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| 6454664325 | Ad hominem | "Against the man" a logical fanacy attacking the argued rather than the argument of the issue. | 0 | |
| 6454664326 | Ad populum | "To the crowd" the logical fancy that because a great # of people do something, it is therefore correct | 1 | |
| 6454664327 | Anticipate an objection | Bringing up the opposition points in advance in order to refute them. | 2 | |
| 6454664328 | Assertion | Opinions stated as facts the basis of an argument. Also claim | 3 | |
| 6454664329 | Conjecture | Opinion based on guess work | 4 | |
| 6454664330 | Digression | A temporary departure from the main subject in speech of writing | 5 | |
| 6454664331 | Empiricism | Relying on knowledge gained through experience or experimentation | 6 | |
| 6454664332 | Ethos | A writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him based on how he presents himself through the text. The aim is to gain the audiences confidence | 7 | |
| 6454664333 | Explicit | Stated clearly and in detail, learning no room for confusion or doubt. | 8 | |
| 6454664334 | Generalization | An assertion about a group of class which implies that every member of this group/ class shares a common characteristic | 9 | |
| 6454664335 | Implicit | Implied though not plainly expressed | 10 | |
| 6454664336 | Logos | A writer tries to persuade the audience through the use of facts and statistics that can be proven | 11 | |
| 6454664337 | Objective | Without personal bias or prejudice | 12 | |
| 6454664338 | Pathos | Appealing to emotions | 13 | |
| 6454664339 | Qualifications | To modify, restrict, or limit use of this term may mean that you agree in part or you may wish to refine or resume the assertion | 14 | |
| 6454664340 | Rebuttal and refutation | Giving evidence that refutes an opposing argument/ the part of an argument in which the speaker anticipates objections to the points being rose and counters to refute to discredit a argument | 15 | |
| 6454664341 | Recapitulate | To summarize the main points | 16 | |
| 6454664342 | Rhetorical question | The art of persuasion | 17 | |
| 6454664343 | Speculation | A guess about what may happen in the future | 18 | |
| 6454664344 | Stance | The position one takes in an argument | 19 | |
| 6454664345 | Subjective | Reflecting an individuals feelings, prejudice, or bias | 20 | |
| 6454664346 | Allusion | Subtle or direct references to something the readers expected to recognize. Allusions can come from other literary works, historical events, or people religion, myth, pop culture | 21 | |
| 6454664347 | Analogy | Comparison of two things in such a way that something unfamiliar is explained by comparing it to something more familiar | 22 | |
| 6454664348 | Antithesis | Statement characterized by strongly contrasted words, clauses, sentences, or ideas | 23 | |
| 6454664349 | Connotation | The emotional implications and associations that words may carry | 24 | |
| 6454664350 | Diction | Particular word choice | 25 | |
| 6454664351 | Figurative language | Language not to be taken literally | 26 | |
| 6454664352 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration used to express strong emotion | 27 | |
| 6454664353 | Imagery | Description appealing to the five senses | 28 | |
| 6454664354 | Juxtaposition | Placing side by side to compare and contrast | 29 | |
| 6454664355 | Metaphor | Compared two unlike things without the "like" "or" "as": what it isn't. Has only 1 level of meaning | 30 | |
| 6454664356 | Symbol | Anything that stands for something else. (What it is and what it isn't) | 31 | |
| 6454664357 | Theme | The central message of a work; when it says about life, society, human nature; can be applied to anywhere anytime | 32 | |
| 6454664358 | Narrative | The mode that gives an account of events (story telling | 33 | |
| 6454664359 | Parallelism | A repetition of sytanx in which words, phrases, of clauses are arranged similarly | 34 | |
| 6454664360 | Tragic hero | Differs from other heroes in that although his noble possesses trajectory flaw, something in his character that will eventually lead him to his downfall | 35 | |
| 6454664361 | Anaphora | A repetition in which the same word or words are repeated | 36 | |
| 6454664362 | Archetype | Character, setting, or plot found frequently in literature, myth, religion, or dreams. | 37 | |
| 6454664363 | Collective unconscious | A theoretical shared memory bank of all human experience that connects all human kind | 38 | |
| 6454664364 | Hero | A character who is the protagonist of the price and goes on a journey | 39 | |
| 6454664365 | Liminality | Used to described "threshold" moments in literature in which the character crosses. It's a physical boundary and some boundary less tangible. Like from innocence to understanding | 40 | |
| 6454664366 | Verisimilitude | The semblance of truth | 41 |
