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14 Cards in this Set
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Brief reference to a well-known person, place, or happening
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Allusions
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Facts are unknown to characters but open to audience
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Irony, Dramatic
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Events turn out the opposite of how they are expected.
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Irony, Situational
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Words literally state opposite of writer's true meaning.
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Irony, Verbal
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Using words in a sense very different from their usual meaning.
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Irony
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An implicit comparison, less direct than the simile.
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Metaphor
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Referring to inanimate objects as if they were human.
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Personification
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A brief comparison, introduced by like or as.
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Simile
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A writer's intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing. Often the attitude will have several facets in the writing - deal with this complexity in your writing rather than trying to apply a single label on the whole piece.
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Attitude
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Look for sensory description; visual detail is often the most predominant. After you identify the descriptive detail, talk about the effect.
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Descriptive detail
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Tools of the storyteller such as ordering events to build to a climactic moment or withholding information until an appropriate of crucial moment to create a desired effect.
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Narrative devices
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Look for words that have strong connotations, to intensify emotional effect. Analyze how these words complement the writer's argument.
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Persuasive Devices
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Look at organization and how the writer combines images, details, or arguments to serve his or her purpose.
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Rhetorical Features
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Note and analyze elements of language that contribute to style: diction, syntax, attitude, tone, figures of speech, connotations, and repetition.
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Stylistic Devices
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