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13873850955DictionThe author's choice of words0
13873850956ConnotationThe emotional sense or cultural meaning of a word1
13873850957DenotationThe dictionary or precise meaning of a word2
13873850958StyleAuthoritative Emotive Didactic Objective Ornate Plain Scholarly Scientific3
13873850959Types of ImageryVisual Auditory Tactile Olfactory Gustatory Kinesthetic Kinetic Organic4
13873850960Effects of ImageryEstablishes tone Creates realistic settings Creates empathy in readers for character Helps readers imagine themselves as part of a narrative5
13873850961ToneThe attitude of the speaker toward another character, a place an idea or a thing6
13873850962Effects of Tone"Emotional quality" Diction and tone help create7
13873850963MoodAs the emotional quality of setting8
13874350774SyntaxThe order of words in a senctence9
13874350775Effects of SyntaxImpacts the pace of a passage Emphasizing ideas10
13874350776Types of SentencesPeriodic Loose Parallel Repetition Gramatical11
13874350777Types of Gramatical SentencesSimple sentences Compound sentence Complex sentence Compound complex12
13874350778ClimaxMain point or idea of a sentence13
13874350779CadenceRhythm or music of a sentence14
13874350780Narrative paceSpeed influenced by the length of words, omission of words and punctuation, length of sentences, and repetition of sounds15
13874350781Prominenceimportance of a given idea in a sentence16
13874350782PositionWhere the key idea is located17
13874350783PaceSpeed of the text18
13874350784Point of ViewSpeaker's responses and attitude19
13874350785Figurative LanguageLanguage not meant to be taken literally20
13874350786Literary terminologyAllusion Allegory Anecdote Anti hero Archetype Atmosphere Irony Symbol Understatement Metaphor Simile Metonymy(hyperbole) Paradox Overstatement Personification Synecdoche Atmosphere Epiphany Eulogy Extended metaphor Foil Imagery Invocation Mood Motif Parable Parody Soliloquy Syntax Tone Verisimilitude Vernacular21
13874350787EpistropheRepetition at the end22
13874350788AsyndetonConjunctions are omitted between words and phrases23
13874350789PolysyndetonUse of conjunctions between each word, phrase or clause24
13874350790AnaphoraRepetition at the start25
13874350791ChiasmusPairs of sentences in a/b/b/a form26
13874350792Types of repetitionEpistrophe Anaphora Chiasmus Asyndeton Polysyndeton27
13874350793Elements of Classical TragedyCatharsis Chorus Hamartia Hubris Tragedy Tragic hero28
13874350794Types of NovelsBildungsroman Dystopian Epistolary Gothic Historical Novella Novel Picaresque Social Utopian29
13874350795Elements of PoetryRhyme Metaphor Epigram Anthropomorphism Stanza Structure30
13874350796Types of RhymeExact Slant Internal End Alliteration Assonance Cacaphony Euphony Meter31
13874350797Types of PoemsBallad Elegy Epic Lyric Narrative Ode Prose Poem32
13874350798RhetoricAbstraction Abstract noun Analogy Antecedent Antithesis Catalog Circumlocution Double entendre Euphemism Ethos Sature Understatement Verb phrase Hyperbole Juxtapose Lists Oxymoron Paradox Parody Parallel structure Pathos Repetition Rhetoric Rhetorical study Vernacular33

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