| Term | Definition |
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| Point of View | the relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse. |
| Prose | ordinary form of written language without metrical structure |
| Realism | attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and attention to detail. |
| Rebuttal/refutation | an argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered |
| Rhetoric | the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking |
| Rhetorical question | a question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered |
| Sarcasm | a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical |
| Satire | a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure. |
| Simile | a direct comparison of one thing to another using like or as |
| Style | the manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure |
| Symbolism | use of a person, place, thing, event, or pattern that figuratively represents something else |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole |
| Syntax | the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. |
| Theme | the central or dominant idea or focus of a work |
| Tone | the attitude the narrator takes toward a subject and theme |
| Voice | the acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story |
| Zeugma | a grammatically correct construction in which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated. |
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