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30 Cards in this Set
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another
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Mode of Discourse
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The way in which info is presented in a
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Modifier
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A word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word
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Mood
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The quality of a verb that conveys the writer's attitude toward a subject
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Narration
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Retelling of an event or series of events
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Narrative
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A rhetorical strategy that recounts a sequence of events, usually in chronological order
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Nominilization
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Turning a verb or adjective into a noun
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Occasion
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An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing
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Omniscient Narrator
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An all-knowing, usually third person narrator
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Onomatopoeia
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The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side
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Pacing
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The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented
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Paradox
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A statement that appears to contradict itself but is actually true
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Parallelism
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The similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses
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Parody
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A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule
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Pathos
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The means of persuasion that appeals to the audiences emotion
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Periodic sentence
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A long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word
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Persons
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The speaker, voice or character assumed by the author of a price of writing
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities
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Point of View
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The perspective from which a speaker or writer tells a story or presents info
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Polemic
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An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion
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Polysydenton
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The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions
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Premise: Major and Minor
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2 parts of syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise
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Propaganda
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A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present info
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Prose
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Ordinary writing
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Purpose
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Ones intention or objective in a speech or writing
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Persuasion
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One of the major types of composition whose purpose is to convince others of wisdom or a certain line of action
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Refute
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To discredit an argument, particularly a counter argument
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Repetition
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An instance of writing a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a passage
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Rhetoric
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The study and practice of effective communication
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