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| 14518485346 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event. |  | 0 |
| 14518487700 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. |  | 1 |
| 14518493364 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth. |  | 2 |
| 14518488622 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas. |  | 3 |
| 14518495825 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence. |  | 4 |
| 14518497346 | Aristotelian triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see rhetorical triangle). |  | 5 |
| 14518499502 | Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument. |  | 6 |
| 14518500500 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 7 | |
| 14518502705 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. |  | 8 |
| 14518506564 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. |  | 9 |
| 14518510835 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. |  | 10 |
| 14518512139 | Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 11 | |
| 14518513139 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence. | 12 | |
| 14518513624 | Colloquial/ism | Informal or conversational use of language. |  | 13 |
| 14518533793 | Common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions. | 14 | |
| 14518535421 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause |  | 15 |
| 14518536936 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 16 | |
| 14518537967 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation). | 17 | |
| 14518538537 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 18 | |
| 14518539140 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. |  | 19 |
| 14518542713 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific. |  | 20 |
| 14518546607 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition. |  | 21 |
| 14518547653 | Diction | Word choice. | 22 | |
| 14518548588 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos). |  | 23 |
| 14518549785 | Figurative Language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond the literal meaning to achieve a literary effect. |  | 24 |
| 14518552062 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general. |  | 25 |
| 14518555023 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result. |  | 26 |
| 14518560971 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis. |  | 27 |
| 14518562326 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos) | 28 | |
| 14518565798 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole. |  | 29 |
| 14518567426 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. |  | 30 |
| 14518570059 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. |  | 31 |
| 14518571630 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule. | 32 | |
| 14518573264 | 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 (see ethos and logos). | 33 | |
| 14518573912 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing. | 34 | |
| 14518575048 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. |  | 35 |
| 14518576159 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion. | 36 | |
| 14518894495 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions. |  | 37 |
| 14518895869 | 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. |  | 38 |
| 14518900441 | Major Premise | example: All mammals are warm-blooded. | 39 | |
| 14518901285 | Minor premise | example: All horses are mammals. | 40 | |
| 14518907700 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. |  | 41 |
| 14518904941 | Conclusion | example: All horses are warm-blooded (see syllogism). | 42 | |
| 14518908929 | Purpose (author's purpose) | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing |  | 43 |
| 14518909906 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. |  | 44 |
| 14518910794 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." |  | 45 |
| 14518912181 | 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. | 46 | |
| 14518914398 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer. | 47 | |
| 14518921152 | Rhetorical triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle). |  | 48 |
| 14518922802 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 49 | |
| 14518925060 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect. | 50 | |
| 14518930775 | Straw Man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position. | 51 | |
| 14518935160 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 52 | |
| 14518938493 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major, and minor). |  | 53 |
| 14518941324 | Syntax | Sentence structure. | 54 | |
| 14518942425 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer. | 55 | |
| 14518943101 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 56 | |
| 14518944750 | 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. |  | 57 |
| 14518947178 | Understatement: | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 58 | |
| 14518948274 | 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. | 59 | |
| 14518968399 | AP Lang | Advanced Placement | 60 | |
| 14518970330 | Grit | strength of character | 61 |
