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Description   Writing that appeals to the five senses  
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Narration   Writing that tells a story  
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Argument/Persuasion   Writing that presents a position in hopes that readers will accept an assertion  
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Expostion   Writing that explains or informs  
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Imperative sentence   Makes a command, ends with a period or exclamation point  
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Parallel structure (parallelism)   Grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence  
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periodic sentence   The dependant clause comes first followed by the independant clause  
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Appositive   A phrase that consists of a noun and its modifiers which stand eside another noun and rename it  
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Epistrophe   Repetition that occurs when the last word or st of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end of successive sentences, clauses or phrases  
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compound sentence   containes two independant clauses joined by a conjunction or a semicolon  
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complex sentence   contains an endependant clause, and one or more subordinate clauses  
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Loose sentence   The independant cluase comes first, followed by one or more dependant clauses  
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simple sentence   contains one independant clause  
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exclamatory sentence   communicates strong emotion or surprise ends with an exlamation point  
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Anaphora   Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines.  
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independant clause   a clause that can stand alone as a sentence; contains a subject and a verb  
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rhetorical question   Question that requires no answer  
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compound-complex clause   contains two ore more independant clauses and one or more subordinate clauses  
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balanced sentence   The phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their structure, meaning, or length  
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interrogative sentence   asks a question, end with a question mark  
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declarative sentence   makes a statement, ends with a period  
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dependant/subordinate clause   a clause that can not stand alone  
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rhetorical fragment   a sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired effect  
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denotation   The exact, literal definition of a word independant of emotion or secondary meaning  
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abstract diction   language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions or concepts that are intangible  
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jargon   Words or expressions used in a specific trade  
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colloquialisms   Non-standard, regional language for conversational speech and languages  
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slang   recently coined words that are used informally  
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connotation   Implicit meaning of a word  
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Concrete diction   specific words that describe physical qualities  
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dialect   Nonstandard subgroup of a language within its own vocabulary and grammatical features  
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Ambiguity/ambiguous   multiple meanings, either intentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage  
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cliche   an overused expression  
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motif   An often repeated idea or theme in literature  
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antecedent   noun that the pronoun refers to or replaces  
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antithesis   an opposing idea often in parallel structure  
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conceit   an extended metaphor that takes one subject and explores the metaphoric possibilities in the qualities associated with that subject  
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synesthetic imagery   details that move the reader from one of the five senses to another of the five senses  
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allegory   an extended metaphor where persons or objects take on a moral/social meaning  
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aphorism   short sayings with a message  
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spatial order   an order of describing objects according to location  
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irony   opposite of what is expected  
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apostrophe   speaking directly to an absent person, place, thing, or concept  
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figurative language   non-literal language written to create a special effect or feeling  
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oxymoron   a compressed paradox  
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alliteration   the repetition of initial constonant sounds  
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sensory details   details that are experienced through the five senses  
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pun   a word or phrase which is used in such a way as to suggest more than one possible meaning  
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hyperbole   an exaggeration or overstatement  
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euphemism   a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept  
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syllogism   a deductive argument. Two premises and a conclusion  
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paradox   a statement that is seemingly contrary to common sense, yet is in fact, true.  
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juxtoposition   putting two ideas together to create a contrast  
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simile   a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"  
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metonymy   substituting of one word for another word which is closely related  
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litotes   deliberate understatement especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite  
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analogy   a comparison between two different things or the relationship between them  
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synechdoche   using part of something to represent the whole  
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symbolism   anything that represents itself and for something else  
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onomatopoeia   a figure of speech in which natural sounds are intimidated in the sounds of words  
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metaphor   a figure of speech using implied comparison of unlike things  
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personification   concepts, animals, or inanimate objects are described with human attributes or emotions  
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allusion   a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event  
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anecdote   a brief story used to illustrate a point  
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bandwagon/ad populum   assumes widespread occurence makes it right  
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post hoc ergo propter hoc   cause and effect do not match  
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non sequitur   "it does not follow"  
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circular reasoning/begging the question   tries to prove one idea with the same idea  
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hasty generalizations   draw conclusions based on one or two cases  
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red herring   divert the issue with an unrelated topic  
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ad antiquitatem   "That's the way it's always been"  
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either/or reasoning   only two sides  
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ad hominem   targets a persons characteristics, rather than the argument  
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tu quoque   "you too"  
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