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| The percieved personality or image of a person. |
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| Effective use of language, especially in pursuasive speech or writing, that exaggerates or bombasts. |
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| Detailed writing used to explain. Can be dialogue, description, etc. that explains background information. |
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| The final outcome of a rather lengthy and complex piece of work. |
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| The subject or focus of an essay, speech, argument, etc. |
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| The beliefs, doctorines, etc. that are followed by individuals or groups of people. |
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| A statement or declaration, often made without any supporting information. |
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| A self-contradictory statement or proposition. |
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| An indirect, figurative or symbolic reference. |
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| A terse account of a particularly humorous incident. |
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| Obvious or commonplace remark |
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| Used mostly in compare/contrast writing. The act of placing opposing things or views next to eachother. |
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| Contrast used in balancing sentences or ideas. |
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| When a word that means th ewhole is used to describe the part. Visa-versa |
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| Closely related words and phrases are used to describe eachother. |
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| Serving the reader's attention by using a character's name within a dialogue. |
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| Parallelism or Parallel structure |
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| Agreement of direction, tendency, or character. |
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| Exaggeration in an essay or literary work that is obviously not to be taken seriously. |
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| A short, but true, saying that generally is based off of truth. |
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| Arrogant and opinionated with unfounded positivity. |
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| Obsolete, overly bragging |
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| The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its differnet meanings or applications. A play on words. |
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| The subject, discussion, etc. of an essay or paper. |
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| Rediculous miss-use of words. |
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| What is said is opposite of what is meant. |
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| A difference between what was expected to happen and what happened. |
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| Harsh or bitter language. Usually sharp, ironic, and short. |
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| Using irony and sarcasm to expose and denounce. |
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| The use of a word to describe or replace a group of words. |
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| Any substance that inhibits growth??? |
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| The ommission of conjunctions and cross-references. |
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| The use of several conjunctions in a row. |
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