Literary Terms and Concepts

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Analyze

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Look over or examine

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Synthesize

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Combine key elements of different writings to form a whole writing

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Evaluate

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Determine in detail through writing using your own opinion

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Critique

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A carefully thought out judgment made through written notes

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Corroborate

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Confirms statements with facts; TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

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Delineate

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Describe the author’s work/writing in detail (rhetorical devices, figurative language, tone, mood, setting)

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Articulate

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Expresses something clearly to the reader

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Contextualize

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Help or explain one's writing

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Discourse

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The way written language is used to communicate

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Paradigm

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Visual examples that resemble patterns