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| Dialogue | Written conversation between two or more characters. |
| Dramatic Irony | A contrast between reality and appearance |
| Essay | A piece of prose in which ideas on a single topic are presented |
| Etymology | The study of the history of words. |
| Euphemism | A word or phrase that is substituted for another because it is considered less offensive. |
| Exposition | A detailed statement or explanation |
| Fable | A brief tale told to illustrate a moral or teach a lesson. |
| Fiction | Imaginative prose |
| Figurative language | Language that goes beyond the normal meaning of the words used. |
| First Person Narration | A type of view where the person telling the story uses "I" |
| Flashback | A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier time or event in order to make the present clearer. |
| Foreshadowing | To show beforehand or to foretell (using hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later). |
| Free verse | Poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme or meter. |
| Funnel paragraph | A paragraph structure where the information is given spiraling down to a final thesis statement Generalization |
| Genre | A type or sort. |
| Gerund | A form of a verb (called a verbal) that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humor. |
| Inference | A reasonable guess or conclusion the reader is supposed to make when reading a passage. |
| Infinitive | The form of verb with the preposition "to" in front of it. They usually act as nouns in a sentence. |
| In-text citation | Crediting the source of information in the body of text by inserting the appropriate information within parentheses after the information taken from another source. |
| Introduction | Presents your subject |
| Irony | A contrast between appearance and reality. |
| Situation irony | contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen. |
| Verbal irony | a person says one thing but means something quite different. |
| Dramatic irony | when reader knows more about a situation or character in a story than the characters do. |
| Limiting the subject | Narrowing the subject to a specific topic that is suitable for the writing or speaking task. |
| Literal | The actual meaning of a word or phrase. |
| Loaded words | Words that are slanted for or against a subject to cause a bias. |
| Local color | Use of details that are common in a certain place. |
| Long quotation | A direct quotation of more than four typed lines which should be set off from the rest of the text by indenting each line one inch (10 spaces) and double-spacing the material. Do not use quotation marks. |
