English Honors Final Exam Vocab

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Fragment

A group of words that does not express a complete thought.

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Subordinate Clause

A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and is dependent on the main clause.

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Purpose of writing

The reason behind creating a piece of written work, such as to entertain, inform, or persuade.

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Entertain

To provide enjoyment or amusement through writing.

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Persuade

To convince the reader to agree with the author's point of view or take a specific action.

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Inform

To provide knowledge or facts to the reader through writing.

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Idioms

Expressions that have a figurative meaning different from the literal meanings of the individual words.

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Analogies

A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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Transition

Words or phrases that connect ideas, sentences, or paragraphs within a piece of writing.

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Limited Subject

A specific topic or aspect that is focused on in a piece of writing.

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Informative purpose

Writing intended to provide information, facts, or explanations to the reader.

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Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate sounds they represent.

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Metaphor

A figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.

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Simile

A figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as."

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Personification

Giving human characteristics to non-human entities.

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Redundancy

Unnecessary repetition of words or ideas in writing.

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Cliché

Overused phrase or expression that has lost its originality or impact.

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Topic Sentence

A sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph.

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Personal Writing

Writing that expresses the author's thoughts, feelings, or experiences.

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Chronological order

Arranging events in the order in which they occurred.

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Spatial order

Organizing information based on physical location or relationships.

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Developmental order

Presenting ideas in a sequence that allows for logical progression and understanding.

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Flashback

A scene in a narrative that interrupts the present action to describe events that happened in the past.

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Exposition

Writing that introduces background information to the reader.

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Informative Essay

A type of writing that aims to educate or inform the reader about a particular topic.

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Persuasive writing

Writing that aims to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or take a specific action.

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Thesis

The main point or central idea of a piece of writing.

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Dialogue

Conversation between characters in a literary work.

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Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds within words.

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Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.

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Plagiarism

Using someone else's work or ideas without proper acknowledgment.

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Inference

A conclusion drawn based on evidence and reasoning rather than explicit information.

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Noun

A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

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Proper

Nouns that refer to specific persons, places, or things and are capitalized.

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Common

Nouns that refer to general items or concepts and are not capitalized.

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Verb

A word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.

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Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

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Preposition

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.

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Conjunction

A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.

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Interjection

A word or phrase used to express emotion or exclamation.

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Pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

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