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8454338962claimstatement essentially arguable but used as a primary point to support or prove an argument0
8454338963counterclaima claim made to rebut a previous claim.1
8454338964qualify"partly agree"2
8454338965concessionadmitting a point, acknowledge something3
8454338966anecdoteshort story about a real person or event4
8454338967ConnotationImplied meaning of a word (beyond literal)5
8454338968themewhat the work says about the subject as a whole6
8454338969allusionexpression designed to call something to mind indirectly7
8454338970Symbolismthe use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities8
8454338971point of view 1st personA character is telling the story using "I".9
84543389722nd person point of viewwhen the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You"10
8454338973omniscient point of view (3rd person)the narrator is capable of knowing, telling, and seeing all11
8454338974frame storya story within a story12
8454338975ForeshadowingA warning or indication of a future event13
8454338976Metaphorfigure of speech comparing two different things14
8454338977SimileA comparison using "like" or "as"15
8454338978ImageryDescription that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)16
8454338979ironyexpression that means the opposite of what is stated17
8454439830SOAPSToneSpeaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone18
8454439831AAAWWUBBISafter, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since19
8454439832FANBOYSfor, and, nor, but, or, yet, so20
84544398334 commonly used transition wordshowever, accordingly, therefore, unfortunately21
84544398345 commonly used linking verbsam, is, are, was, were, be22
84544398354 ways to fix a run-on sentenceuse a period comma + FANBOYS semicolon semicolon + transition23
8454439836rules for a semicolonsesperate clauses separate items into a series of clauses transition from clauses24
84544398373 ways to use a colonintroduce a list introduce a quote introduce another sentence/summary25
84544398384 Comma Rulesuse after an opener set off an interrupter set off a closer separate items into series26
8454439839phrasea group of words that does not contain its own subject or verb27
8454439840clausea grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb28

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