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| 8682892603 | allusion | a reference to some famous literary work, historical figure, or event | 0 | |
| 8682893650 | argumentation | the writer's attempt to convince his reader to agree with him (based on ethos, pathos, or logos) | 1 | |
| 8682903161 | coherence | organization; clarity & logical adherence to a topic that binds together a composition | 2 | |
| 8682916252 | description | aims to depict a scene, person, thing, or idea by evoking the look, feel, sound, and sense of it | 3 | |
| 8682922910 | diction | word choice | 4 | |
| 8682922911 | exposition | a writing where the main purpose is to explain; shows rather than tells | 5 | |
| 8682925988 | figurative language | a word/expression used in a nonliteral way | 6 | |
| 8682927757 | hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration/overstatement | 7 | |
| 8682929512 | image/imagery | writer's appeals to the senses; evokes a picture or describes a scene | 8 | |
| 8682936206 | irony | the use of language in a way that contrasts sharply with the real meaning | 9 | |
| 8682939985 | verbal irony | words state the opposite of the writer's true meaning | 10 | |
| 8682940907 | situational irony | events turn out the opposite of what was expected | 11 | |
| 8682941805 | dramatic irony | facts/events unknown to a character but known by the audience or other characters | 12 | |
| 8682943421 | metaphor | figurative image that compares things without the use of "like" or "as" | 13 | |
| 8682951268 | mood | impression made on the feelings of the reader | 14 | |
| 8682952662 | narration | an account of events as they happen | 15 | |
| 8682954975 | oxymoron | a combination of words with opposite meetings | 16 | |
| 8682956324 | pacing | the speed at which a piece of writing moves along | 17 | |
| 8682957963 | paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory at first, but is true upon closer examination | 18 | |
| 8682961678 | parallelism | where parts of sentences are grammatically the same or similar | 19 | |
| 8682969065 | parody | a work that imitates the content of another to make fun of the original work | 20 | |
| 8682974351 | personification | giving human characteristics to an inhuman thing | 21 | |
| 8682977598 | point of view | perspective from which the writer tells the story | 22 | |
| 8682980263 | rhetoric | the use of persuasive language | 23 | |
| 8682982025 | rhetorical modes | describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the 4 major kinds of writing: exposition, argumentation, description, and narration | 24 | |
| 8682991789 | simile | comparing two things with the use of "like" or "as" | 25 | |
| 8682993072 | slanting | selecting facts, words, or emphasis to make the reader feel a certain way | 26 | |
| 8683003064 | style | the way a writer writes | 27 |
