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The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example

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Denotation

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Literal meaning of a word

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Didactic

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Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach

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Discourse

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Spoken or written language- description, exposition, narration, and persuasion

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Dissonance

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Harsh or grating words that do not go together

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Dramatic irony

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When the reader is aware of a situation and the character is not

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Epigraph

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The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at
it’s theme

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Euphony

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a succession of harmonious sounds, opposite of cacophony

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Explication

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The art of interpreting of discovering the meaning of a text

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Exposition

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The immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot (explanation)

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False analogy

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When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them

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Freight train

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Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions

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Induction

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The process that moves from a series of given specifics to generalization

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Interior monologue

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Writing that records the conversation inside a characters head

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Invective

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A verbally abusive attack

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Inversion

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Reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase

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Irony

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A situation or element in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what is expected

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Logical fallacy

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A mistake in reasoning

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech that uses the name of am object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated (The crown for the King)

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Mode

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The method in which ad lie ternary work is written

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Mood

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Emotional attitude of a work

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Negative-positive

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Statements that begins by stating what is not true and then follows with what is

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Non-sequitur

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When one statement isn’t logically connected to the other

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Objectivity

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An in personal presentation of events and characters

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Oversimplification

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When a writer obscures or denies the complexion of a situation

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Oxymoron

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Wise fool, jumbo shrimp

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Pacing

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The movement of a literary piece from one point to another

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Parable

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A short take that teaches a moral

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Paradox

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A statement that seems to contradict itself but turns out to be rational

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Pedantic

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Used to describe writing that borders lecturing, scholarly and difficult

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Stream of consciousness

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Like a first person narrator who puts the reader in the characters head

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Omniscient

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Third person narrator, can see Into the characters mind

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Limited omniscient

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Third person narrator who reports thoughts of only one character

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Objective

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Third person narrator who reports only what a camera would see

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Polysyndeton

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Sentence that uses a conjunction to separate items in a series

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Protagonist

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Main character of a work

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Red herring

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When a writer raises an irrelevant question to draw attention away from the real issue

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Reductio ad absurdum

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Reduces an argument to an either or situation

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Regionalism

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A element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using its influence as a major part of the plot

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective communication

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Rhetorical modes

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Exposition, description, narration, and argumentation

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Straw man

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When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds

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Syllogism

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A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and then a conclusion is drawn from them

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Synecdoche

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Figure of speech in which ad part is meant do represent a whole, wheels to mean a car

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Syntactic Fluency

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Ability to uses a variety of sentence structures

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Syntactic Permutation

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Sentence structures that are very complex

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Syntax

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Grammatical structure of a sentence

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Tricolon

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Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses

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Unity

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Quality of a piece of writing

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Voice

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Refers to two different areas of writing, active and passive voice VS sound of a writers style

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