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| scheme of parallel structure which occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length. |
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| Inversion of the natural or usual word order. |
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| the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. |
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| Repetition of words derived from the same root, |
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| Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. |
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| Deliberate use of many conjunctions. |
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| Deliberate omission of conjuctions between a series of related clauses. |
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| Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. |
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| Arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance. |
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| Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of following clause. |
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| Deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context. |
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| Repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words. |
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| Placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. |
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| The repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words. |
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| The juxtoposition of contrasting ideas, often used in prallel structure. |
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| Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses. |
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| Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. |
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| (the "criss-cross") reversal in grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses. |
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| A subcategory of asyndeton used in the Tudor period. Brachylogia omits conjuntions between single words or phrases. |
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| Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentences. |
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| obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
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| a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make anassertion and not to elicit a reply. |
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| A type of sentence that asks a question. |
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| A sentence in the form of a statement. |
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| A type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command. |
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| A type of sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation. |
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| A sentence with only one independent clause. |
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| A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses. |
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| A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. |
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| Compound-Complex Sentence |
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| A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one dependent clause. |
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| A sentence that builds up and the sense is not completed until the end. |
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| An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea. |
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| Detail description of author's purpose, audience, and how they convey that. |
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| Brief description of author's message. |
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- Selecting
- Categorizing
- Comparing
- Synthesizing
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| style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
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The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language |
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| formation of images through the use of the 5 senses |
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| the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence |
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| the character of voice expressing an emotion |
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| Arguementation: Defend Refute or Qualify |
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defend: agree
refute: disagree
qualify: agree or disagree with limitations |
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| giving examples from the text |
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| explanation of why the evidence backs up author's claim |
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| Underlining vs. Quotation Marks |
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| Books are underlined articles are quoted |
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| beginning of sentences and proper nouns |
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| the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. |
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| commas, periods, quotations, dashes, slashes, question marks, exclamation marks |
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| ordinary or familiar conversation instead of formal speech |
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| complimentory, subserviant |
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| ridiculing, scoffing, scorning |
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