5 Basic Types Of Writing

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Persuasive writing

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Convince the readers

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Persuasive writing

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To be with your viewpoint

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Expository

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Show or reveal information

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Expository

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Articles on "how to" or "steps on"

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Technical

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Everything is based from facts and truthful information

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Technical

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Has specific audience

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Technical

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In need of feedback from the readers

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Creative

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Also known as imaginative writing

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Creative

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Fictional or imaginative

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Expressive

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Express your emotions and feeling

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Expressive

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Uses 1st person pronouns

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Technical

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CONTENT: Factual and straightforward

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Creative

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CONTENT : imaginative and symbolic

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Technical

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AUDIENCE: specific

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Creative

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AUDIENCE : general

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Technical

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PURPOSE : to inform, instruct and persuade

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Creative

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PURPOSE : entertain and captivate

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Technical

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STYLE: formal, standard and academic

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Creative

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STYLE: informal, artistic and figurative

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Technical

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TONE: objective

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Creative

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TONE: subjective

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Technical

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VOCABULARY : specialized

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Creative

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VOCABULARY : general and evocative

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Technical

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ORGANIZATION : sequential or systematic

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Creative

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ORGANIZATION : arbitrary or artistic

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Descriptive

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Using 5 senses

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Narrative

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Tells a story

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Argumentative

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Similar to persuasive, argue to the viewpoint of someone in a new way

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Descriptive

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Using sensory details

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Alliteration

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Involves using words that begin with the same sound

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Alliteration

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She sell sea shells by the sea shore

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Alliteration

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Tongue twister

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Hyperbole

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Makes things seem much bigger than they really were

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Hyperbole

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Grandiose depictions

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Hyperbole

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Im dying of shame

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerates

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Apostrophe

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Detaches the reader from the reality and addresses an imaginary character

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Apostrophe

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Writer talking to the imaginary character

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Apostrophe

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Oh stars and clouds and winds

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Litotes

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Uses double negatives to make a positive statement

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Litotes

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This ice cream is not bad

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Litotes

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(-)- =+

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Rhetorical question

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Asked just for effect; no real answer is expected

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Rhetorical question

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Okay?

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Rhetorical question

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Who knows?

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Rhetorical question

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Isn't it?

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Rhetorical question

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Don't expect answers not necessary to answer

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Irony

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Uses a word that debunks what has just been said

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Irony

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There's a free ride after you pay

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Onomatopoeia

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Uses a word that actually sounds like what it means

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Onomatopoeia

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Hiss, ding dong, fizz, whiz

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Paradox

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Completely contradicts itself in the same sentence

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Paradox

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War is peace

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Paradox

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Black is a symbol of white

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Personification

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Giving an inanimate object that qualities of a living thing

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Personification

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The sun smile down to him

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Personification

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Giving life to an object

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Pun

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Uses different sense of the word or different sounds to make up the words

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Pun

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I would like to go to Ilocos. Wooden shoe?

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Pun

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The nile (denial)

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Pun

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Non-Prophet (non-profit)

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Pun

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Usually used in comedy or comix or humor

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Synecdoche

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One thing is meant to represent the whole

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Synecdoche

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Alphabet =ABC

Numbers =123

Wheels =car

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Euphemism

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Words used to soften the message

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Euphemism

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Kill= eliminate

Died= passed away

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Euphemism

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Opposite to hyperbole

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Oxymoron

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Uses two words that contradict

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Oxymoron

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Civil war

Silent yell

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Understatement

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A subject is made to seem less important than it really is

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Understatement

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Operation but it isn't very serious its just a tiny tumor in my brain

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Understatement

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Worst is less

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Understatement

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Opposite to hyperbole

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Understatement

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Bill Gates is financially stable

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Metaphor

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Compares two unlike things and finds something about them to make them alike

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Metaphor

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My heart is as lonely hunter that hunts in a lonely hill

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Metonymy

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A synonym can be used as replacement

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Metonymy

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Crown=royalty

White house=trump

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Simile

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Two things are compared but used to make a point about each other

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Simile

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Uses like or as

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Simile

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My heart is like a lonely hunter that hunts in a lonely hill

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Diction

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Word choice

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Diction

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General character of the language used by the author

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High or formal diction

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Has elevated tone

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High or formal diction

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Elegant word choice

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High or formal diction

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Free from slang, idioms and colloquiallisms

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High or formal diction

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Used by politicians/ people in high positions, public speeches and in making a letter

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Neutral or standard diction

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Standard language with elaborate words

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Neutral or standard diction

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May use contractions

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Neutral or standard diction

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Conversational between manager and employees

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Neutral or standard diction

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Interview of officer and applicant

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Low or informal diction

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language of everyday use

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Low or informal diction

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Relaxed and conversational

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Low or informal diction

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Chikaaaa

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High or Formal diction

Neutral or Standard diction

Low or Informal diction

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3 levels of diction

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Slang

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Group of recently coined words used in formal situations

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Slang

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Photo bomber, atm, lol, hashtag

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Colloquiallisms

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Non-standard, often regional

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Colloquiallisms

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Informal or figurative language

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Colloquiallisms

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Nigga

Mah friend

Yow

Gonna

Outta

Gimme

Lemme

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Jargons

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Words or expressions of a particular profession

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Dialect

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Non-standard subgroup of language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features

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Dialect

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Annyeong-hasuyo

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Concrete

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Describe physical qualities or conditions

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Concrete

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Tables

Chairs

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Concrete

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Use of 5 sense

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Denotation

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Exact literal definition in the dictionary

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Denotation

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Without emotional association

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Abstract

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Ideas and emotions are intangible concepts

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Connotations

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Implicit meaning

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Connotations

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With emotional overtones

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Abstract

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No senses

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Constractions

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Instead of saying should have use should've

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Contractions

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Leaving out a sound or letter (words omitted by apostrophe)