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  1. allegory
    a short moral story
  2. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  3. underlying
    in the nature of something though not readily apparent
  4. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  5. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  6. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  7. claim
    assert or affirm strongly
  8. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  9. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  10. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
  11. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  12. topic
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  13. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  14. characterization
    the act of describing essential features
  15. tension
    the action of stretching something tight
  16. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  17. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  18. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  19. association
    a formal organization of people or groups of people
  20. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  21. assertion
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  22. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  23. grammar
    the branch of linguistics that deals with sentence structure
  24. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
  25. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  26. figurative
    not literal
  27. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  28. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  29. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  30. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  31. examine
    observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
  32. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  33. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  34. generalization
    the process of abstracting common properties of instances
  35. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  36. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  37. condense
    become more compact or concentrated
  38. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  39. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  40. sensory
    relating to or concerned in sensation
  41. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  42. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  43. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  44. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  45. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
  46. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  47. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  48. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  49. recurring
    coming back
  50. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  51. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  52. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Created on 一月 5, 2014 (updated 一月 17, 2014)

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