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| rhetorical device | the use of language to get an emotional resonse of connection that an author uses |
| overgeneralization | fault in thinking logically making assuprtions without more evidence; Because I saw a white flower I now think all flowers should be white. |
| parallelism | using words with similar endins or similar forms to use correct language in the same form: He was singing, dancing and acting; not he was a singer, acting and dancing. |
| restatement | rewriting the same thing with different but similar words: It's ended because it's finished |
| repetition | the deliberate use of the same word to make an effect; like, I said, like, he was there,like, all night |
| narrative | In writing or reading a genre (type) which tells a story e.g the most dangerous game |
| Descriptive | a genre of writing or reading which uses details like sight sound taste touch to represent an event, object, or person. ex. character sketch of uncle |
| Expository | genre of writing which explains a process provides information and discusses ideas ex. "Before Hip Hop was Hip Hop" |
| Persuasive | writing to convince people to take a similar course or take on the author's viewpoint; newspaper editorial |
| reflective | genre of writing or reading which expresses the writer's thoughts and feeling about a personal experience ex. Sally Ride : Space Mission |
| hyperbole | intentional and humorous exaggeration; describing a patch of ice as a "frozen vast wasteland" |
| understatement | writing that makes things seem less important then they are Ex. Breaking your leg when you are the pitcher is a "minor setback" |
| diction | specific words chosen by the writer to include slang words, that are formal "big words" or local and informal ex. "Aint't so" |
| syntax | how words are arranged in sentences: example Yoda syntax: with fear he lives (he lives with fear). |
| Tone | the author's attitude toward his subject or audience;ex. humorous, mocking, serious, etc. |
| connotation | the feeling a word gives to the reader "he 's the beast" |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word: an animal with a lumbering gait usually a four legged mammal |
