Nonfiction Prose Vocabulary

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Examples of Nonfiction

Essays, Speeches, Articles and Opinion Pieces, Memoir and Autobiographical Excerpts, Interviews and Personal Narratives

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Examples of Stylistic Devices

Diction, Imagery, Detail, Syntax and Figurative Language

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Examples of Content Devices

Setting, point

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Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the six senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell and movement) to create vivid mental pictures.

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Visual Imagery

Allows readers to see what the author describes and relate what they see in their mind — sizes, shapes, colors, etc.

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Olfactory Imagery

Appeals to the readers sense of smell

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Auditory Imagery

Pertains to the sounds we hear in our mind as we read

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Gustatory Imagery

Appeals to the readers sense of taste

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Tactile Imagery

Deals with images that represent touch, hardness, softness, wetness, heat and cold

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Kinesthetic Imagery

Deals with images that represent movement or tension in the body

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Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence to create meaning and effect. It includes sentence structure, punctuation, and word order

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Sentence Length

  • short, abrupt

  • medium sentence

  • long, flowing

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Juxtaposition

ideas, words, or phrases that are places close together in the same sentence for contrast

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Repetition

words, sounds, or ideas that are repeated to create emphasis

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Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Rhetorical Question

a sentence that asks a question but expect no answer

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Semicolon ;

gives equal weight to two or more sentences resulting in a balance of parallel ideas

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Colon :

sets the expectation that important, closely related information will follow; used when listing one or more ideas; adds a layer of formality

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Figurative Language

Figures of speech that go beyond the literal and use language to achieve a more powerful effect.

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Simile

A comparison of two things that uses “like,” “than,” or “as”

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Metaphor

The comparison of one thing to another that does not use the terms “like” or “as” or “than”

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Personification

Endows animals, ideas, abstractions, and inanimate objects with human form

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Allusion

A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, mythology, or some other branch of culture

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Oxymoron

The association of two contrary terms that are places next to each other

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Hyperbole

An excessive exaggeration

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Onomatopoeia

When the sound of a word is related to its meaning

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Sibilance

A figure of speech where strong “s” and “sh” sounds are created deliberately to produce a hissing sound

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Alliteration

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

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