Analogy: A method of explaining something unfamiliar by using a comparison of similar, more familiar things

Audience: The writer's intended target (who is being written to)

Brainstorming: A prewriting technique in which students, either alone or in groups, jot down all words or phrases that come to mind on a topic to expand the range of available ideas, to solve a problem or to clarify a concept.

Cause and Effect: An organizational structure of text in which there is a description of events and their causes or consequences. Often, a single cause will have more than one effect, and a single event may have more than one cause.

Characterization: The method an author uses to create the appearance and personality of imaginary characters in a piece of fiction; often developed by describing a character's physical appearance, by revealing a character's nature through the character's speech, thoughts, feelings or actions, by using the speech, thoughts, feelings or actions of other characters and by using direct comments from the narrator.

Expository: A spoken or written composition, intending to set forth or explain. Note: Good exposition is clear in conception, well-organized and understandable.

Figurative Speech: Language enriched by word images and figures of speech.

Graphic Organizer: A method of organization of information which incorporates diagrams or other pictorial devices.

Imagery: Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for a reader.

irony: The recognition of the difference between reality and appearance; includes situational irony in which there is a contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs; verbal irony in which there is a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant; and dramatic irony in which words or actions are understood by the audience but not by characters.

Metaphor: A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things (e.g., he's a tiger).

Mood: the state of feeling  conveyed by a piece of writing: sad, gloomy, optimistic, dark, humorous, playful, silly, fun, etc. 

Purpose: the reason a work of art is created. Not always explicit (clear, obvious), but can often can be implied by referring to the text (clues, evidence) itself.

Style: the way (flow, feel, pace, strategies, diction) a writer/poet creates sentences, paragraphs, stanza, stories, books, etc. together.

Symbol: A concrete thing used to suggest something larger and more abstract. (a rose can symbolize love, friendship)

Theme: A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea or proposition broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work or work of art. Note: A theme may be stated or implied, but clues to it may be found in the ideas that are given special prominence or tend to recur in a work.

Thesis: The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.

Tone: The reflection of an author's attitude toward his or her subject.

Transitions: Words and phrases that help explain relationships between sentences (or paragraphs) and allow a reader or writer to move from one idea to another.

Venn Diagram: A mapping technique using overlapping circles showing features either unique (contrast) or common (comparison)  to two or more concepts.

Writers Circle (Peer Editing) a revision strategy in which each writer submits a paper to a group and receives advice for editing.

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