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5751922545Abstractideas or concepts (no physical reference)0
5751925038attitude (emotion)feeling toward a particular thing or person; state of mind1
5751928145coherencecongruity; consistence; state of logical order, clarity or structure2
5751929927concreteidentifies things perceive through the senses3
5751931155detailitems or parts that make up a larger picture or story4
5751932718dictionauthor's word choice5
5751934014digressionstraying from the main topic; to go aside often done intentionally in order to provide an example or reveal a related idea6
5751936710imagerythe sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work7
5751938401ironya figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ8
5751940330phrasingFlow of language, pauses junctures and stops; sense of movement9
5751942124perspectivethe angle or direction an author uses to write about a certain subject10
5751943500purposethe reason an author decides to write about a certain topic11
5751944887Registerpart of a range; level of diction12
5751946085satireLiterary works in which irony and derision are used to expose wickedness of folly13
5751947495stylethe writer's voice as revealed through rhetorical strategies14
5751950300syntaxthe structure of sentences; the arrangement of words in a sentence15
5751953159tonethe manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude. The intonation of the voice that expresses meaning16
5751957435structurethe arrangement of material within a work; the relationship of the parts of the work to the whole; logical division of a work17

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