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| 6438169032 | thesis | Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based. |  | 0 |
| 6438170894 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and syntax |  | 1 |
| 6438186955 | tricolon | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses. |  | 2 |
| 6438211883 | understatement (litote) | A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration. |  | 3 |
| 6438217050 | transition | A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph |  | 4 |
| 6438282689 | zeugma | A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning. (Ex: She carried an old bag and a walk that revealed a long history of injury. "carried" makes sense with "bag", but not "walk" = zeugma). |  | 5 |
| 6438290344 | synthesis essay | Students read several texts about a topic and create an argument that synthesizes at least three of the sources to support their thesis. |  | 6 |
| 6438291164 | rhetorical analysis essay | Students read a non-fiction text and analyze how the writers language choices contribute to his or her purpose and intended meaning for the text. |  | 7 |
| 6438291165 | argumentative essay | An essay, which attempts to convince the reader of the truth of a premise by means of logic and other forms of persuasion. |  | 8 |
| 6438291850 | concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. |  | 9 |
| 6438291851 | evidence | information that backs up the topic sentence and the thesis statement |  | 10 |
| 6438293746 | topic sentence | A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs. |  | 11 |
