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7th STAAR Vocab

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acronym   show
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analogy   show
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show To call upon an individual or other sources as an expert to give credence to an argument made by an author of a work  
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appeal to emotion   show
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appeal to reason   show
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brainstorming   show
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show The quality of a piece of writing in which the ideas are clearly arranged so a reader can follow the progression from one idea to the next.  
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compound sentence   show
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concrete image   show
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show The attitudes and feelings associated with a word as opposed to a word's literal meaning.  
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counter-argument   show
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show The quality or state of offering reasonable grounds for being believed.  
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show A voice or character representing a speaker or narrator of a literary work.  
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show The literal or "dictionary" meaning of a word.  
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show A spoken or written composition intending to set forth or explain.  
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show A typical error in reasoning that arises commonly in ordinary discourse and renders unsound the arguement in which it appears.  
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figurative language   show
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show The technique of stopping the chronological action in a story and shifting to an earlier period to introduce additional information.  
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show The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative.  
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show words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader.  
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