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| 14593987687 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. | 0 | |
| 14593988895 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 1 | |
| 14593990979 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. | 2 | |
| 14593992558 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. | 3 | |
| 14593996430 | Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers. | 4 | |
| 14593998562 | Anitimetabole | Repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 5 | |
| 14594000251 | Antithesis | The direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 14594001960 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth. | 7 | |
| 14594005458 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. | 8 | |
| 14594008153 | Archaic Diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | 9 | |
| 14594009956 | Arguement | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 10 | |
| 14594011155 | Aristotelian Triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 11 | |
| 14594012483 | Assertion | A declaration or statement | 12 | |
| 14594049870 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 13 | |
| 14594050827 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. | 14 | |
| 14594052628 | Attitude | A speaker's, author's, or character's position on a subject as revealed through their tone | 15 | |
| 14594055654 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 16 | |
| 14594056364 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | 17 | |
| 14594057355 | Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 18 | |
| 14594058233 | Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source. | 19 | |
| 14594059938 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 20 | |
| 14594062257 | Close Reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text. | 21 | |
| 14594063247 | Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language. | 22 | |
| 14594064280 | Common Ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions. | 23 | |
| 14594065389 | Complex Sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 24 | |
| 14594065390 | Consession | A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding | 25 | |
| 14594066413 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | 26 | |
| 14594069587 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 27 | |
| 14594070343 | Coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but. | 28 | |
| 14594070796 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 29 | |
| 14594071922 | Commulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 30 | |
| 14594075760 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement | 31 | |
| 14594077979 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific | 32 | |
| 14594079401 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | 33 | |
| 14594082673 | Diction | Word choice | 34 | |
| 14594083778 | Documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing. | 35 | |
| 14594084568 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone. | 36 | |
| 14594087048 | Epigram | A brief witty statement. | 37 | |
| 14594089159 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 38 | |
| 14594091748 | Figurative Language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 39 | |
| 14594095304 | Figure of Speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning. | 40 | |
| 14594095914 | Hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement | 41 | |
| 14594097139 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). | 42 | |
| 14594100054 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 43 | |
| 14594101217 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general | 44 | |
| 14594103201 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject. | 45 | |
| 14594103859 | Irony | A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen. | 46 | |
| 14594105029 | Juxtaposition | placement of 2 things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 47 | |
| 14594111986 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 48 | |
| 14594112412 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 49 | |
| 14594112900 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole. | 50 | |
| 14594114426 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 51 | |
| 14594115960 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines 2 contradictory terms | 52 | |
| 14594118544 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 53 | |
| 14594119811 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 54 | |
| 14594123909 | Parady | A piece that imitates/ exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule | 55 | |
| 14594127562 | Pathos | A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 56 | |
| 14594129176 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | 57 | |
| 14594132181 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. | 58 | |
| 14594133886 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | 59 | |
| 14594138046 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions. | 60 | |
| 14594139262 | Premise | major, minor Two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise and its subject from the minor premise. | 61 | |
| 14594157173 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. | 62 | |
| 14594159229 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 63 | |
| 14594159909 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | 64 | |
| 14594163718 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." | 65 | |
| 14594165296 | Rhetorical Modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation. | 66 | |
| 14594166458 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer. | 67 | |
| 14594168727 | Rhetorical Triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 68 | |
| 14594171922 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 69 | |
| 14594172710 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect. | 70 | |
| 14594177958 | Sentence Patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. | 71 | |
| 14594180842 | Sentence Variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect. | 72 | |
| 14594181449 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare 2 things | 73 | |
| 14594184133 | Simple Sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause. | 74 | |
| 14594184892 | Source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information. | 75 | |
| 14594186122 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 76 | |
| 14594187400 | Straw Man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position. | 77 | |
| 14594187942 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 78 | |
| 14594189124 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 79 | |
| 14594190969 | Subordinate Clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. | 80 | |
| 14594191532 | Subordination | The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence. | 81 | |
| 14594193312 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 82 | |
| 14594194005 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 83 | |
| 14594194764 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 84 | |
| 14594196756 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer. | 85 | |
| 14594197395 | Thesis Statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit. | 86 | |
| 14594198582 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 87 | |
| 14594226835 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 88 | |
| 14594226836 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 89 | |
| 14594226837 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 90 | |
| 14594226838 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 91 | |
| 14594226839 | Zeugama | 92 | ||
| 14594225235 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 93 | |
| 14594225236 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 94 | |
| 14594225237 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 95 | |
| 14594225238 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 96 | |
| 14594225239 | Zeugama | 97 | ||
| 14594224252 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 98 | |
| 14594224253 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 99 | |
| 14594224254 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 100 | |
| 14594224255 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 101 | |
| 14594224256 | Zeugama | 102 | ||
| 14594223350 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 103 | |
| 14594223351 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 104 | |
| 14594223352 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 105 | |
| 14594223353 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 106 | |
| 14594223354 | Zeugama | 107 | ||
| 14594222232 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 108 | |
| 14594222233 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 109 | |
| 14594222234 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 110 | |
| 14594222235 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 111 | |
| 14594222236 | Zeugama | 112 | ||
| 14594220723 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 113 | |
| 14594220724 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 114 | |
| 14594220725 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 115 | |
| 14594220726 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 116 | |
| 14594220727 | Zeugama | 117 | ||
| 14594219886 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 118 | |
| 14594219887 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 119 | |
| 14594219888 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 120 | |
| 14594219889 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 121 | |
| 14594219890 | Zeugama | 122 | ||
| 14594218302 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 123 | |
| 14594218303 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 124 | |
| 14594218304 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 125 | |
| 14594218305 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 126 | |
| 14594218306 | Zeugama | A construction in which one word modifies or governs- often in different sometimes in congruent ways- 2 or more words in a sentence | 127 | |
| 14594217116 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 128 | |
| 14594217117 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 129 | |
| 14594217118 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 130 | |
| 14594217119 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 131 | |
| 14594217120 | Zeugama | 132 | ||
| 14594216075 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 133 | |
| 14594216076 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 134 | |
| 14594216077 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 135 | |
| 14594216078 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 136 | |
| 14594216079 | Zeugama | 137 | ||
| 14594215153 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 138 | |
| 14594215154 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 139 | |
| 14594215155 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 140 | |
| 14594215156 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 141 | |
| 14594215157 | Zeugama | 142 | ||
| 14594213821 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 143 | |
| 14594213822 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 144 | |
| 14594213823 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 145 | |
| 14594213824 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 146 | |
| 14594213825 | Zeugama | 147 | ||
| 14594212584 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 148 | |
| 14594212585 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 149 | |
| 14594212586 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 150 | |
| 14594212587 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 151 | |
| 14594212588 | Zeugama | 152 | ||
| 14594211541 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 153 | |
| 14594211542 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 154 | |
| 14594211543 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 155 | |
| 14594211544 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 156 | |
| 14594211545 | Zeugama | 157 | ||
| 14594210585 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 158 | |
| 14594210586 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 159 | |
| 14594210587 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 160 | |
| 14594210588 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 161 | |
| 14594210590 | Zeugama | 162 | ||
| 14594209729 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 163 | |
| 14594209730 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 164 | |
| 14594209731 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 165 | |
| 14594209732 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 166 | |
| 14594209733 | Zeugama | 167 | ||
| 14594208100 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 168 | |
| 14594208101 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 169 | |
| 14594208102 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 170 | |
| 14594208103 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 171 | |
| 14594208105 | Zeugama | 172 | ||
| 14594207168 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 173 | |
| 14594207169 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 174 | |
| 14594207170 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 175 | |
| 14594207171 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 176 | |
| 14594207172 | Zeugama | 177 | ||
| 14594205768 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 178 | |
| 14594205769 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 179 | |
| 14594205770 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 180 | |
| 14594205771 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 181 | |
| 14594205772 | Zeugama | 182 | ||
| 14594204634 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 183 | |
| 14594204635 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 184 | |
| 14594204636 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 185 | |
| 14594204637 | Voice | In grammar | 186 | |
| 14594203663 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 187 | |
| 14594203664 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 188 | |
| 14594203665 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 189 | |
| 14594203666 | Voice | 190 | ||
| 14594202663 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 191 | |
| 14594202664 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 192 | |
| 14594202665 | Understatement | Lack | 193 | |
| 14594201834 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 194 | |
| 14594201835 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non literal way; also called a figure of speech. | 195 | |
| 14594201264 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 196 | |
| 14594201265 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech. | 197 | |
| 14594200687 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 198 | |
| 14594200688 | Trope | Artful | 199 | |
| 14594200160 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 200 | |
| 14594199935 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 201 | |
| 14594199787 | Topic Sentence | A sen | 202 | |
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