Literary Terms and Concepts Unit 6

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Audience

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intended target group for a message

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Author’s craft

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use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction

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Author’s purpose

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reason an author writes about a topic or includes details

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Citation

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reference to author’s name, title, date, publisher, page numbers

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Diction

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word choice determined by style, purpose, and need to communicate

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Evidence

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details or facts that support an inference or idea

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Genre

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type or class of a work

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Graphic features

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picture or image within a text

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Key ideas

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important ideas that support the central message, theme, tone

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Literary device

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convention or structure like imagery, irony, foreshadowing