Loud, confusing, disagreeable sounds

A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

The quality of being coherent and easily understood

Logical and orderly, the state of cohering or sticking together

The logical state or structure of a piece of writing

Ways that commercial considerations affect the writing and publication of works

Act of repeatedly presenting the same idea, theme, or motif throughout a piece of writing

The set of facts or circumstances that surround a word, situation, or event

A harmonious state of things in general, congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

Established practices, techniques, and features commonly used in writing

The artistic skill or technique with which an author puts together narrative and other elements

Appearing to have merit or acceptance as true

The ability to select and present content or information

Focused on the writing, character motivations, script, and screenplay

The conversation between two or more people/characters

The manner in which something is expressed in words

A text written for and by experts in a particular discipline

A comment, explanation, or reference that appears after the main text

Having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line

The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without pause

The recurring sequences or recognizable patterns of significant happenings within a story

Knowledge or proof for a basis of belief or disbelief

A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

Creative expression using metaphors, similes, etc., to achieve vivid literary effects

A transition in literary or dramatic works to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal sequence of events

A note or reference at the bottom of a page providing additional information or citations for something mentioned in the main text.

A literary device that alludes to a later point in the story.

A type of visual art or representation.

The political, social, cultural, and economic setting for a specific event, idea, or object that took place in the past.

An alphabetical list of topics, people, places, and events in a book, along with the page numbers where they are discussed.

The process of using a reader's knowledge, historical context, and the author's work to reach a logical conclusion about the meaning of a text.

The process of interpreting the meaning of literature and how it generates meaning, including its language use, themes, genres, historical context, and forms.

A way to categorize literature based on shared philosophical, aesthetic, or topical features, rather than by genre or period.

A time in history when a body of literature shares common themes, styles, and social contexts.

A rhetorical device that involves using a word or phrase related to an idea or object to refer to that idea or object.

A style guide for formatting and citing sources in academic writing, especially in the humanities and literature.

A broad category of methods and moods used to convey meaning or text that are not assigned to a specific genre or form.

The voice or character that tells a story, and the perspective from which the story is told.

A literary device that uses words that sound like what they describe.

A view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter.

The arrangement of ideas, details, evidence, or incidents in a specific order in a speech, essay, or paragraph.

The speed at which a story is told, or how fast or slow it moves for the reader.

A series of sentences that are organized and coherent, and are all related to a single topic.

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Alliteration

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Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

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Audience

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A specific group of listeners or readers

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Author

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A person who writes

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Background Information

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Information essential to understanding a situation or problem in a piece of writing

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Bias

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Partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

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Bibliography

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A list of sources with time and place of publication (works cited)

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