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30 Cards in this Set
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analyze
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to study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts
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compare
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: to examine the character or qualities of especially in order to discover resemblances or differences
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contrast
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mpare or appraise in respect to differences
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fact
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a statement that can be proved true (see opinion)
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illustrate
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o make clear by giving or by serving as an example or instance
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infer
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to derive as a conclusion from facts
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oppose
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to place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast
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support
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to promote the interests or cause
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prewriting
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a stage of the writing process in which writers explore, choose, and narrow a topic and then gather necessary details for drafting
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drafting
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a stage of the writing process that follows prewriting revising in which a writer gets ideas on paper in a rough format
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revising
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a stage of the writing process in which a writer reworks a rough draft to improve both form and content
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editing/proofreading
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to prepare (as literary material) for publication or public presentation
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publishing
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a stage of the writing process in which a writer shares the written version of a final draft with an audience
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as it were something else
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simile
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a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unreleated ideas
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hyperbole
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a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
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alliteration
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the repeition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables
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oxymoron
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a figure of speech that fuses two opposing ideas
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personification
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a figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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anti
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against
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mis
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wrongly
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sub
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under
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trans
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across
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- less
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without
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- al
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pertaining to
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- ous
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characterized for
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verb
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a word or group of words that expresses an action, a condition, or the fact that something exists while indicating the time of the action
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adverb
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a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
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thesis statement
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a statement of an essays main idea; all information in the essay supports or elaborates this idea
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persuasive
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writing or speaking that attempts to convince others to acept a position on an issue of concern to the writer
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