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Analyze |
to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of:
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Distinguish |
to mark off as different (often followed by from or by):
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Evidence |
that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof.
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Free Verse |
verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
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Oxymoron |
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
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Persona |
a person.
the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author. |
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Diction |
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
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Connotation |
the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”.
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Denotation |
a word that names or signifies something specific:
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Syntax |
the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words.
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