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Onomatopoeia
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NOUNthe formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound...
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Oxymoron
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NOUN a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory...
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Paradox
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NOUNa statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses...
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Parallelism
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NOUNagreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.a...
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anaphora
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NOUNrepetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses,...
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Parody
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a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writingex- SNL's Twilight...
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Pedantic
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NOUNostentatious in one's learning.overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp....
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Periodic Sentence
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NOUNa sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect...
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Personification
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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract...
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Point of View
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a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point...
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First Person Narrator
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a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at...
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Third Person Narration
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Any story told in the grammatical third person, i.e. without using "I" or "we": "he did...
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Third Person omniscient
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This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often...
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Third Person Limited Omniscient
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Focussing a third-person narration through the eyes of a single character. Even when an author...
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Prose
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the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished...
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Repetition
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the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.Humpty Dumpty...
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Rhetorical Modes
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Rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse) describe the variety, conventions,...
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Rhetoric
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used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
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Expository Writing
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Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information...
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Persuasive Writing
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In persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince...
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