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purpose of description ------ to re-create or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader may picture that which is being described. Descriptive writing may be found in the other rhetorical modes.is one of four rhetorical modes 
purpose of narration ------ to tell a story or narrate an event or series of events. This writing mode frequently uses the tools of descriptive writing. 
sarcasm ------ a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a reviewfull of sarcasms.
satire ------ the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing,denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human follyand vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
semantics ------ the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word,sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics.
style ------ the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking byselecting and arranging words, considered with respect toclearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that ischaracteristic of a group, period, person, personality, etc.: towrite in the style of Faulkner; a familiar style; a pompous,pedantic style.
subject complement ------ a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective ornoun, that is used in the predicate following a copula anddescribes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, assleepy  in The travelers became sleepy.
predicate nominative ------ a noun or pronoun which follows the verb and describes or renames the subject. It is another way of naming the subject. It follows a linking verb.
predicate adjective ------ an adjective used in the predicate, esp. with a copulative verb andattributive to the subject, as in He is dead,  or attributive to thedirect object, as in It made him sick.
subordinate clause ------ a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it orthat serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when shearrived  in the sentence I was there when she arrived  or that shehas arrived  in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
syllogism ------ an argument the conclusion of which is supported bytwo premises, of which one (major premise)  contains theterm (major term)  that is the predicate of the conclusion,and the other (minor premise)  contains the term (minorterm)  that is the subject of the conclusion; common to bothpremises is a term (middle term)  that is excluded from theconclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; thereforeall B is C.”
symbol/symbolism ------ something used for or regarded as representing somethingelse; a material object representing something, oftensomething immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
natural symbols ------ seasons-spring~birth, new beginningsummer~maturity, knowledgeautumn~decline, near-death, growing oldwinter~death, sleep, hibernation,stagnationChristmas season~birth, change for the better
conventional symbols ------ symbols that are used on maps to represent different features
literary symbols ------ Literary symbolism combines the literal and the abstract. Some symbols are generic, such as the color red representing love, and flowers representing mortality. Other symbols, such as The Valley of Ashes in THE GREAT GATSBY, are specific to individual novels.
synecdoche ------ a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or thewhole for a part, the special for the general or the general for thespecial, as in ten sail  for ten ships  or a Croesus  for a rich man.
synesthesia ------ a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied toanother modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound inducesthe visualization of a certain color.
syntax ------ the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
theme ------ a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, orcomposition; topic: The need for world peace was the themeof the meeting.
thesis ------ a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, esp.one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained againstobjections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causesof war.

Side A ------ Side B
purpose of description ------ to re-create or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader may picture that which is being described. Descriptive writing may be found in the other rhetorical modes.is one of four rhetorical modes 
purpose of narration ------ to tell a story or narrate an event or series of events. This writing mode frequently uses the tools of descriptive writing. 
sarcasm ------ a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a reviewfull of sarcasms.
satire ------ the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing,denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human follyand vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
semantics ------ the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word,sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics.
style ------ the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking byselecting and arranging words, considered with respect toclearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that ischaracteristic of a group, period, person, personality, etc.: towrite in the style of Faulkner; a familiar style; a pompous,pedantic style.
subject complement ------ a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective ornoun, that is used in the predicate following a copula anddescribes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, assleepy  in The travelers became sleepy.
predicate nominative ------ a noun or pronoun which follows the verb and describes or renames the subject. It is another way of naming the subject. It follows a linking verb.
predicate adjective ------ an adjective used in the predicate, esp. with a copulative verb andattributive to the subject, as in He is dead,  or attributive to thedirect object, as in It made him sick.
subordinate clause ------ a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it orthat serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when shearrived  in the sentence I was there when she arrived  or that shehas arrived  in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
syllogism ------ an argument the conclusion of which is supported bytwo premises, of which one (major premise)  contains theterm (major term)  that is the predicate of the conclusion,and the other (minor premise)  contains the term (minorterm)  that is the subject of the conclusion; common to bothpremises is a term (middle term)  that is excluded from theconclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; thereforeall B is C.”
symbol/symbolism ------ something used for or regarded as representing somethingelse; a material object representing something, oftensomething immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
natural symbols ------ seasons-spring~birth, new beginningsummer~maturity, knowledgeautumn~decline, near-death, growing oldwinter~death, sleep, hibernation,stagnationChristmas season~birth, change for the better
conventional symbols ------ symbols that are used on maps to represent different features
literary symbols ------ Literary symbolism combines the literal and the abstract. Some symbols are generic, such as the color red representing love, and flowers representing mortality. Other symbols, such as The Valley of Ashes in THE GREAT GATSBY, are specific to individual novels.
synecdoche ------ a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or thewhole for a part, the special for the general or the general for thespecial, as in ten sail  for ten ships  or a Croesus  for a rich man.
synesthesia ------ a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied toanother modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound inducesthe visualization of a certain color.
syntax ------ the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
theme ------ a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, orcomposition; topic: The need for world peace was the themeof the meeting.
thesis ------ a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, esp.one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained againstobjections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causesof war.