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21 Cards in this Set
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Word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity.
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Repetition
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The art of effective communication.
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Rhetoric
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A work that reveals a critical attitude towards some element of human behavior by portraying it in a extreme way.
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Satire
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A type of verbal irony
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Sarcasm
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A figurative comparison of two things, using the connecting words like or as.
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Simile
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When a writer argues a claim that nobody actually holds or is considered universally weak.
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Straw Man
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The choice of diction, tone, and syntax that a writer makes.
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Style
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A thing, event, or person that represents or stands for some idea or event.
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Symbol
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Ability to create a variety of sentence structures.
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Syntactic Fluency
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Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex.
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Syntactic Permutation
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The central idea of a work of fiction or non fiction.
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Theme
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A writers attitude towards his or her subject matter.
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Tone
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Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length.
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Tricolon
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A work of fiction or nonfiction is said to be unified if all parts are related.
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Unity
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When the reader is aware of a discrepancy between the real meaning and the literal meaning.
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Verbal Irony
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Is the substitution of a word that related to the object or person named.
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.
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Synecdoci
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A form of understatement in which the negative of an antonym is used to achieve emphasis.
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Litotes
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the conclusion or final wrap up of a short story or play.
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Denouement
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A series of events that are less important that the one preceding them.
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Anti-Climax
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The agitation of mind or disturbance that creates identification or interest.
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Emotion
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