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| 4796190702 | theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. May be unstated in fictonal work or directly stated in nonfiction. | 0 | |
| 4796190703 | satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Best seen as a style of writing that is recognized by many devices such as irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement | 1 | |
| 4796190704 | thesis | Sentence or group os sentenced that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | 2 | |
| 4796190705 | semantics | Branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 3 | |
| 4796190706 | tone | Describes author's attitude towards his material, the audience, or both. | 4 | |
| 4796190707 | style | 1) An evaluation of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, fig lang, and other devices 2) Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to a similar author | 5 | |
| 4796190708 | transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas. Used especially, but not exclusively, in expository and argumentative writing, and effectively signal a shift from one idea to another. | 6 | |
| 4796190709 | syllogism | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (one major and one minor) Major: All men are mortal Minor: Socrates is a man Conclusion: Socrates is mortal | 7 | |
| 4796190710 | syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into prases, clauses, and sentences. Groups of words. | 8 | |
| 4796190711 | understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact. Presents something as less significant than it is. Can be humorous and empathetic. Opposite of hyperbole. | 9 | |
| 4796190712 | wit | Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. Is humorous while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks. Usually uses terse language that makes a pointed statement. | 10 | |
| 4796190713 | symbol | Anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Usually something concrete that represents something abstract. (nature, conventional, or literary) | 11 |
