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27 Cards in this Set
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Rhetorical Effect
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Refers to the response that the manner of writing, not the message, generates in the reader.
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Objective Tone
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Kepps the writer's personality and opinions out of the message
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Informal Level
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Informal writing resembles orderly, intelligent conversation
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Concrete Words
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A concrete word names or describes something that we can perceive with one or more of our five senses. Evoke precise vivid mental images
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Simile
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Directly compares two unlike things by the use of "like" or "as"
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Level of Diction
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Always choose language suited to your audience and purpose.
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Word Meanings
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Make sure the words you use mean what you think they do, so that inaccurate words will not distort your message
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Connotations
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Values and emotional associations that accompany a word
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Figurative Language
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Uses concrete words in a nonliteral way to create sharply etched sensory images that catch and hold the readers attention
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Cliches
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Expressions that have become flat and stale from overuse
Ex: Sick as a dog |
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Colloquial Language & Slang
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Colloquial: The language of ordinary conversation between people of a particular region.
Slang: Informal nonstandard vocabulary |
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Overstatement
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Sometimes called hyperbole, deliberately and drastically exaggerates in order to make a point
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Personification
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A special metaphor that assigns human qualitites or traits to something nonhuman: a plant, an abstraction, a nonliving thing
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Mixed Metaphors
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Inappropriate combinations that startle or amuse the reader
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Tone
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Reveals the author's attitude toward the topic and the reader
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Irony
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Intentionally states one thing but actually means something different or even opposite
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Special Stylistic Techniques
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Style of a piece of writing is its character or personality
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Technical Level
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Writing for others in the same field or for sophisticated nonspecialists. Writes on the technical level, a cousin to the formal level
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Metaphor
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Compares unlike things without using "like" or "as"
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Understatement
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Makes an assertion in a humble manner without giving something it's due
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Denotation
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Direct essential meaning: What the word always stands for
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Other Attitudes
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Sometimes you write merely to inform. Sometimes to persuade
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Sexist Language
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Unneeded information that dilutes or even demeans someone's accomplishments
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Wordiness
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Verbal obesity
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Euphemisms
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Take the sting out of something unpleasant or add stature to something humble
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Formal Level
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Dignified and serious is suitable for important political, business, and academic occasions
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Flawed Diction
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Wordiness
Euphemisims Cliches Mixed Metaphors Sexist Language |
