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a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.
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| refers to using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter. |
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| an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. |
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| A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb. |
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1. a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.
2.a mode of literature in which the author employs various techniques to place the complex life into a simple one. |
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| a quality that evokes pity or sadness. |
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| the writer writes about experience without having to prove the point. The author needs only to introduce the subject and theme. It is based on feeling, emotion, personal opinion, and personal experience. |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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| a piece of writing in which the writer uses words to convince the reader that the writer's opinion is correct with regard to an issue. |
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persuasive technique
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| Its main purpose is to convince a reader (or listener) to think, act, or feel a certain way. It involves appealing to reason, to emotion, and/or to a sense of ethics. |
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| the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
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A position from which something is observed or considered; a standpoint.
The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character in a piece of literature |
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pro and con argument
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| useful when writing persuasive, inquiry, or position papers. Researching varied viewpoints and opinions also reveals the discourse surrounding a topic more comprehensively. |
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| a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work |
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| information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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| the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
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a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice
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| the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. |
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| play on words: a humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning |
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a stanza of four lines, esp. one having alternate rhymes.
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