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| 9856883791 | prose | refers to fiction and non fiction works | 0 | |
| 9856886405 | rhetoric | describes the principals governing the art of writing effectively rhetorical modes: narration, description, exposition, argumentation. | 1 | |
| 9856890733 | sarcasm | bitter, caustic language. hurt or ridicule something. may be used as irony... witty and insightful | 2 | |
| 9856898944 | satire | a work that criticizes society | 3 | |
| 9856901967 | style | how the author blends diction syntax and language... classification of authors into a group | 4 | |
| 9856909541 | syllogism | "reckoning together". system of logic that presents two premises- "minor and major" that result in conclusion major- all men are mortal minor- socrates is a man conclusion- socrates is mortal. | 5 | |
| 9856925410 | symbol | something that represents something. natural symbol- objects and occurrences in nature conventional- been invested with meaning by a group. ex star of David | 6 | |
| 9856937854 | syntax | sentence structure. | 7 | |
| 9856940381 | theme | central idea or message of the work | 8 | |
| 9856942379 | thesis | sentence that directly expresses the authors opinion, purpose, or meaning | 9 | |
| 9856947662 | tone | describes the authors attitude on the material | 10 | |
| 9856950264 | transition | a word or phrase that links two ideas. "however" "consequently" "therefore" | 11 | |
| 9856958665 | understatement | ironic minimizing of fact to present something as less significant than IT is. litotes: affirmation is made by indirectly denying its opposite. "he was not adverse to a drink" means "he drank a lot" meiosis: something is referred to in terms of less importance. | 12 | |
| 9856977812 | wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. | 13 |
