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33 Cards in this Set
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Bon jour
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French term meaning hello or good morning.
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Déjà vu
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A French term meaning that you have a feeling where it seems that the situation has been lived before.
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Descriptive Writing
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writing that describes a person, place, or event using vivid details so that the topic can be clearly seen in the reader's mind.
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Du jour
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French term meaning prepared for a given day
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Employ
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To engage the services of
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Expository Writing
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Writing in which the primary purpose is to provide information such as an explanation or directions.
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Faux pas
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French term meaning a violation of an accepted social rule.
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Genre
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A type or class of literary work.
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Hasta la vista
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Spanish term meaning see you later.
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
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Imagery
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A set of mental pictures or images. The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects actions, or ideas.
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Inference
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The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
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Mnemonic Devices
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A mind, memory and/or learning aid.
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Multiple Meanings
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A word that has more that one meaning.
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Narrative Writing
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Writing in which the primary purpose is to describe an experience, event, or sequence of events in the form of a story.
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Personification
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The act of giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
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Rhyme
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The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
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Rhythm
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A form or pattern of words or music in which accents or beats come at certain fixed intervals.
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Persuasive Writing
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The primary purpose is to give an opinion and influence the reader's way of thinking with supporting evidence.
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Point of view
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The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told.
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Propaganda Devices
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Communication of information for the purpose of winning people over. Examples: testimonials, transfer, bandwagon, repetition, loaded words.
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Relevant
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Related to the matter at hand.
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Relevancy
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One that is related to the matter at hand.
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RSVP
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French term meaning please respond.
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Sequential Order
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An order of succession
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Sidebars
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A short news story that is printed alongside a longer article and that typically presents additional, contrasting, or late information
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Simile
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A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.
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Symbolism
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The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationship.
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Textual features
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table of contents, headings and subheadings, captions, photos and illustrations, diagrams, charts and graphs, glossary, index and information boxes.
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Thesis Statement
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A statement advancing an original point of view as a result of research.
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Stressed syllables
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An emphasized unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone.
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Unstressed syllables
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An unemphasized unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone.
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Clauses
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A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
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