Set #2

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Discourse:

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Definition:
1.Written or spoken communication or debate
2.A formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing
3.A connected series of utterances; a text or conversation

Function:
Discourse shows you a conversation between characters.

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Satire:

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Definition: The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

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Allegory:

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Definition: A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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Aphorism

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Definiton: A pithy observation that contains a general truth

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Periodic Sentence:

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Definition: a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause

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Loose sentence:

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Definition: a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows

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Colloquial

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Definition: Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary

Function: When using this in conversation, it shows the dialect of people and how they talk.

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Colloquialism

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Definition: A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation

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Persuasion:

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Definition: The action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.

Function: Persuasion is used for someone to make another person see things from their view and make them do certain things.

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Motif

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Definition: A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition

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Stylistic Devices:

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Definition: In literature and writing, a stylistic device is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written.

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Parallelism:

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Definition: The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc