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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. By Morgan Ashley, Brooklyn Tackett, Ashley Philpot, and Kelly Miller. Rhetoric . Refers to the entire process of written communication. Rhetorical strategies and devices are those tools that enable a writer to present ideas to an audience effectively. Rhetorical Question .

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary By Morgan Ashley, Brooklyn Tackett, Ashley Philpot, and Kelly Miller

  2. Rhetoric • Refers to the entire process of written communication. Rhetorical strategies and devices are those tools that enable a writer to present ideas to an audience effectively.

  3. Rhetorical Question • One that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmVBmDKLZI

  4. Sarcasm • A comic technique that ridicules through caustic language. Tone and attitude may be describer as sarcastic in a given text if the writer employs language, irony, and wit to mock or scorn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg85WC0urJg

  5. Satire • A mode of writing based on ridicule, that criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNBP18nrRdw

  6. Setting • The time and place of a literary work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sHkf8qJQy4

  7. Simile • An indirect comparison that uses the word like or as to link the differing items in the comparison. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWDSxmMo9Z0

  8. Stage Directions • The specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc.

  9. Stanza • A unit of a poem, similar, in rhyme, meter, and length to other units in the poem.

  10. Structure • The organization and form of a work.

  11. Style • The unique way an author presents his ideas. Diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to a particular style.

  12. Summary • Reducing the original text to its essential parts.

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