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10547773294AuthorityA poem's commanding presence or its ability to accurately relay itself to the reader.0
10547765843AudienceThe person for whom a writer writes; the writer uses a particular style of language, tone, and content according to what they know about the audience.1
10547780177BackingIt is the support or explanation provided for analyzing arguments.2
10547782887AssertionA confident and forceful statement of fact or belief; a statement that is debatable.3
10547790680Means VS. EndsHow you end up achieving or getting the goal.4
10547793507Deductive ReasoningProcess of reasoning from one or more statements to reach a logically certain conclusion.5
10547829409Inductive ReasoningA method in reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying some evidence for the truth of the conclusion.6
10547834686AlliterationThe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.7
10547842275ToneThe emotional attitude expressed toward the readers, the mood or moreal view.8
10547849052DictionThe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.9
10547854204Denotation10
10547854205Connotation11
10547857779Colloquial12
10547857780Formal13
10547857781Informal14
10547858904Concrete15
10547858905Abstract16
10547858906Details17
10547859595Mood18
10547859596Imagery19
10547859597Setting20
10547861109Figurative Language21
10547862178Allusion22
10547862179Simile23
10547862180Metaphor24
10547864937Process Analysis25
10547864938Narration26
10547865716Comparison/Contrast27
10547865717Exposition28
10547865718Argumentation29
10547867576Repetition30
10547868796Point of View31
10547868797First Person32
10547870166Second Person33
10547870167Third Person34
10547872207Personification35
10547872208Hyberbole36
10547872209Understatement37
10547873578Paradox38
10547873579Verbal Irony39
10547873882Analogy40
10547875100Anecdote41
10547875101Metonymy42
10547876942Synecdoche43
10547879501Rhetorical Modes/Modes of Discourse44
10547883667Exemplification45
10547883668Cause/Effect46
10547886101Description47
10547886102Subjective48
10547887048Objective49
10547887049Syntax50
10547888825Anaphora51
10547888826Antithesis52
10547888827AsyndetonA literary technique in which conjunctions are omitted in a series or words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten sentences and focus on its meaning.53
10547890861Polysyndeton54
10547892026Parallel SentenceUsing the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance. Words and phrases should not only match, but also in tenses.55
10547892027Periodic SentenceA sentence that has the main clause or the predicate at the end to create suspense. Also, it is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning.56
10547894912Rhetorical QuestionA question that you ask without expecting an answer. It might be one that does not have an answer or an obvious answer but is asked to make a pint, to persuade, or for literary effort.57
10547895004Inverted SyntaxLiterary technique in which the normal oder of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis.58

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