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| an argument that attacks the speaker rather than the issues or ideas that are at hand |
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| a fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds |
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| a passing reference to a familiar person, place, or thing drawn from history, mythology, or literature |
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| subject to more than one interpretation |
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| a comparison between two things that are essentially different |
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| reading actively, paying attention to both the content and the structure of the text |
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| the noun a pronoun refers to |
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| an opposition or contrast of ideas, often expressed in balanced phrases |
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| a figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by the speaker |
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| elevating a character to a godlike status |
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| one of the four basic types of prose intended to persuade a reader |
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| the thesis of a writer's argument |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds |
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| a belief or principle, stated or implied, that is taken for granted |
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| removing conjunctions that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses |
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| the emotional feeling or mood of a place, scene, or event |
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| the feelings of a speaker or piece of writing toward a subject |
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| the intended readership of a piece of writing |
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| false or forced emotion that is often humorous |
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| a grammatical term in which a word or phrase follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity |
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