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Paragraph developement
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33
English
9th Grade
06/19/2014

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Analogy
Definition
Comparison between something unfamiliar and something familiar to make people understand
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Anecdote
Definition
Short story to show point
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Anti climatic order of sentences
Definition
order of words from emotional to less emotional
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casual analysis
Definition
Cause and effect
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climatic order of sentences
Definition
less emotional to more emotional
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comparison/contrast
Definition
similarities and differences
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concession
Definition
Main points of opposite argument
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definition
Definition
limits and defines term
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emotional appeal
Definition
uses emotions to persuade reader towards topic
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fact
Definition
something proven to be true
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generalization
Definition
summarization of details and made into a broad statement
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illustration/example
Definition
extra information to support point
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irony
Definition
something different to what you expect
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logical argument
Definition
argument that makes clear sense and appeals to sense of logic
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narration
Definition
telling a series of events in story
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parody
Definition
imitation that is funny
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personal experience, reflections
Definition
story and retelling of event to prove point further
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quotations
Definition
words from someone who understands topic but is not in status of authority
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refrence to authority
Definition
quote from authority that provides credibiity
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relutation
Definition
outlines main point of other argumet against you
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statistic
Definition
counted by number, credibility
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alliteration
Definition
repition of first letter of word
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allusion
Definition
historic event that took pace, someone everyone knows etc
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hyperbole
Definition
exageration of event
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litotes
Definition
opposite of hyperbole understatement
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metaphor
Definition
direct comparison of unlike things because as or like
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parallelism
Definition
words phrases sentences put together that have same importance
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personification
Definition
give human or living atributes to something non living
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pun
Definition
sarcastic use of words
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repition
Definition
repeating word to hightlight importance or topic
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rhetorical question
Definition
asking question to which you do not require an answer
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simile
Definition
compare two different things using like or ask
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