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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