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Literature Terminology

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rhetoric   the art of writing and speaking  
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nonfriction   non necessarily true because there is different perspective  
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narration   ex. journal, fun stories, diaries  
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exposition   exposing or revealing facts  
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persuasion   use rule of logic to argue  
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What are the kind of genres?   autobiography/biography, chronicle, diary, letter, essay, sermon, speech  
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chronicle   records of events. ex. yearbook, newspaper  
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diary   daily entries of events  
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letter   a way to corespond to each other  
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sermon   speech, oral presentation, allow to talk in fragment. Narrow view  
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speech   like a sermon but more open to different point of views  
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classification/division   find a the subjects qualities and organize those qualities into groups. Must have at least 3 quality to classify  
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cause and effect   show relationship. Predict what will happen  
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compare and contrast   find the similarities and difference  
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process analysis   how something happen. "how to" "how do"  
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What are the different type of order of importance   chronological, climatic, spatial  
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chronological   the order follows a timeline.  
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climatic   the order began with the least important events then build up to the big boom  
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spatial   (blank)  
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What are the figures of rhetoric   anecdote, digression/aside, concession, apostrophe  
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anecdote   personal experience  
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digression/aside   background information which is unncessary, but it helps clarity the story  
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concession   recognizing/giving someone credit  
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apostrophe   talking to an object or subject who doesn't talk back  
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refutation   You're right on this point BUT you are wrong on......... (when you tell someone they are wrong)  
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analogy   comparsion. Comparing something that is confusing to the reader with something that the reader will understand  
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similie   has the words, "Like" and "As"  
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personification   giving human characteristics to non human things  
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synechdoche   ex. "Get your butt over here", "Lean me your ears" (talking about a part of your body instead of the whole)  
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metonymy   a nickname that reveals the character  
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What are the figures of speech?   analogy, personification, synechdoche, metonymy, euphemism, pun, allusion, images vs. details, symbol  
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pun   play on words  
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allusion   reference to outside source  
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images vs. details   images: sensory description (smell, touch, tease, sight, sound)  
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details   describing selection of sections in details  
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symbol   a real object which represents an idea, belief, characterisitics  
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motif   when symbol is repeated in the same or different way  
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archtype   universal symbol (earth is mother, black is evil)  
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How is symbol divided?   motif and archtype  
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How is analogy divided?   metaphor and similie  
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attitude   the way ou feel  
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tone   the way feelings are expressed  
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purpose   motivating factor for writing nonfriction  
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theme   motivating factor for writing friction  
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point of view   perspective  
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mood/atmosphere   overall feeling  
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shift   change in time, feeling, perspective, ect.  
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style   How a writer uses tone, attitude, mood, shift, etc.  
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