| Definition | Term |
| controlling sentence, author's purpose | |
| how a passage is constructed-> images, details or arguments | |
| describes principle governing the art of writing effectively and persuasively | |
| tools of rhetoric, such as tone, diction, imagery | |
| exposition: explains, argumentation: prove validity, description: describing, narrative: tell a story | |
| branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words-> historical/psychological development, connotations, etc. | |
| a question asked for only rhetorical effect, no answer needed | |
| taunting remark, generally ironic | |
| central message | |
| a literary work which vices are held up to ridicule | |
| | Definition | Term |
| the way the writer selects which details to use | |
| a long speech where the character is alone | |
| a pattern that groups have a pattern | |
| word/phrase that follows linking verb and completes sentence by renaming/describing | |
| the duplication, exact or approximate, of an element or language | |
| intellectually amusing | |
| deductive systems of formal logic that presents two premises and leads to conclusion | |
| the way an author joins phrases, clauses and sentences | |
| minimalizing a fact | |
| an evaluation of the sum of all the choices an author makes: word choice, sentence construction, and figurative language | |
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