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22 Cards in this Set
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Imagery
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figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively
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Symbolism
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the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
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Theme
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a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic
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Irony
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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
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Tone
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the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers
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Allusion
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an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work
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Setting
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time & place of the action of a story
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Connotation
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning
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Denotation
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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
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Context Clues
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sources of information outside of words that readers may use to predict the identities and meanings of unknown words
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Root Words
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the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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Primary Purpose
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the collection, use and disclosure of information for the purpose(s) for which it was collected
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Main Idea
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the main points of a speech; the subtopics of a speech
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Supporting Details
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tell more about the main idea
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Summary
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a brief statement or account of the main points of something
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Thesis/Thesis Statement
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a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved
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Transition Words
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allow one to work smooth changes into one's writing; thus, simple sentences turn into compound sentences, complex sentences and long paragraphs
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Fact & Opinion Statements
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a fact is a statement that can be proved. An opinion, in contrast, is a statement that reflects the writer’s or speaker’s belief, but which cannot be supported by proof or evidence
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Rhetorical Questions
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a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
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Active & Passive Voice
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Active: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
Passive: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive" |
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Nonrestrictive Clauses
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Of, relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that describes but does not identify or restrict the meaning of the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies, as the clause who live in a small condo in the sentence The Smiths, who live in a small condo, have 11 cats.
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Reciprocal Pronouns
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A pronoun or pronominal phrase, such as each other, that expresses mutual action or relationship
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