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| 7706092885 | anaphora | a sub-type of parallelism, with the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences | 0 | |
| 7706092886 | parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. It exploits peculiarities of an author's expression (propensity to use too many parentheses, certain favorite words, etc) | 1 | |
| 7706092887 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 2 | |
| 7706092888 | periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. It is also a much stronger sentence than the loose sentence | 3 | |
| 7706092889 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | 4 | |
| 7706092890 | point of view | First person narrator tells the story with the pronoun "I". This can be a protagonist, secondary character, or an observing character. Third person narrator relates the events with the person pronouns, "he", "she", and "it". Third person limited omniscient is where the narrator presents the feelings of only one character. | 5 | |
| 7706092891 | prose | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. | 6 | |
| 7706092892 | repetition | the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern | 7 | |
| 7706092893 | rhetoric | from the word "orator", this describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 8 | |
| 7706092894 | rhetorical modes | this describes the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. 1) exposition- explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, evidence, and discussion. 2) argumentation. 3) description. 4) narration. | 9 |
