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author's attitude toward her subject, derived from analyzing literary devices such as diction and imagery
common everyday language
saying one thing when you really mean another
cliched; full of empty sayings that are stale and meaningless
saying less than you mean for effect; opposite of hyperbole
a word or phrase that is later replaced by a pronoun or other term
without bias; without judgment; based on fact
seen through someone's experience; open to interpretation
eliminating a syllable from a word; used in poetry especially
serious play about the downfall of a tragic hero; it arouses pity and fear and produces a catharsis
reversing the normal, expected order of words in a sentence or of meter in a poem; allows for emphasis of certain words
not stated; hinted at
fully and clearly stated, supported, or demonstrated
omitting words from a sentence that are needed for full clarity, but that can be understood without the word(s)
the arrangement of similarly constructed clauses, sentences, or lines or poetry; it is balanced and suggests a correspondence to each otehr
come to a conclusion or judgment based on evidence presented

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