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didactic

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intended to teach a moral lesson to the audience (Ex: children's literature; religious literature; parables, fables.

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semantics

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Meaning of words and sentences; two types connotative and denotative (Ex: a child could be called kid, boy,girl, son, daughter) (Ex: the word ¨run¨has different meanings physically running, go or leave [i have to run] time spent [it has to run its course]

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Satire

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genre; 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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didactic

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not to entertain, but to teach the audience a moral lesson or a theme. Examples: children's literature religious literature; parables, fables.

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Enumeration

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listing items in order; causes, effects, problems, solutions, conditions, and consequences; the listing or detailing of the parts of something./// enumeration is used as a rhetorical device to break a topic or argument down into component parts, or to list details of the subject one by one.(Ex: the days of the week, In an essay about why her school should have uniforms, a writer enumerates four different reasons, explaining each in detail.)

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syntax

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Sentence structure;set of rules in language(Ex:The boy ran hurriedly," reads differently than, "Hurriedly, the boy ran." The difference may be slight, but the syntax in each sentence conveys a different meaning and, perhaps, a different mental image.)

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Sarcasm

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saying the opposite of whats true to make someone feel foolish. (Ex: "Do you want help?" If they reply by saying, "No thanks. I'm really enjoying the challenge,

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thesis

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central point of an essay; statement that makes a defensive claim.

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tone

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Attitude a writer takes toward the audience or subject

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pedantic

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Excessively concerned with precision, accuracy, and formalization. cannot take criticism about himself and tends to overly show off their knowledge. (Ex: petty, arrogant speakers)

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style

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the way a writer writes; the technique an author uses in his writing. also can be described as the voice a reader hears while reading the authors writing.

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cliche

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a worn-out idea or overused expression. (ex: take a chill pill, driving me crazy, i second that motion, light as a feather) (Ex: when the bad guy becomes the good guy, in the nick of time, lost track of time)

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colloquial

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characteristic of informal slang conversation. (ex: gimme, mommy, daddy, kinda, gotta, wanna, cool, whats up

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speaker

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narrative voice; term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective is being advanced in a piece of writing (Ex: he speaker is Keats himself, The speaker in Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" is a conflicted person.

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Euphemism

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polite way of saying something unpleasant. (downsizing instead of firing, passed away instead of dead.)

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anecdote

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a story or amusing event used to convey a point and make readers laugh. (ex:While trying to pump up his team before the big game, the coach includes an anecdote about a team that went from last place to first place just because they played hard and believed they could do it.)

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