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| Any combo. of subject and verb which makes a complete. |
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| Colloquial/ Local Color/ Regionalism |
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| Informal conversion in writing that is indicative of a particular geographic region to create an informal tone. |
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| A work of literature, esp. a play, that has a happy ending. |
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| A type of metaphor that is strikingly odd and thoughtful, Ex: Love compared to a motorcycle. |
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| Details used in a persuasive paper which attempts to convince the reader: proof or evidence. |
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| Protagonist/antagonist clash, any time thses two come into the same arena there is some form of conflict. |
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| The interpretive meaning of a word or phrase as opposed to its literal meaning, the associations that occur to people when they hear or read a word |
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| Repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables. |
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| An image or metaphor which runs throughout the work. |
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| Cumalative / Loose Sentence |
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| Begins with the independent clause and then finishes with a flurry of modifying constructions. |
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| Moving from a general rule to a specific example. EX: Students are bad drivers. Aaron drives recklessly. Aaron hits small animals daily. |
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| The dictionary meaning of word. |
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| A sentence which needs to be joined with another sentence in order to make sense. |
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| Details in an essay which use sensory description (The 5 senses) therefore you analyze these descriptions by each sense. |
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| Specifically described items placed in a work for effect and meaning. |
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| Recreation of a regional spoken language, and/or the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group. |
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| Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach. |
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| Insertion of material not closely related to the work or subject. |
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| The author directly states a character's traits. |
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| Literally "doubl gore." A mysterious twin or double fighting against your good work. |
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| A story written to be performed by actors. |
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| "Bad Place." An imaginary world which was constructed to be perfect yet failed. |
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| Indicated by a series of three periods, the ellipsis indicates that some material has been omitted from a given text. |
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| A sudden understanding or realization which prior to this was not a thought or understood. |
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| A short, nonfiction work about a particular subject. |
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| Appealing to the audience's sense of ethnics. |
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