7685512300 | active voice | verb form in which the subject of the sentence performs or causes the action expressed by the verb | 0 | |
7685512301 | diction | an authors specific word choice to achieve correctness, clearness, or emphasis | 1 | |
7685512302 | connotation | the implied meaning of a word | ![]() | 2 |
7685512303 | denotation | the literal, explicit meaning of a word | ![]() | 3 |
7685512304 | analysis | form of writing involving a separation of a whole into its component parts | ![]() | 4 |
7685533169 | argument | the expression of a position or claim supported by claims | 5 | |
7685533170 | audience | in the context of writing or literature, this term refers to the reading public to a specific group | 6 | |
7685536251 | authority | a person cited because his or her opinion carries special weight | 7 | |
7685539795 | begging the question | the act of ignoring a problem or issue by assuming that it is already settled | 8 | |
7685543347 | black comedy | disturbing or absurd material presented in a humorous manner, usually with the intention of confronting uncomfortable truths | 9 | |
7685582854 | caricature | authors exaggeration or distortion of certain traits | 10 | |
7685592184 | case structure | the logical outline of an argument, claims with support and evidence | 11 | |
7685615085 | claim | a statement or assertion that is open to challenge and that requires support | 12 | |
7685619126 | climax | the moment of greatest intensity in a text, or the major turning point in the plot | 13 | |
7685625183 | colloquialism | an informal expression, or slang term, acceptable in conversation but not usually in formal writing | 14 | |
7685639165 | logos | persuading with logic | 15 | |
7685644345 | hypothetical | assumption for the sake of conversation | 16 | |
7685665626 | identification | author suggest his/her closeness to the audience | 17 | |
7685678160 | genre | short stories, poetry, novels | 18 | |
7685684547 | imagery | language that brings to mind sense-impressions, especially using figures of speech and sensory language | 19 | |
7685696106 | informal | language used everyday | 20 | |
7685701925 | in medias res | latin// technique of starting a narrative in the middle of the action | 21 | |
7685720604 | idiom | draws awareness to the discrepancy between words and there meaning | 22 | |
7685734018 | irony | bringing opposing parties to a compromise | 23 | |
7685744752 | mediation | a way of speaking that is peculiar | 24 | |
7685759434 | abstract | not attached to anything specific | 25 | |
7685765713 | didactic | intended to educate or instruct | 26 | |
7685773242 | digression | to turn away from the main point | 27 | |
7685781039 | discourse | the wider social and intellectual context in which communication takes place | 28 | |
7685785760 | ellipsis | a figure of speech in which a word or short phrase is omitted but easily understood from the context | 29 | |
7685798406 | frame | 30 | ||
7685798407 | harangue | 31 | ||
7685800551 | fantasy | 32 | ||
7685800552 | epigraph | 33 | ||
7685803545 | eulogy | 34 | ||
7685803546 | foreshadow | 35 | ||
7685807381 | figurative language | 36 | ||
7685807382 | ethos | 37 | ||
7685811514 | farce | 38 | ||
7685823566 | explication | 39 |
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