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Term
Example
Definition
Term
Definition
100
Assessment of a writing's effectiveness
What is evaluation
100
Fact
What is the fact that mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants (or any other true statement)
100
Exemplificatioon
What is a type of exposition with the use of examples to support a generalization.
100
Figure of speech in which an exaggeration is used for emphasis
What is hyperbole
100
Grammar
What is set of rules that specify how a language is used effectively
200
Purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later
What is foreshadowing
200
Hyperbole
What is "it's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!"
200
Fiction
What is a work of literature that can be based on actual occurrences, but something has been imagined or invented in the telling of the occurrence
200
Mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations to make writing more effective and interesting
What is image
200
Examples
What is a basic means of developing or clarifying an idea
300
Limitation that a writer gives his or her subject
What is focus
300
Figure of Speech
What is simile, metaphor, personification, etc.
300
Exposition
What is one of the four basic types of prose with the purpose is to clarify, explain, and inform
300
The umbrella term for all uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison
What is figurative language
300
Figurative Language
What is use of language that implies an imaginative comparison
400
The data on which a judgment or argument is based or by which proof or probability is established
What is evidence
400
Euphemism
What is saying "passed away" rather than "died"
400
Idiom
What is an expression of a given language that is used habitually, and cannot be understood from the literal meaning
400
Form of reasoning moving from the particular to the general
What is induction
400
Focus
What is the limitation that a writer gives his or her subject
500
A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes a harsh or less pleasant idea.
What is euphemism
500
Figurative Language
What is "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse"
500
Induction
What is a form of reasoning moving from the particular to the general
500
Brief, imaginative, comparisons that highlight the similarities between unrelated things, and are used to make writing more vivid and interesting
What is figures of speech
500
Euphemism
What is a mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh or less pleasant idea