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| indicating that one idea is less important by placing it in a dependent clause while placing the more important idea in an independent clause. |
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| if two ideas that are of equal importance; the writer may indicate this relationship by placing both ideas in independent clauses. |
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| The sentence structure of a piece of writing. |
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| the way a written work conveys an author’s attitude. |
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| a fictional voice that a writer adopts to tell a story, determined by subject matter and audience. |
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| an impersonal or unbiased presentation of events and characters. |
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| a personal presentation of events and characters influenced by the author’s feelings and opinions. |
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| to place “things” side-by-side for the sake of comparison and/or contrast. |
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| word, phrase used in everyday conversation and in informal writing, but is not acceptable in formal writing or speaking. |
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| an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. |
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| an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. |
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| having mixed emotions; indecisive. |
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| having lofty pride; arrogant. |
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| authoritative, assertive, arrogant. |
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| instructive; teaching a lesson. |
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| a figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole (“wheels” represents a car or transportation; “heels” represents high-heeled shoes.) |
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| a figure of speech in which something is represented by something that is closely related to it (the White House represents the President.) |
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| a rhetorical of literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or modified form (“Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds”). |
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| indifference to artistic and intellectual values; attitude of smug ignorance, especially toward artistic and cultural values. |
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| greed, avarice, excessive desire for wealth. |
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| of being spread or diffused everywhere. |
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| growth or increase by rapid production of new units. |
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| existing or being everywhere at the same time. |
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| to abstain or refrain from. |
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| a person who flatters, fawns upon, or curries favor with another person in hopes of receiving favors. |
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| a faux pas or social blunder. |
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| liberality in giving, generosity. |
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| harsh or discordant sounds. |
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| an argument or reasoning in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises. |
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