What is Author's Purpose?
Author's Purpose and Perspective

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The reason an author writes a text, which can include to inform, entertain, persuade, or express feelings.
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What is Perspective in literature?
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The viewpoint or angle from which a story is told, influencing how events and characters are perceived.
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What is Verbal Irony?
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The intended meaning of a speaker’s words contrasts with the literal meaning (e.g. sarcasm).
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What is Pathos?
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An appeal that evokes emotion, such as feelings of anger or sadness.
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What is Synecdoche?
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A word for a part is used to represent the whole.
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What is Zeugma?
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One word applied to two other words forming two pairs, in which one pair expresses a literal meaning and the other pair expresses a figurative meaning.
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What is an Allusion?
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An indirect reference to something, meant to call it to mind without mentioning it by name.
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