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| 4821937022 | Explication | act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text, usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. | 0 | |
| 4821939940 | Narrative | the form of discourse that tells about a series of events. | 1 | |
| 4821948654 | Exposition | one of the four major forms of discourse, in which something is explained or "set forth." | 2 | |
| 4821950784 | Description | a form of discourse that uses language to create a mood or emotion | 3 | |
| 4821962919 | Argument | form of persuasion that appeals to reason instead of emotion to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way. | 4 | |
| 4821976342 | Argumentation | one of the four forms of discourse which uses logic, ethics, and emotional appeals (logos, ethos, pathos) to develop an effective means to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way. | 5 | |
| 4821978528 | Persuasion | relies more on emotional appeals than on facts. | 6 | |
| 4821980631 | Essay | a short piece of nonfiction prose in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject. | 7 | |
| 4821983798 | Epic | a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society. | 8 | |
| 4821989707 | Elegy | a poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died. | 9 | |
| 4821992835 | Diction | a speaker or writer's choice of words. | 10 | |
| 4821996683 | Casual Relationship | form of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as part of a logical argument. | 11 | |
| 4822038300 | Didactic | form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | 12 | |
| 4822045299 | Epanalepsis | device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence. | 13 | |
| 4822051046 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 14 | |
| 4822053762 | Epistrophe | device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. | 15 | |
| 4822065152 | Epithet | an adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality. | 16 |
