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Personification
afs. giving human qualities to non-human things
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Point-of-View
Perspective from which a story is told
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Prose
anything that isn't poetry or drama
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Repetition
duplication of any element of language
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Rhetoric
The art of using language effectively and persuasively
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Rhetorical Appeal-
How a writer appeals to an audience
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Rhetorical Modes
A characteristic of a specific genre
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Sarcasm
bitter caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule
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Satire
A work that targets human voices & follies or social inventions & conventions for reform or ridicule
ie A modest proposal
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Similie
An explicit comparison which includes if, like, or as
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Style
An authors blend of diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices
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Syllogism
A deductive system of formal logic that presents to premises (opinions)
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Symbolism
Anything that represents or stands for something
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Syntax
The grammatical structure of sentences
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Theme
The central idea or message of a work, it's incite it offers into life
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Thesis
The sentence that directly expresses the authors purpose.
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Tone
Describes the authors feelings toward his topic
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Transition
A word or phrase that links different ideas
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Understatement
The minimizing effect to present something less significant as it is
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Wit
Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights
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