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60 Cards in this Set
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Diction |
Words we use |
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Colloquialism |
Slang YOLO |
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Connotation |
Implied meaning Blue - you are sad |
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Denotation |
Exact meaning Blue- you see a colour |
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Euphemism |
Good speech in bad taste "I lost my husband." Where is he? |
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Allusion |
A reference to Biblical, literary, historical |
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Analogy |
A comparison Soma is like God's grace |
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Apostrophe |
Address something that isn't alive The desk was nice today |
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Conceit |
An unusual and clever comparison A compass compared to love |
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Extended metaphor |
Long metaphor Divorce in a piece of writing- coffee |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration It killed me to write it. |
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Juxtaposition |
Two contradictory ideas positioned next to each other Dustin Baird and McKenzie Forello |
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Metaphor |
A comparison calling one thing something else The baby is a tornado |
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Oxymoron |
Opposing words next to each other Benevolent dictator |
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Paradox |
Two opposing ideas Fair is foul and foul is fair |
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Simile |
A comparison with like or as She was as fluttery as a bird |
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Rhetorical mode |
A kind of non-fiction writing |
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Description |
Using 5 senses, imagery, details |
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Exposition |
Exposing ideas/issues |
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Narration |
Story told |
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Persuasion |
Manipulation |
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Syntax |
Arrangement of words in sentences |
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Antecedent |
Pronoun that follows the noun The woman found HER keys. |
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Antithesis |
Positioning- opposites that are contradictory "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
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Clause |
Sentence that can stand alone I like applesauce. |
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Loose Sentence |
Loose= IC+DC+DC+DC |
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Periodic sentence |
Periodic=IC+DC |
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Phrase |
Cannot stand alone- part of a sentence At the church. |
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First person |
Writer/narrator inside of story |
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3rd person limited |
Outside character telling story through one character |
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3rd person omniscient |
Outside character telling story through several characters |
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Irony |
When something happens that the reader doesn't expect |
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Dramatic irony |
When readers know more than characters |
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Irony of situation |
Surprise ending |
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Verbal irony |
Sarcasm |
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Rhetorical devices |
Language tools that writers use to create purpose |
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Atmosphere/mood |
The emotion that's created |
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Tone |
Writer's attitude |
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Didactic |
Instructional/teachy/preachy |
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Voice |
Writer's personality on paper |
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Genre |
A whole category of writing |
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Allegory |
Story where characters and events represent more than themselves The wizard of Oz |
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Parody |
Making fun of an event - real vs comical Twilight meets Frankenstein |
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Prose |
Nor poetry |
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Satire |
Ridicule that is meant to educate and points out cultural weakness "The Onion" |
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Imagery/image |
The 5 senses |
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Alliteration |
Beginning consonant sounds that repeat. Divine despair |
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Onomatopoeia |
A word looks like it sounds BOOM |
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Personification |
Giving human characteristics to anything Bats dance in the attic |
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False syllogism |
Bad logic |
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Inference |
Drawing a conclusion |
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Syllogism |
Good logic |
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Anecdote |
Little story |
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Aphorism |
Wise sayings Think before you act |
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Homily |
Speech offering advice |
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Pedantic |
Boring, tedious |
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Semantics |
The whole study of language |
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Style |
Diction + syntax + imagery =style |
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Theme |
Big idea |
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Thesis |
Guiding statement that leads a reader |
