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Rhetorical Question

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A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.

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Verbal Irony

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saying the opposite of what one means

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Effect

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the result or impact of something, an outcome.

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Affect

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means to influence something

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Antagonist

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is the main character's chief opponent

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Conjunction

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a part of a speech which joins words, phrases, or clauses together.

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition

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Figurative Language

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These are used to mean something other than their literal meaning.

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Paradox

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a statement that seems to say two opposite things but that may be true.

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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Connotation

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An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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Ethos

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The ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character.

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Adverb

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used to describe adjectives and verbs

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Pathos

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The emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

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Predicate

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tells what the subject is or does

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Pronoun

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is a part of a speech which functions as a replacement for a noun

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Satire

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Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule, holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.

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Imagery

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the visual, tactile, auditory images evoked by the words of a literary work or the images that figurative language evokes.

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METAPHOR

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An implied comparison between two things without using the words like or as

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Interjection

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This part of a speech refers to words which express emotions.

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Foreshadowing

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Clues left about what's going to happen further along in the story

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Euphemism

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refers to polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant.

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Irony

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The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

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Parody

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a humorous or mocking imitation of something, using the same form as the original

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Noun

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This part of a speech refers to words that are used to name persons, things, animals, places, ideas, or events.

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Symbol

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Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else.

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Oxymoron

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Similar to antithesis in that it involves contradiction. It differs in that it brings together two contradictory terms.

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Logos

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The appeal to logic means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

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Motif

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a reoccurring element in a literary or artistic work that is concrete; similar to a theme in a story but it is something that is concrete and stated within the story

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Understatement

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Referring to something in an attempt to minimize it

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Subject

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tells whom or what the sentence is about

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Adjective

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This part of a speech is used to describe a noun or a pronoun.

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Anaphora

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A word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrase, clauses or lines

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Tone

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Writer's ability to create an attitude toward the subject matter.

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Personification

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An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form

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Hyperbole

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Obvious exaggeration for emphasis or effect

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Protagonist

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is the main character in a drama

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SIMILE

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Comparison of two basically unlike things that are alike only in the way they are being compared using the words like, as, or than.

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INFERENCE

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a judgment or conclusion based on evidence presented

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Onomatopoeia

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The sound of the word imitates the sound of the thing

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Juxtaposition

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The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side by side in order to compare/contrast the two

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Verb

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this is a word that shows an action (physical or mental) or state of being of the subject in a sentence.

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Preposition

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This part of a speech basically refers to words that specify location or a location in time.

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