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| an author's choice of words |
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| a word or group of words which appeal to one or more of the senses |
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| the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life |
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| describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both |
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| a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known |
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| informal, conversational language |
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| the implied or emotional content of a word |
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| the dictionary definition of a word |
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| informal nonstandard language, composed of coinages, idioms, and changed words |
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| the way in which words phrases, and clauses are put together to form sentences |
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| repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds |
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| omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses |
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| repetition of similar vowel sounds |
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| repetition of consonant sounds within words |
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| the arrangement of harsh, cacophonous sounds for a particular effect |
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| a literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents |
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| repetition of conjunctions for rhetorical effect |
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| a regional variety of a language |
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| the substitution of an agreeable expression for an offensive or unpleasent one |
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| a peculiar expression that would not make sense translated in another language |
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| the technical terminology of a special activity or group |
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| figure of speech in which the author groups apparently contradictory terms |
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| a sentence consisting of two or more clauses that are parallel in structure |
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| a sentence of two or more independent clauses |
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| a sentence that contains one main clause and at least one subordinating clause |
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| a sentence with two or more indep. clauses and at least one subordinating clause |
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| a sentence that makes a sentence |
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| a subject and verb phrase NOT expressing a complete thought |
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| a sentence that conveys strong emotion |
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| a sentence that makes a command |
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| a subject and verb phrase expressing a complete thought |
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| a sentence that asks a question |
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| a sentence in which the main clause comes first and subordinating clauses follow |
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| a sentence in which subordinating clauses come first and the main clause last |
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| a phrase or clause containing a subject and verb expressing a complete thought |
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| a noun or noun phrase that renames or describes another noun right beside it |
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| a reversal of position, order, or relationship, especially in a sentence |
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| repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect |
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| an English verbal form that has the function of an adjective |
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| a word of group of words forming a syntactic unit with a single grammatical function |
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| a very short tale told by a character in a literary work |
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| the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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| the opposite or contrast of ideas |
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| explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage, marked by punctuation |
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| a short saying stating a general truth |
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| designed or intended to teach |
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| an extravagant exaggeration or overstatement |
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| it represents less than is the case/understatement |
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| one who shows off his/her learning or education |
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| humorous use of a word in a way that suggests two meanings |
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| a story illustrating an idea or moral principle which provides a symbolic meaning |
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| the omission from a sentence of one or more words |
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| a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that expresses a possible truth |
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| the point from which the story is seen or told |
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| similarity between unlike things |
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| the address or an absent person or an inanimate object |
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| incongruity in a drama understood by the audience but not by the characters |
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| expressing a thing in terms normally denoting another / an "analogy" |
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| using an object or idea in place of another to suggest a likeness between them |
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| a renaming of an idea/fig. language where the part stands for the whole |
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| a literary work closely imitated for comic effect or ridicule |
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| Personification/Pathetic Fallacy |
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| giving an inanimate object humanlike qualities/giving emtotions to nature |
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| sharp ironic utterance often causing pain to the receiver of the comment |
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| a literary work exposing human vices and follies to ridicule, scron, and bring change |
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| a comparison of unlike things using "like" and "as" |
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| incongruity between the actual outcome of a situation and the expected result |
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| a system of representation/something that stands for or suggests something else |
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| use of words to espress the opposite of the literal meaning |
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