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| not related to the concrete properties of an object; pertaining to ideas, concepts, or qualities, as opposed to physical attributes |
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| the repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds within a formal grouping, such as a poetic line or stanza, or in close proximity in prose |
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| a style of writing in which the subject is broken into its writing components and the components are subjected to detailed scrutiny |
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| a brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature |
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| character or force in a literary work that opposes the main character, or protagonist |
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| one of the four modes of discouse (description, exposition, narration, argumentation), convinces the reader of the truth or falseness of an idea |
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| the person(s) reached by a piece of writing |
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| an assertion of something as fact; to demand as a right or as due |
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| bringing to an end or conclusion |
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| an orderly relationship among the parts in an essay or other literary work, when the connections among clauses, sentences, and paragraphs are clearly and logically connected to the main subject |
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| sentences, paragraphs, etc., of an essay that bring the work to a logical and satisfying end |
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| language that presents images that are accessible to the senses: solid, visible, tangible, audible |
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| what is implied by a word |
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| a direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency |
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| an accepted manner, model, or tradition |
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| the dictionary definition of a word; the direct and specific meaning |
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| mode of discourse (argumentation, exposition, narration, description) aimed at bringing something to life by telling how it looks, sounds, tastes, smells, feels, or acts |
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| an author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect |
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| makes the most important ideas, characters, themes, or other elements stand out. ways to do so: proportion, repetition, focus, mechanical devices |
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| a nonfiction composition on a central theme or subject, usually brief. modes include: descriptive, narrative, analytic, argumentative |
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| information about the origin and history of words |
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| supporting information that explains or proves a point |
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| mode of discourse that exposes information through explaining, defining, or interpreting its subject |
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| language that implies or indicates some other, usually greater meaning |
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| retrospection, where an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of a narrative |
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| to hint at or present things to come in a story or play |
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| the ends of a continuum that designates the relative degree of broadness or narrowness of a word, phrase, or idea |
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| sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions |
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| the beginning of a written work that is likely to present the author's subject, focus, attitude towards it, and his plan |
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| a situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant |
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| language, formal, informal, and colloquial |
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| lofty, dignified, or impersonal vs. similar to everyday speech |
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| the strict meaning of a word or words |
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| the feeling or ambiance resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator's attitude/point of view |
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| one of the four modes of discourse (argumentation, description, exposition, narration) that recounts an even or series of interrelated events |
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| a form of writing that tells a story |
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| use of techniques such as flashbacks, digression to tell a story |
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| the writer's presentation of information in a personally detached, unemotional way |
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| a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes |
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| the first part or beginning of a piece of writing |
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| the view that the reader gets of the action and characters in a story |
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| the cause and effect relationship between events in a story |
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| the ordinary form of written language without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse |
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| the chief character in a work of literature |
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| identifies the author's reasons for writing |
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| the time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play |
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| a direct comparison of one thing to another using the words like or as |
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| an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes to tell a story or prove a point |
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| a condensation of main ideas from a given work that is usually much shorter than the original |
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| the central or dominant idea or concern of a work |
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| focus statement of an essay |
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| the acknowledged or unacknowledged source or words of the story |
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