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based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
subjective
the goal the writer or speaker wants to achieve
purpose
a piece of writing in which the author writes his or her own memories; does NOT have to be rooted in facts or research
memoir
an organizational structure that gives an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout
compare and contrast
expressing or dealing with facts without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations (unbiased)
objective
a person's life story written by that person
autobiography
organizational pattern in which details are arranged in the order they occur
chronological order
story of a person's life written by another person
biography
special patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis and stir emotion, especially in speeches or other oral presentations
rhetorical devices
the dictionary definition of a word
denotation
a subjective statement made by the writer or speaker that must be supported with details, facts, or other rhetorical devices
claim
organizing using numbers or logical transitions to tell about one idea which led to or is followed by the next and so on
sequence
a short nonfiction work about a particular subject
essay
the speed at which things happen, change or develop in a text
pacing
the set of ideas (or emotions) associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning
connotation
an organizational plan that presents the reason something happens and the result of it happening
cause and effect
