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20 Cards in this Set
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Prose |
One of the major divisions of genre |
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Pun |
When a word has two or more meanings in a humorous way. |
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Repetition |
The duplication of language |
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Rhetorical modes |
The conventions and purposes of writinh |
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Rhetorical question |
A question that doesn't need an answer |
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Sarcasm |
Bitter caustic langiage intended to ridicule |
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Satire |
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions |
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Semantics |
The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words |
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Style |
An evaluation of the sum of choices an author makes |
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Syllogism |
Two premises that lead to a sound conclusion |
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Synecdoche |
A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole |
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Synesthesia |
When one kind of sensory stimulus envokes the subjective experience of another |
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Syntax |
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases |
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Tone |
The authors attitude towards his material |
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Transition |
A word or phrase that linkd different ideas |
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Understatement |
The ironic minimizing of a fact |
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Undertone |
An attitude that may lie under the tone of the piece |
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Vernacular |
Language or dialect |
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Wit |
Intellectually amazing language that surprises and delights |
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Zuegma |
When a single word governs or modifies two or more other words |
