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english vocab 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule |
| pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |
| periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end |
| personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotion |
| pov | the perspective from which a story is told |
| predicate adjective | a second type of subject complement - - an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb |
| predicate nominative | a second type of subject complement - - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renamed the subject |
| prose | one of the major divisions of genre prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its form |
| repetition | the duplication, either exact or approx of any element of language; such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical |
| rhetor | the speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test |
| rhetoric | from the greek for “orator” this term describes the principles governing the art of effectively, eloquently and persuasively |
| rhetorical modes | this flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing |
| sarcasm | from the greek meaning “to tear flesh” sarcasm involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone |
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