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7400198423AllusionA brief reference to a person, place, event, or passage in a work of literature or the Bible, assumed to be sufficiently well known to be recognized by the reader0
7400206171AnalogyA comparison between two things in which the more complex is explained in terms of the more simple1
7400212740AnecdoteA short, entertaining account of some happening, frequently personal or biographical.2
7400217847AphorismA concise, pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life3
7400223772Cause and EffectExamination of the causes and or effects of a situation or phenomenon4
7400230854ConnotationAll the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse5
7400232534DenotationThe literal, or dictionary definition of a word6
7400234627DigressionA temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing7
7400242518Expository WritingWriting that explains or analyzes8
7400244217Point of ViewThe vantage point from which a narrative is told9
7400247166RhetoricThe art of using words effectively in writing or speaking so as to influence or persuade10
7400250747Rhetorical QuestionA question asked for rhetorical effect to emphasize a point without expecting an answer11
7400254936StyleAn authors characteristic way of writing, determined by the choice of words, the arrangement of words in sentences, and the relationship of the sentences to one another12
7400263329ToneThe attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters or audience. A way of wording or expressing things that express an attitude.13
7400273852VoiceThe author's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author's attitude, personality, and character14

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