Literary Terms and Concepts Unit 3

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Audience

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intended target group for a message

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Author’s purpose

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reason an author writes about a topic

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Bias

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preconceived inclination or opinion

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Citation

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reference to author’s name, title, date, etc.

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Claim

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assertion or arguable thesis

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Context

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words or passages that precede or follow a specific text

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Credibility

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quality of being reliable and trustworthy

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Diction

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choice of words for clear expression

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Digital text

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electronic text with multimodal elements

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Emotional appeal/pathos

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method of persuasion creating emotional response