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| an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason | ||
| using the story as a symbol-usually about a moral truth or a generalization about human existence | ||
| indirect or direct reference: historical, mythological, religious, and literary | ||
| multiple meanins (which could cause confussion or be unclear) | ||
| a comparision or relationship between two different things | ||
| word, phrase, or clause regerred to by a noun | ||
| terse statement expressing a general truth or moral principle (3 people can keep a secret if 2 are dead) | ||
| emotional mood created by the entirety of the work | ||
| use of slang or informalities | ||
| nonliteral, implied and suggested meaning(nondirect) | ||
| literal dictionary meaning | ||
| instructive, teaching | ||
| more agreeable. less offensive wording ("with child" instead of "pregnant" | ||
| traditions of each genre | ||
| deliberate exaggeration for effect | ||
| writing that is meant to be imaginitve and vivid | ||
| author's word choice | ||
| to draw reasonable conclusions from presented info | ||
| emotionally violent, verbal attack using strong abusive language | ||
| contrast between what appears to be and what is | ||
| words that literally state the opposite of the true meaning | ||
| events turn out the opposite of what was expected | ||
| when audiance knows more than the characters | ||
| grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural simularity | ||
| scholarly, bookish |
