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| 240401417 | alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the start of a string of words | |
| 240401418 | allusion | an indirect reference to another text, person, or historical event | |
| 240425542 | anaphora | the repetition of words at the beginning of a series of successive clauses | |
| 240425543 | antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | |
| 240425544 | appositive | a word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | |
| 240425545 | argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence | |
| 240425546 | assertion | an emphatic statement - declaration; an assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | |
| 240425547 | assumption | belief or statement taken for granted without proof | |
| 240425548 | attitude | speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his/her tone | |
| 240425549 | audience | one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | |
| 240425550 | bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | |
| 240425551 | cite | identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source | |
| 240425552 | claim | a claim, usually supported by evidence | |
| 240425553 | complex sentence | sentence including one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | |
| 240425554 | connotation | that which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal (denotative) meaning | |
| 240425555 | declarative sentence | sentence that makes a statement | |
| 240425556 | deduction | reasoning from general to specific | |
| 240425557 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | |
| 240425558 | diction | word choice | |
| 240425559 | ethos | Greek term referring to character and trustworthiness | |
| 240425560 | fragment | word, phrase, or clause that does not form a sentence | |
| 240425561 | hyperbole | exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | |
| 240425562 | imagery | vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses | |
| 240425563 | imperative sentence | a sentence that requests or commands | |
| 240425564 | induction | reasoning from specific to general | |
| 240425565 | irony | contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result | |
| 240425566 | juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | |
| 240425567 | logos | Greek term meaning "word"; an appeal to logic | |
| 240425568 | modifier | a word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause | |
| 240425569 | occasion | an aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing | |
| 240425570 | parallelism | the repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | |
| 240425571 | pathos | Greek term that now references appeals to emotion | |
| 240425572 | persona | the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | |
| 240425573 | pronoun | a word used to replace a noun or noun phrase | |
| 240425574 | propaganda | negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | |
| 240425575 | purpose | one's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing | |
| 240425576 | rhetoric | the study of effective, persuasive language use | |
| 240425577 | satire | an ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | |
| 240425578 | subject | in rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing | |
| 240425579 | syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise | |
| 240425580 | syntax | sentence structure | |
| 240425581 | thesis | central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer | |
| 240425582 | tone | speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience | |
| 240425583 | understatement | lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect |
