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| the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | ||
| any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality | ||
| The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | ||
| an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | ||
| a kind of literary or artistic work | ||
| language that appeals to the senses | ||
| the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation | ||
| a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | ||
| an appeal based on logic or reason | ||
| an implied comparison | ||
| the overall emotion created by a work of literature | ||
| consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | ||
| using words that imitate the sound they denote | ||
| a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | ||
| the use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form | ||
| an appeal based on emotion. | ||
| the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | ||
| The perspective from which the story is told, and/or the narrative method by which the story is told, e.g., first person, third person, etc. | ||
| a humorous play on words | ||
| a range or collection of skills or accomplishments | ||
| the speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written text | ||
| the art of using language effectively and persuasively | ||
| the particular choices a writer or speaker makes to achieve meaning and effect | ||
| a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | ||
| a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | ||
| the arrangement of words in a way that best expresses the author's individuality, idea, intent | ||
| the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | ||
| central idea of a work of literature | ||
| The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous). | ||
| Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech. | ||
| a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said | ||
| the distinctive use of language that conveys the author's or narrator's personality to the reader | ||
| the act of positioning close together (or side by side) |
