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| 7024693009 | Appeals | persuasive pleas of shared values or credibility to reason or logic | 0 | |
| 7024693241 | Argument | statement put forth and supported by evidence | 1 | |
| 7024693242 | Assertion | emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 2 | |
| 7024693535 | Assumption | belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 3 | |
| 7024693536 | Diction | the word or choices made by a writer | 4 | |
| 7024694301 | Figurative language | language employing one or more figures of speech | 5 | |
| 7024694703 | Rhetoric | the are of presenting ideas in effective, and persuasive manner | 6 | |
| 7024696600 | Rhetorical devices | literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression and persuasion | 7 | |
| 7024697276 | Rhetorical modes | patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose | 8 | |
| 7024697522 | Rhetorical patterns | format or structure followed by a writer such as comparison/contrast or process analysis | 9 | |
| 7024697523 | structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or work | 10 | |
| 7024697737 | Style | choices a writer makes; combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 11 | |
| 7024697738 | Syntax | the manner in which words are arranged into sentences | 12 | |
| 7024697944 | Theme | central idea of a work, central message of a work | 13 | |
| 7024697945 | Thesis | the primary position taken by a writer or speaker | 14 | |
| 7024698307 | Balanced sentence | sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast | 15 | |
| 7024698308 | complex sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 16 | |
| 7024698689 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 17 | |
| 7024699604 | compound complex sentence | a sentence with two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses | 18 | |
| 7024755103 | Cumulative sentence | sentence which main independent clause is elaborated by successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 19 | |
| 7024699605 | Declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 20 | |
| 7024700206 | exclamatory sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | 21 | |
| 7024700207 | Imperative sentence | a sentence that gives a command | 22 | |
| 7024700581 | Interrogative sentence | a sentence that asks a question | 23 | |
| 7024700929 | Inverted syntax | the reversal of the normal or expected work order in a sentence | 24 | |
| 7024700930 | Periodic sentence | sentence that is not grammatically complete until the final clause or phrase; sentence that does give the reader the main point | 25 | |
| 7024701410 | simple sentence | a sentence consisting of one independent sentence clause and no dependent clause | 26 | |
| 7024701414 | Absolute | a word/statement free from limitations or qualifications | 27 | |
| 7024702335 | Allegory | a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 28 | |
| 7024702336 | Alliteration | the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 29 | |
| 7024702585 | Allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or and historic event | 30 | |
| 7024702586 | Analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 31 | |
| 7024702993 | Anecdote | a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event | 32 | |
| 7024702994 | Antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun refers | 33 | |
| 7024703558 | Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 34 | |
| 7024703559 | Aphorism | a concise, statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | 35 | |
| 7024703865 | Appositive | word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 36 | |
| 7024703866 | Audience | one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | 37 | |
| 7024704075 | Authority | a reliable, a respected source- someone with knowledge | 38 | |
| 7024704076 | Bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 39 | |
| 7024704077 | Cite | identifying a part of piece of writing as being derived from a source | 40 | |
| 7024704393 | Claim | and assertion, usually supported by evidence | 41 | |
| 7024704394 | Close reading | a careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text | 42 | |
| 7024705217 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 43 | |
| 7024705218 | Concession | a reluctant acknowledgment or yielding | 44 | |
| 7024705490 | Concrete details | details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events | 45 | |
| 7024728570 | Connotation | that which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning. The feeling of a word | 46 | |
| 7024761303 | Counterargument | a challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 47 | |
| 7024761901 | Deduction | reasoning from general to specific | 48 | |
| 7024764260 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word; dictionary definition | 49 | |
| 7024764979 | Didactive | having the primary purpose of teaching or instruction | 50 | |
| 7024768113 | Dissonance | harsh,inharmonious, or discordant sounds | 51 | |
| 7024769253 | Double entendre | figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways | 52 | |
| 7024770152 | Ernstitious | characterized by a deep fanatical love for reading, writing, and 49ers football | 53 | |
| 7024771561 | Epigraph | a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading of a chapter or other section of a work | 54 | |
| 7216600389 | facts | supports or obscures truth | 55 | |
| 7216602087 | Figurative language | figures of speech going beyond literal meaning | 56 | |
| 7216603310 | figure of speech | expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 57 | |
| 7216604876 | foreshadowing | advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future | 58 | |
| 7216606475 | hyperbole | exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 59 | |
| 7216607792 | imagery | vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses | 60 | |
| 7216609337 | idiom | expression that can not be understood from literal meaning of the words in the expression | 61 | |
| 7216611136 | implication | a suggestion an author or speaker makes without stating it directly | 62 | |
| 7216612728 | induction | reasoning from specific to general | 63 | |
| 7216613503 | invective | an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | 64 | |
| 7216615197 | irony | contradiction between what is said and what is meant | 65 | |
| 7216616580 | Jargon | specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or confession | 66 | |
| 7216617820 | johnsonian | marked by extreme levels of genius, visionary, and original thought, creativity, power, elegance, and aesthetic perfection | 67 | |
| 7216625142 | juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 68 | |
| 7216625966 | maxim | a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage | 69 | |
| 7216628393 | metaphor | figure of speech making an implicit comparison | 70 | |
| 7216630511 | motif | standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works | 71 | |
| 7216631792 | oxymoron | figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms | 72 | |
| 7216632966 | paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually combines some truth | 73 | |
| 7216635203 | parallelism | use of corresponding grammatical or syntacial forms | 74 | |
| 7216636115 | parody | humorous imitation | 75 | |
| 7216637742 | parenthetical comment | a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to quality or explain | 76 | |
| 7216639458 | pedantic | used to describe a writing style characterized by excessive display of learning or scholarship | 77 | |
| 7216641628 | persona | speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of piece of writing | 78 | |
| 7216643511 | personification | assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 79 | |
| 7216644633 | propaganda | negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present info | 80 | |
| 7216646198 | purpose | oneś intentions | 81 | |
| 7216646712 | refute | to discredit an argument , particularly a counterargument | 82 | |
| 7216648307 | rhetorical question | question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 83 | |
| 7216650527 | satire | use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions | 84 | |
| 7216651913 | source | a book, cite article person etc | 85 | |
| 7216652828 | stream of consciousness | technique characterized by the continuous unedited flow of conscious experience through mind recorded on paper | 86 | |
| 7216655202 | subtext | content of a work which is not announced explicitly by the characters | 87 | |
| 7216657570 | synthesize | combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex | 88 | |
| 7216658871 | truth | subject of much debate | 89 | |
| 7216659916 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it | 90 | |
| 7216663943 | vernacular | everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage | 91 | |
| 7216665537 | voice | in grammar, term for the relationship between a verb and a noun | 92 | |
| 7216666982 | c. | ¨circa¨ from a specified time | 93 | |
| 7216667399 | e.g. | ¨and elsewhere¨ use when giving an example | 94 | |
| 7216670345 | et al. | ¨and others¨ use when suggesting that there are other pertinent data | 95 | |
| 7216672409 | ibid. | ¨in the same place¨ use when citing a preceding reference | 96 | |
| 7216673562 | i.e. | ¨that is¨ use when restating something | 97 | |
| 7216674262 | sic | intentionally so written- used after a printed word or passage to indicate that is intended exactly as printed to indicate that it exactly reproduces an original | 98 |
