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| 10578833137 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. A complete thought. | 0 | |
| 10578834568 | colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Give a work a conversational, familiar tone. normally include local or regional dialects. | 1 | |
| 10578890316 | coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 2 | |
| 10578892273 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 3 | |
| 10578892731 | connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. ideas, emotions and attitudes | 4 | |
| 10578899280 | denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 5 | |
| 10578900211 | diction | the word choices made by a writer | 6 | |
| 10578902590 | didactic | works whose purpose is to teach moral or ethical principles | 7 | |
| 10578911118 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. feet don't fail me now. | 8 | |
| 10578912122 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 9 |
