Word document or print out and fill in by hand]
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Now look each of the following words up in a good desk dictionary and write your own definition of it, based on what you find in the dictionary, your own knowledge of the word, and the meaning it might have that most relates to writing. If you're still unsure what meaning it might have for writing, simply write that down after attempting to define it.
semantics
syntax
metaphor
grammar
convention
punctuation
mechanics (in language)
allusion
documentation
citation
voice
trope
linguistics
rhetoric (used as a noun)
code
verbal
civility
tone
flow
technology