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| 7218004205 | Parody | work that closely imitates the style or content of another work with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 0 | |
| 7218004206 | Pathos | a writer or speaker's attempt to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience-- often a deep feeling of suffering, sometimes joy, pride, anger, humor, patriotism, or others | 1 | |
| 7218004900 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 2 | |
| 7218005616 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. An independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. It is to add emphasis and structural variety. | 3 | |
| 7218005617 | 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 | |
| 7218006417 | Point of View | perspective from which the story is told First person- tells story with the pronoun, "I" Third person- "he," "She," and "it" | 5 | |
| 7218006418 | Predicate Adjective | 6 | ||
| 7218007384 | Predicate Nominative | 7 | ||
| 7218007385 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, it refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language and most closely resemble everyday speech. Not poetry or drama. | 8 | |
| 7218008529 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate of any element of language such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 9 | |
| 7218008530 | Rhetoric | From the Greek for "orator" this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 10 | |
| 7218009460 | Rhetorical Appeal | The persuasive device by which a writer tries to sway the audience's attention and response to any given work. There are three. logos. pathos. ethos. | 11 | |
| 7218009461 | Rhetorical Modes | 12 | ||
| 7218010111 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply. The answer is assumed. | 13 | |
| 7218010112 | Sarcasm | From Greek "to tear flesh" involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony | 14 | |
| 7218010113 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing. | 15 | |
| 7218013134 | Simile | 16 |
