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16 Cards in this Set
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Tone
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reveals the authors attitude toward the writting, reader, subject, people, places, events, in a work. Tone can be serious, ironic, bitter, ect. The style reveals this.
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Condescension
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occurs when writer talks down to reader, adressinng reader as if they are below.
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didactism
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embodies a teaching tone, the writer addresses reader as if they must learn something. Can reach condenscension in tone.
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Irony
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Between what one expects and what might actually happen. Passive quality in fiction, may appear in 3 forms, language, incidence, and point of view. These can be verbal, situational, and dramatic.
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Humor
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Conveys fun.
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Parody
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Humorus or ridiculing imitation of someone else. (type of tone)
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Sentimentality
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The excessive use of feeling or emotion (type of tone)
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Simile
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Description using like or as to draw comparrison.
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Metaphor
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Figure of speech containing implied comparrison, not literal
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Analogy
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Comparison of one thing to another. example, world:stage or heart:pump.
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Personification
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human characteristics to inanimate objects
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Cliche'
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Phrases that are meaningless due to frequent use.
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Illusion
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reference to a historical, literary, or generalyl familiar character or event that helps to make an idea understandable
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diction
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Authors choice of words.
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voice
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literary term that describes a writers individual writing style and combines authors use of dialogue, diction, alliteration, and other devices.
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Point of view
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Stylistic device. Several views a writer might use. Ominiscient: narrator who knows all, limited ominiscient, objective: writer tells simple happenings without listing feelings. first person singular, second person ("you"), third person: narrator does not participate in action.
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