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5971068315RhetoricAvailable means of persuasion0
5971068316AristotleUsed a triangle to explain the relationship between audience, speaker and subject1
5971068317SOAPSsubject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker2
5971068318EthosAppeal to character3
5971068319LogosAppeal to reason through clear rational ideas, appeal to logic4
5971068320PathosAppeal to emotion5
5971068321The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clausesAnaphora6
5971068322To place two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast themJuxtaposition7
5971068323ToneA general character or attitude of a piece of writing toward a subject or an audience8
5971068324Indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significanceAllusion9
5971068325SyntaxHow words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought10
5971068326Intentionally eliminating conjunctions between phrases and I. The sentence yet maintaining the grammatical accuracyAsyndeton11
5971068327Several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effectPolysyndeton12
5971068328The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in construction, sound, meaning or meterParallelism13
5971068329A number of words, usually three or more, that have the same first consonant sound, in the same sentence or phraseAlliteration14
5971068330Comparison using like or asSimile15
5971068331ComparisonMetaphor16
5971068332An arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea in such a way as if it were present and capable of understanding feelingsApostrophe17
5971068333Exaggerated statements or claimsHyperbole18
5971068334Meaning that is implied by a word apart from its dictionary definitionConnotation19
5971068335Dictionary definitionDenotation20
5971068336A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some pointAnecdote21

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