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| 12326869653 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer Ex: How could you! |  | 0 |
| 12326869654 | Roman a clef | A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. A text that is fictional but based on actual events | 1 | |
| 12326869655 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 2 |
| 12326869656 | Satire | Often funny, it is a style of writing that targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions. |  | 3 |
| 12326869657 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 4 |
| 12326869658 | Straw Opponent | The fallaciously-created distortion of one's true stance. |  | 5 |
| 12326869659 | spatial structure | Arranges information according to how things fit together in physical space. | 6 | |
| 12326869660 | sequential structure | a type of content structure that normally deals with an examination of the sequences of utterances in order to make more sense of what is going on | 7 | |
| 12326869661 | Style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. - unique and particle way the novel is written by the autho | 8 | |
| 12326869662 | Subplot | a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story |  | 9 |
| 12326869663 | Syllogism vs. enthymeme | Syllogism: A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Enthymemes When a premise in a syllogism is missing, the syllogism becomes an enthymeme. Enthymemes can be very effective in argument, but they can also be unethical and lead to invalid conclusions. Authors often use enthymemes to persuade audiences. |  | 10 |
| 12326869664 | Symbol | a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract ex: dove= peace | 11 | |
| 12326869665 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole. Synecdoche (si'-nek-doh-kee) is a specific term employed when you use a part of the thing to mean the whole thing itself. ex: the crown, the wheels | 12 | |
| 12326869666 | Synaesthesia | When the senses get mixed up. - a heavy silence fell across the room | 13 | |
| 12326869667 | Syntax | In linguistics, the study of the rules that govern the ways in which words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. ex: includes parralalism and anaphora: we will eat cheese. we will play. we will dance. | 14 | |
| 12326869668 | Theme | The universal truth of a work that applies to the human condition. ex: dont judge people on the base of their appearance (turtle and the rabbit) | 15 | |
| 12326869669 | thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved | 16 | |
| 12326869670 | antithesis | * a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else * A balanced sentence that makes a contrast is called antithesis. ex: my only love sprung from my only hate | 17 | |
| 12326869671 | synthesis | combination or composition. | 18 | |
| 12326869672 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 19 | |
| 12326869673 | transition | (n.) a change from one state or condition to another | 20 | |
| 12326869674 | understatement | A writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. | 21 | |
| 12326869675 | verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or real | 22 | |
| 12326869676 | voice/speaker | The attitude and style a writer has to convey his/ her thoughts is often referred to as his/ her | 23 | |
| 12326869677 | wit | (to wit) that is to say (used to make clearer or more specific something already said or referred to) | 24 | |
| 12326869678 | litotes | An ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative as its contrary. ex: shes no ordinary girl (she is special) | 25 | |
| 12326869679 | zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ). | 26 | |
| 12326869680 | Personification | the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 27 | |
| 12326869681 | Persuasion/ persuasive essay | a literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reasons and logic to influence the audience | 28 | |
| 12326869682 | Point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 29 | |
| 12326869683 | Premise | An assertion or proposition that serves as the basis of a work or theory. | 30 | |
| 12326869684 | Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 31 | |
| 12326869685 | Pseudonym | (n.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer | 32 | |
| 12326869686 | pragmatic theory | Literary theory that regards the literature as is deliberately designed to achieve certain effects in the reader. * emphasizes the audience |  | 33 |
| 12326869687 | objective theory | Emphasizes the perspective of the reader or audience perceiving the poem 'as a given object'. * poem = object * emphasis on the poem | 34 | |
| 12326869688 | mimetic theory | The literary theory that literature reflects the universe. Key idea: 'the tendency to look to the nature of the given universe as the clue to the nature of poetry'. Key words: imitation, image, reflection, feigning, counterfeiting, copy, representation. | 35 | |
| 12326869689 | expressive theory | emphasizes the poet the POET and then the reader are carried away with the poem | 36 | |
| 12326869690 | Red herring | Distracter that draws attention away from the real issue. When something draws the attention away from the issue being discussed ex: you are a vegetarian because you do not believe in killing animals, but how do you support abortion |  | 37 |
| 12326869691 | Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 38 | |
| 12326869692 | rhetorical mode | A strategy, way, or method of presenting a subject through writing or speech. rhetorical mode | 39 | |
| 12326869693 | exposition (rhetorical mode) | to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion | 40 | |
| 12326869694 | argumentation (rhetorical mode) | to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader | 41 | |
| 12326869695 | description (rhetorical mode) | Re-creates, invents, or visually presents a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that which is being described. | 42 | |
| 12326869696 | narration (rhetorical mode) | One of the traditional modes of discourse that recounts an event or a series of related events. | 43 |
