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7482695273Imagerywords or phrases appealing to the senses- descriptive diction a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas0
7482708519Visual Imagerywords or phrases appealing to sight1
7482705124Olfactory Imagerywords or phrases appealing to smell2
7482709964Kinesthetic Imagerywords or phrases appealing to touch3
7482712783Auditory Imagerywords or phrases appealing to sound4
7482714248Gustatory Imagerywords or phrases appealing to taste5
7482695274Moodemotional atmosphere in a literary work6
7482695275Stylecombines the idea to be expressed and the individuality of the author and no two are alike/ the sum of the choices an author makes in blending concrete devices to create his or her typical way of writing7
7482696522Point of Viewthe perspective from which a narrative is told; (1st person, 3rd omniscient, 3rd limited)8
7482696523Purposeauthor's reason for writing the selection9
7482697747Rhetorical Shifta change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader10
7482697814Toneattitude of the writer or speaker toward a subject, character, or audience, and is conveyed though diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax11
7482699891Tone Shiftchange in attitude or the creation of a new attitude12

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