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| 7208232881 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences |  | 0 |
| 7208232882 | Antithesis | rhetorical figure in which two ideas are directly opposed or contrasted; the ideas are presented in a grammatically parallel way, usually balanced by a word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs |  | 1 |
| 7208232883 | Aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life |  | 2 |
| 7208232884 | Appeal to authority | drawing on the authority of widely respected people, institutions, and texts to support ideas or arguments |  | 3 |
| 7208232885 | Apostrophe | usually in poetry, but sometimes found in prose; the author or speaker addresses a person who is dead or at least not physically present, an imaginary person or entity, something inhuman, or a place or concept |  | 4 |
| 7208232886 | Asyndeton | commas used with no conjunction to separate a series of words; the parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted and speeds up the flow of the sentence (X, Y, Z is the form it takes) |  | 5 |
| 7208232887 | Chiasmus | words, sounds, concepts, or syntactic structures are reversed or repeated in reverse order; the two parts mirror each other; usually creates or heightens paradox |  | 6 |
| 7208232888 | Deductive reasoning | reasoning from general to specific |  | 7 |
| 7208232889 | Discourse | spoken or written language |  | 8 |
| 7208232891 | Ethos | (ethical appeal) when writers connect their thinking to readers' own ethical or moral beliefs and when they demonstrate they are credible, good-willed, and knowledgeable about their subjects |  | 9 |
| 7208232892 | Inductive reasoning | reasoning from specific to general |  | 10 |
| 7208232893 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis |  | 11 |
| 7208232894 | Logos | (logical appeal) when writers offer clear, reasonable ideas and proofs, develop ideas with appropriate details, and make sure readers can follow the progression of ideas |  | 12 |
| 7208232895 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which is associated (e. g., "the crown" to refer to a monarch) |  | 13 |
| 7208232896 | Parallelism | the technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side-by-side and making them similar in form. This often heavily relies on repetition. By using this, authors or speakers implicitly invite their readers or audiences to compare and contrast the parallel elements. |  | 14 |
| 7208232897 | Pathos | (emotional appeal) when writers draw on the emotions and interests of the reader and highlight them; the most powerful and most immediate of the appeals |  | 15 |
| 7208232898 | Periodic sentence | a sentence that builds to a conclusion via a series of related clauses |  | 16 |
| 7208232899 | Polysyndeton | sentence which uses and or another conjunction with no commas to separate the items in a series (X and Y and Z format; each member of the series is equally stressed but the sentence's flow is slowed) |  | 17 |
| 7208232900 | Repetition | words or a phrase used two or more times in close proximity |  | 18 |
| 7208232901 | Rhetoric | the art of effective communication, especially persuasion through discourse |  | 19 |
| 7208232902 | Rhetorical question | a question an author may pose but one to which he expects no answer; used to pose an idea to be considered by the audience or author |  | 20 |
| 7208232903 | Syllogism | the basic structure of deductive reasoning; consists of a major premise, a general statement of truth; a minor premise, a more specific statement of truth; and a conclusion |  | 21 |
| 7208232904 | Synecdoche | rhetorical figure in which a part of something is used to represent the whole (wheels used to refer to a car; sail used to refer to a boat) |  | 22 |
| 7208232906 | Zeugma | rhetorical figure that generally refers to a grammatical structure in which some word or phrase governs or is otherwise related to two or more different words or phrases, but in a strikingly or suggestively different way; the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one (she opened her door and her heart to him); may be used to suggest subtle but significant parallels between things commonly differentiated or subtle but significant differences between things commonly equated; may also be used to produce comic effect |  | 23 |
