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27 Cards in this Set
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Grammar |
Set of rules that specify how a given language is used effectively. |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration is used to create emphasis. |
"My feet are as cold as an iceberg." "I'll die if I don't see you soon." |
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Imagery |
A mental picture that is created by specific words and associations. |
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Irony |
When a situation is the opposite of what is expected. |
"A barrier-- a fence-- keeps a friendship alive." |
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Juxtaposition |
When two contrasting ideas, words, or sentence elements are placed next to each other for comparison. |
The coldness of one room to the warmth of another; a person's honesty to another's lie. |
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Logos |
The use of reason as a control principle in an argument. |
Authors often use persuasiveness. |
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Metaphor |
Two unlike things are compared directly. |
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Metonymy |
When something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. |
A crown is associated with royalty, used for royal authority. |
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Mood |
Feeling of a work, scene, or event. |
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Onomatopoeia |
Effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning. |
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Overview |
Brief summary of a whole work. |
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Oxymoron |
Combines two contradictory words into one expression. |
Praising a child for her "wild docility". |
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Pacing |
Speed of a story's action, dialogue, or narration. |
Action movies |
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Paradox |
A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth. |
"He lifted himself up by his bootstraps." |
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Parallelism |
Relies on phrases, clauses, and sentences in order to develop an argument or emphasize an idea. |
"At sea, on land, in the air, we will be loyal to the very end." |
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Parody |
An effort to redicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing an irritation of the work or of the author's style. |
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Pathos |
A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work. |
Emotion |
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Person |
Describes the relationship of a writer or speaker to an audience by examining the pronouns that are used. |
First person, second person, third person |
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Persona |
A fictional representation or an act of disguise created by the voice and their narration of the speaker of a text. |
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Personification |
Ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities. |
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Point of view |
Perspective from which a story is told. |
Characters or narrator |
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Pun |
Play on words |
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Repetition |
Reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis. |
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Rhetorical purpose |
Art and logic of a written or spoken argument |
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Rhetorical strategy |
A plan of action or movement to achieve a goal; describe the way an author organizes words or sentences. |
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Rhetorical devices |
Stylistic devices used to carry out a rhetorical strategy and achieve a purpose for writing. |
Allusion, diction, imagery, syntax |
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Rhetorical question |
A question that is asked for the sake of an argument |
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