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14736411461contextWords, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.0
14736413103audiencethe listener, viewer, or reader of a text1
14736413105occasionthe time and place a speech is given or a piece is written2
14736415246purposethe goal the speaker wants to achieve3
14736416558rhetorical appealsthe use of emotional, ethical, and logical arguments to persuade in writing or speaking4
14736419313Ethoscredibility5
14736423561PathosAppeal to emotion6
14736425613Logosan appeal based on logic or reason7
14736427649rhetorical triangleThe relationship between the author, the audience, the text/message, and the context.8
14736429350Personificationthe giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea9
14736431315allusionA reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art10
14736436008Juxtapositionthe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.11
14736454143Refutationa denial of the validity of an opposing argument12
14736456491AntithesisDirect opposite13
14736459911Conatationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning14

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