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7685512300	active voice	verb form in which the subject of the sentence performs or causes the action expressed by the verb	0
7685512301	diction	an authors specific word choice to achieve correctness, clearness, or emphasis	1
7685512302	connotation	the implied meaning of a word	2
7685512303	denotation	the literal, explicit meaning of a word	3
7685512304	analysis	form of writing involving a separation of a whole into its component parts	4
7685533169	argument	the expression of a position or claim supported by claims	5
7685533170	audience	in the context of writing or literature, this term refers to the reading public to a specific group	6
7685536251	authority	a person cited because his or her opinion carries special weight	7
7685539795	begging the question	the act of ignoring a problem or issue by assuming that it is already settled	8
7685543347	black comedy	disturbing or absurd material presented in a humorous manner, usually with the intention of confronting uncomfortable truths	9
7685582854	caricature	authors exaggeration or distortion of certain traits	10
7685592184	case structure	the logical outline of an argument, claims with support and evidence	11
7685615085	claim	a statement or assertion that is open to challenge and that requires support	12
7685619126	climax	the moment of greatest intensity in a text, or the major turning point in the plot	13
7685625183	colloquialism	an informal expression, or slang term, acceptable in conversation but not usually in formal writing	14
7685639165	logos	persuading with logic	15
7685644345	hypothetical	assumption for the sake of conversation	16
7685665626	identification	author suggest his/her closeness to the audience	17
7685678160	genre	short stories, poetry, novels	18
7685684547	imagery	language that brings to mind sense-impressions, especially using figures of speech and sensory language	19
7685696106	informal	language used everyday	20
7685701925	in medias res	latin// technique of starting a narrative in the middle of the action	21
7685720604	idiom	draws awareness to the discrepancy between words and there meaning	22
7685734018	irony	bringing opposing parties to a compromise	23
7685744752	mediation	a way of speaking that is peculiar	24
7685759434	abstract	not attached to anything specific	25
7685765713	didactic	intended to educate or instruct	26
7685773242	digression	to turn away from the main point	27
7685781039	discourse	the wider social and intellectual context in which communication takes place	28
7685785760	ellipsis	a figure of speech in which a word or short phrase is omitted but easily understood from the context	29
7685798406	frame		30
7685798407	harangue		31
7685800551	fantasy		32
7685800552	epigraph		33
7685803545	eulogy		34
7685803546	foreshadow		35
7685807381	figurative language		36
7685807382	ethos		37
7685811514	farce		38
7685823566	explication		39