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| Correspondence in gender, number, pronoun; correspondence within a sentence, paragraph and/or piece of writing. |
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| The repetition of the same initial sound in two or more words close together. |
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| Factual and specific, relying more on particular examples than theory. |
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| Obvious; in terms of an essay, the thesis or main idea is fully or clearly expressed or demonstrated. |
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| Gross exaggeration to create emphasis or effect. |
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| A mental picture triggered by words that appeal to one or more of our five senses, or to emotions. |
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| Implied; in terms of an essay, the thesis or main idea is not stated. |
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| A statement that seems literally to be mean one thing in fact means another; the contrast between what is expected to happen and what does happen. |
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| A comparison of two unlike things where one becomes the other. |
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| A statement that seems illogical but that in some unexpected way may be true. |
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| words, phrases and/or arguments constructed and/or presented in the same pattern. |
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| Giving human qualities to non-human objects; giving animate qualities to inanimate objects. |
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| Comparing two unlike things using like or as. |
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| The sentence or sentences which first state the main point and restrict the focus of an essay. |
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| The attitude of the writer towards the subject and reader. |
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| A word, phrase, sentence or paragraph that move the reader from one idea, example, or part of the essay to the next. |
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