Terms

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Evaluate

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Examine and judging carefully. To judge or determine the significance, worth, quality of something; to assess

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Ananlsis

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the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another

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Explicit

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clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text

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Connotation

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the range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to it dictionary meaning

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inference

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a judgement based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based of facts

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Irony

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incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result

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Tone

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the attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject, or the work itself

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Juxtaposition

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placing one thing adjacent to another, especially for comparison and contrast

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Rhetoric

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The art and study of effective writing and speech

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Diction

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Specific word choices an author makes to persuade or to convey tone

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Clause

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A group of words containing at least one paired subject and predicate

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Claims

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any statements of belief that can be contested; argument

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Ethos

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mode of persuasion requiring speakers to establish their credibility, skill, or morality on a given subject to an intended audience

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Pathos

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mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the various emotions of the audience, including fear, inspiration, intimidation, idealism, anger, nostalgia, despair, optimism, etc.

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Logos

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mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the audiences ability to distinguish, through discourse, the difference between what is reasonable or unreasonable

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Evidence

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proof coming from sources, fieldwork, and research that validates any logical support of an argument

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Comma Splice

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a type of run on sentence in which the writer has erroneously placed only a comma between two independent clauses, resulting in a failure to link the two according to grammatical convention

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Reasons

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Statements of logic that offer support for an arguement

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claim of value

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a statement made to show that something is moral or immoral

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Fallacy

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Rationales for claims that might seem reasonable but are actually unsound - and usually false

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Claim of Policy

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A statement made to endorse specific courses of action

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Claim of Fact

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A statement made to verify the authenticity of something

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Purpose of Satire

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author will use satire to criticize or ridicule some aspect of human behavior, this is often used to promote change

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Purpose of Symbolism

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• symbolism plays an important role in creating a certain mood, feeling, or emotion within a work
• authors use symbolism to explain an idea or concept to their readers in a poetic manner without saying it outright. It helps to reveal theme.

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Purpose of Simile/ Metaphor

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• authors use similes ad metaphors to help readers get a better understanding that visualization of the concepts being described by naming a comparison

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Purpose of Imagery

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It allows readers to visualize what is happening and it engages their senses to deepen the reader’s comprehension of the setting in the scene

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Purpose of Foreshadowing

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• helps to give an indication or hint of what to come later in the story
• useful for creating suspense, creativity, or a feeling of unease

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Purpose of Dialect

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• dialect helps writers bring their characters alive through expression and how they speak or what they say and why they say it
• establishes setting

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Purpose of Personification

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• helps readers visualize the setting and drawls them into the story

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Purpose of Flashback

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Parallelism

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The similarity of structure in pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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Ambiguity

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The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage

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Concession

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An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent point