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| 8348525092 | audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 0 | |
| 8348525093 | concession | an acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 1 | |
| 8348529355 | connotation | meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition or denotation; usually positive or negative, and they can greatly affect the author's tone | 2 | |
| 8348529356 | context | the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text | 3 | |
| 8348533672 | counterargument | an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward; a strong writer will usually address it through the process of concession and refutation | 4 | |
| 8348533673 | ethos | speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic; established by who you are and what you say | 5 | |
| 8348536981 | logos | speakers appeal to logos, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up | 6 | |
| 8348536982 | occasion | the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 7 | |
| 8348536983 | pathos | Speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience; more specific appeals to pathos might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other | 8 | |
| 8348541987 | persona | the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience | 9 | |
| 8348541988 | polemic | An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others; polemics generally do not concede that opposing opinions have any merit | 10 | |
| 8348546114 | propaganda | the spread of ideas and information to further a cause; in its negative sense, propaganda is the use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause | 11 | |
| 8348552295 | purpose | the goal the speaker want to achieve | 12 | |
| 8348556090 | refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument; in order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 13 | |
| 8348556091 | rhetoric | the art of finding ways to persuade an audience | 14 | |
| 8348560869 | rhetorical appeals | rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling | 15 | |
| 8348565319 | rhetorical triangle (Aristotelian triangle) | a diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text |  | 16 |
| 8348569657 | SOAPSTone | a mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, and Tone. It is a handy way to remember the various elements that make up the rhetorical situation | 17 | |
| 8348569658 | speaker | the person or group who creates a text | 18 | |
| 8348573346 | subject | the topic of a text; what the text is about | 19 | |
| 8348577126 | text | something that can be read; includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons, fine art, photography, performances, fashion, cultural trends, and much more | 20 | |
| 8348577127 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 21 | |
| 8348581659 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 22 | |
| 8348581660 | personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 23 | |
| 8348585142 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 24 | |
| 8348585143 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 25 | |
| 8348591746 | juxtaposition | placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 26 | |
| 8348591747 | antithesis | opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction | 27 | |
| 8348596113 | compound sentence | a sentence that includes at least two independent clauses | 28 | |
| 8348596114 | complex sentence | a sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 29 | |
| 8348596115 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 30 | |
| 8348600928 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 31 | |
| 8348603584 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin | 32 | |
| 8348603585 | pacing | how quickly the author reveals details | 33 | |
| 8348613457 | figure of speech | figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase | 34 | |
| 8494158332 | solemnity | the state or quality of being serious and dignified | 35 | |
| 8494159414 | ornithological | the scientific study of birds | 36 | |
| 8494159415 | immediacy | the quality of bringing one into direct and instant involvement with something, giving rise to a sense of urgency or excitement | 37 | |
| 8494162045 | contemporary | belonging to or occurring in the present | 38 | |
| 8582905210 | synaesthesia | one sense invokes another | 39 | |
| 8582928535 | oxymoron | two worded paragraph | 40 | |
| 8582931383 | synecdoche | a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa | 41 | |
| 8738683489 | troglodyte | a person who lived in a cave | 42 | |
| 8738686907 | syllogisms | an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion | 43 | |
| 8738690207 | ad hominem | directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining | 44 | |
| 8738690208 | jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand | 45 | |
| 8738692979 | grandeur | splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style | 46 | |
| 8738964712 | husband | use (resources) economically; conserve | 47 |
