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imagery |
The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. We refer to visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory imagery |
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inference/infer |
To draw reasonable conclusion from the information presented |
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invective |
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation |
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irony/ironic |
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant |
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loose sentence |
A type of sentence if which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical clauses |
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metaphor |
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things "The world is a stage" |
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metonomy |
Sustitute name, the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it |
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mood |
The second meaning is literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work |
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narrative |
The telling of a story |
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onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of the words |
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oxymoron |
A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox |
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paradox |
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity |
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parallelism |
parallel construction/structure grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences |
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parody |
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule |
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pedantic |
Adjective that describes the word, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |
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periodic sentence |
A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end |
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personification |
A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions |
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point of view |
Perspective from which a story is told |
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predicate adjectives |
An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjecive clause that follows a linking verb |
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predicate nominative |
A noun, group of nouns, or a noun clause that renames the subject |
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prose |
One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, because they are written in ordinairy language |
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repetition |
The duplication, either exact or approximate, or any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern |
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rhetoric |
The principle governing the art of writing effectively |
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rhetorical modes |
Variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing |
