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| the means of persuasion by demonstration of the truth, real or apparent |
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| using language effectively to please or persuade |
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| persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narrator |
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| persuasion by means of emotion |
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| A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words |
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| A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem |
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| a comparison using like or as |
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| a comparison with out like or as |
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| expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning; the words say one thing but mean another |
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| exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect |
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| the use of a part for the whole |
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| substitution of one word for another which it suggests |
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| apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another |
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| an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it |
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| words that suggest sound in meaning |
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| a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present |
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| substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant |
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| arrangement of ideas, word etc for a stylistic effect |
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| Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |
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| two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a) |
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| arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of ascending power |
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| opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction |
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| the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
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| the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases |
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| an argument which links the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise |
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| igurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal |
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| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
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| figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication |
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| an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |
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| an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others |
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| a word, phrase, or clause to which a following pronoun refers if..then |
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| A brief statement containing an important truth or fundamental principle |
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| a particular environment or surrounding influence |
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| a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
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| a group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate |
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| a common spoken expression, often regional |
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| an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things |
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| the emotional implications and associations that words may carry |
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| the literal meaning of a word; there are no emotions, values, or images associated with denotative meaning |
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| the choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language in a literary work |
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| use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions |
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| an expression that uses language in a non literal way |
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| Those recognisable and repeated elements in a film or other media text, which help to identify the genre |
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| style of type of literary work |
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| a commentary that follows a reading of scripture |
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| used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience |
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| the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence |
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| abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will |
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| a situation turns out differently than expected. For instance, a deep sea diver drowns in her bathtub |
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| when a character means to say one thing but it's heard by others as something different. |
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| irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
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| placed side by side often for comparison |
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| a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
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| temper: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling |
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| a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
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| a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way |
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| An excessive attention to detail or rules |
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| a periodic sentence is a sentence that is not grammatically complete until the final clause or phrase |
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| giving human characteristics ton an inanimate object |
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| A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject |
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| ordinary writing as distinguished from verse |
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| sarcasm: witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
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| the mode of expression in language |
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| a clause that cannot stand alone as a full sentence and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence |
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| a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion |
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| the main thought expressed by a work |
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| A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite |
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| rhetorical understatement |
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| the natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. |
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