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Satire
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule
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Semantics
branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another
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style
A writer's style is comprised of a variety of elements that come together to form a distinct literary signature.
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subject complement
word or clauses that follow a linking verb and complements or completes the subject
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subordinate clause

dependent clause, cannot stand alone as a setence

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syllogism

an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion

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symbol

something that represents something else usually abstract

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synecdoche

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

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syntax

way an auother chooses to put words in groups or sentences

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theme

central idea of a story usually teaching a life lesson

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thesis

sentence that tell author’s opinion, argument, purpose, or postion

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tone

author’s attitude to his text

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transition

word or phrase that links two different ideas together

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understatment

ironic minimizing of a fact

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undertone

the attitude that may lie under the tone of the text

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wit

intellectually amazing language that surprises or delights

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Appositive
a noun or noun phrase that renames another name – The insect, a cockroach, is crawling on the wall.
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Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds – Try to light the fire.
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Begging the question
argumentative ploy when the arguer sidesteps the question
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Claim
in argumentation, an assertion of something as fact
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Comparison and contrast
when two or more things are compared, contrasted, or both
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Convention
an accepted manner, model, or tradition
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Deductive reasoning
method of argument that moves from general to specific
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Inductive reasoning
method of argument that moves from specific to general
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Dialect
language & speech idiosyncracies of a specific region or group
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Epistrophe
repetition at the end of successive sentences (opposite of anaphora)
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Epitaph
writing in praise of a dead person – most often inscribed upon a headstone
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Epithet
a word or phrase applied to a person to describe him or her – “Richard the Lion Hearted”
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Eulogy
a speech or written praise of a deceased person – usually given at a funeral
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Flashback
retrospection – when an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of narration
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Foreshadowing
a sign or warning of a future event
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Jargon
specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group
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Pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word; wordplay
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Qualifiers
words or phrases that limited the scope of a claim – sometimes, most of the time, usually, I guess…
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Immediate audience
the audience physically present when a speech is delivered
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Mediated audience
an audience who is not physically present but is affected (television)
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Exigence
What prompts the speaker to speak or writer to write at this particular time? Why now?
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Purpose
What the speaker/writer wants the audience to feel & do as a result of reading or listening to the rhetoric – Sometimes – What does the speaker/writer want to change?
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