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6595885654AnecdotePersonal story hsed as evidence to support an idea0
6595885655AntithesisThe opposition or contrast of ideas; presented in parallel structure1
6595885656ApostropheA figure of speech that directly addresses and absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty her love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The affect me at familiarity or emotional intensity2
6595885657AsyndetonStyle where conjunctions are omitted in the series3
6595885658PolysyndetonOpposite of asyndeton4
6595885659Colloquial/colloquialismThe use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing5
6595885660ConnotationThe non-literal, associative meaning of the word; the implied, suggested meaning6
6595885661denotationThe strict, literal, dictionary definition of the word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color7
6595885662DidacticDidactic works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing8
6595885663List the four types of rhetorical modesExposition, argumentation, description, narration9
6595885664Purpose of expositionTo explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, inappropriate discussion10
6595885665Purpose of argumentationTo prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince a reader. For example, persuasive writing11
6595885666Purpose of descriptionTo re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action so that the reader can picture that being described12
6595885667Purpose of narrationTo tell a story or narrate an event or series of events13

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