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| 4756411046 | Definition | Give meaning to. There are three types, formal, stimulative, and extended. | 0 | |
| 4756412091 | Formal Definition | Dictionary: explains by giving class it belongs to and how it differs from other members of class. | 1 | |
| 4756417664 | Stipulative Definition | States the specific way a term is to be used. | 2 | |
| 4756418682 | Extended Definition | Going beyond a literal meaning to explain the significance, associations, private meetings, and personal associated with word/term. | 3 | |
| 4756423336 | Comparison-Contrast | Comparison points out similarities. Contrast points out differences. Comparison-contrast points out both similarities AND differences. Important in decision-making as it allows for one to examine features of two or more subjects. | 4 | |
| 4756428374 | Cause and Effect | Cause is when one explores the reasons for an event. When one explores effects, they identify the results of the event. When one looks at both cause and effect, they examine reasons AND results. | 5 | |
| 4758818312 | Persuasion | Convinces a reader to adopt a particular view or take particular action while appealing to emotion, values, and beliefs. | 6 | |
| 4758820971 | Exemplification | Using examples to support, explain, or clarify a generalization. | 7 | |
| 4758822440 | Illustration | To literally show, with pictures, how to do something or, create an argument through visuals. | 8 | |
| 4758825246 | Classification | When you take a number of items and group them into categories. | 9 | |
| 4758829150 | Divison | Takes one entity and breaks it down into parts. example: English department is broken down into different grade levels and sections of classes. | 10 | |
| 4758832379 | Process Analysis | Explaining how something works or how it is made or done. There are two types: directional and explanatory. | 11 | |
| 4758835302 | Directional | Gives the steps of the procedure the reader should perform. example: Instruction booklet | 12 | |
| 4758840564 | Explanatory | Gives the steps of a procedure that a reader will not perform. example: Photosynthesis in a biology book | 13 | |
| 4758842823 | Description | Using words to explain what something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes like. Spatial or progressive writing orders are often used. | 14 | |
| 4758847364 | Satire | Piece of writing that makes fun of or ridicules a target to make a point. | 15 | |
| 4758849349 | Argument by Analogy | An argument from the particular to the particular. In other words, using a particular truth in a premise to argue towards a similar particular truth in a conclusion. | 16 | |
| 4758852833 | Narrative | Writing that tells a story. | 17 | |
| 4759277948 | Ethos | Appeals to the writer's character. Can be through of as the role of the writer in the argument, how credible he and his argument is. | 18 | |
| 4759283678 | Pathos | Appeals to the emotions and sympathy imagination, as well as to beliefs and values. Can be thought of as the role of the audience in the argument. | 19 | |
| 4759287274 | Logos | Appeals to reason. Can be thought of the text of the argument and how well the winter has argued his point. | 20 | |
| 4760784541 | Chronological | Arrange details across time. The events that occurred the first; the event that occurred second is written second; and so on. | 21 | |
| 4760784542 | Spatial | 22 | ||
| 4759611781 | Chronological | Arrange details across time. The event that occurred first is written first;the event that occurred second is written second; and so on. | 23 | |
| 4759614935 | Spatial | Arrange details as they appear across space-front to back, near to far, top to bottom, left to right, etc. | 24 | |
| 4759616453 | Progressive | Arrange details from the least to most important , interesting, surprising, and so on. Allows for a big finish. | 25 | |
| 4759625662 | Metaphor | Refers to one thing as if it were another unlike thing, without using the words like, as, resembles, or than. | 26 | |
| 4759627276 | Extended Metaphors | Developed through an entire piece. | 27 | |
| 4759629383 | Analogy | Comparing one thing to another as a way to explain the first item or idea more clearly. example: Arguing through a metaphor. | 28 | |
| 4759635788 | Allusion | Direct reference to a mythological story, religious text or other pieces of well-known literature. example: Romeo and Juliet. | 29 | |
| 4759637140 | Imagery | The total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature. | 30 | |
| 4759637681 | Paradox | A statement that appears contradictory but has some truth behind it. | 31 | |
| 4759640413 | Motif | The repetitions or variations of an image or an idea in a work used to develop the Universal Idea or characters. | 32 | |
| 4759645336 | Cacophony | Harsh or discordant sounds in a passage in a literacy work. | 33 | |
| 4759647363 | Parallelism/Parallel Structure | The repetition of similar grammatical structures to express similar or related ideas. | 34 | |
| 4759650228 | Point of View (POV) | The method of narration in a literacy work. | 35 | |
| 4759651895 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else daily ambiguous concepts or ideas. example: American Flag= freedom | 36 | |
| 4759656203 | Style | The unique way in which an author presents his ideas. Diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to a particular style. | 37 | |
| 4759658258 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect. | 38 | |
| 4759659394 | Rhetorical Question | Questions that do not require an answer. There are four kinds: asking the reader, asking the writer, criticizing, and asking and answering. | 39 | |
| 4759667612 | Asking the Reader | Addressing the question to the reader expecting the reader to consider the question. | 40 | |
| 4759669598 | Asking the Writer | When the writer asks themselves the question - suggests the writing process. | 41 | |
| 4759671299 | Criticizing | When the writer criticizes in the form of a question. | 42 | |
| 4759674226 | Asking and Answering | Writer asks and answers question. May serve to aid in the organization of the paper. | 43 | |
| 4759684312 | Understatement | Opposite of hyperbole. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 44 |
