Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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When reader/audience knows something the characters does not

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Dramatic Irony

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2
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language with contrast between apparent and real meaning, softer form of sarcasm

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Irony

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2
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logical adherence to a topic that binds all parts of a composition, clear sentences, being logical and consistent

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Coherence

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3
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Speed at which a piece of writing moves along

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Pacing

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3
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The way a writer writes

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Style

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4
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Rhetoric modes

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Variety, conventions and purposes of major kinds of writing

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5
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Art of using persuasive language, analyzing choices in writing

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Rhetoric

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6
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words state the opposite of writer/speakers meaning

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Verbal irony

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7
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contradictory terms used together for effect

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Oxymoron

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8
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events in order as they happen

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Narration

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9
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events turn out the opposite of what was expected

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situational Irony

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10
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writing that explains, conveys information, or gives background, it tells

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Exposition

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11
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Mocking, imitation of something, meant to be funny

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Parody

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12
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writers attempt to convince his reader to agree with him

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Argumentation

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13
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perspective

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Point of view

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14
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third person where author knows everything

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Omniscent

15
Q

third person where author only knows certain things

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limited

16
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facts, words, or emphasis to achieve a preconceived intent, arrange words in a way so that the reader has the same emotion as you

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slanting

17
Q

Statement that seems self contradictory but contains truth, at first does not seem to make sense but it actually does

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paradox

18
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words or expression used in a nonliteral way

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figurative language