Visual Literacy Terms

Question 1

Group of readers or viewers for which a piece is intended

Answer 1

Audience

Question 2

An inclination or prejudice for one person, group or idea

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Bias

Question 3

Overused or unoriginal expression “We’re all different but the same”

Answer 3

Cliché

Question 4

Writing in a way that ideas go together and are easy to understand

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Coherence

Question 5

Repeating a similar grammatical pattern for emphasis

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Parallel Structure

Question 6

Using an appropriate pronoun to refer back to the original person or idea

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Pronoun Referents

Question 7

Repeating keywords, ideas or phrases

Answer 7

Repetition

Question 8

Using words or phrases to “join” sentences together

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Transitions

Question 9

Looking at the similarities between things

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Comparison

Question 10

Any piece of writing

Answer 10

Composition

Question 11

Parts of a statement that follow a specific word or passage

Answer 11

Context

Question 12

Highlighting the difference between literature

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Contrast

Question 13

A device used to draw attention to or reinforce an idea

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Emphatic Devices

Question 14

Examples of Emphatic Devices (5)

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Font, Punctuation, Repetition and Parallel Structure, Sentence Fragments and Short Sentences

Question 15

Examples of Essay Development

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Argument/Persuasion, Cause and Effect, Classification and Division, Definition, Description, Examples and Illustration, Exposition, Narration, and Process Analysis

Question 16

A daily record of events

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Journal

Question 17

Language style that is specific to a group

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Jargon

Question 18

Informal language with a broad range of people

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Colloquial

Question 19

Informal language used by people in a specific region

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Dialect

Question 20

Replacing Unpleasant terms with polite ones

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Euphemisms

Question 21

Language that is proper and would be used in writing

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Formal

Question 22

Language that is improper and would be used in relaxed settings

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Informal

Question 23

Words that are used by people that mean other things

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Slang

Question 24

To put a quote in one’s own words

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Paraphrase

Question 25

A question that is not meant to be answered

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Rhetorical

Question 26

One ness in writing, staying on topic

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Unity

Question 27

Personality of the writer

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Voice