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| 3555014089 | Abstract Concept | Of the mind- vague "people should be good to one another" | 0 | |
| 3555020852 | Alliteration | repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence "[l]et us go forth to lead the land we love" | 1 | |
| 3555026092 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictious, or to a work of art "let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah" | 2 | |
| 3555036372 | Analogy | An extended comparison between 2 seemingly dissimilar things | 3 | |
| 3555040119 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 4 | |
| 3555048156 | Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 5 | |
| 3555053047 | Attitude | the speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone | 6 | |
| 3555056643 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 7 | |
| 3555059112 | Colloquialism | An informal or conversational use of language | 8 | |
| 3555064917 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes 1 independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause | 9 | |
| 3555072533 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 10 | |
| 3555074407 | Cumulative sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 11 | |
| 3555080689 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's 3 rhetorical appeals | 12 | |
| 3555088711 | Hyperbole | exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 13 | |
| 3555089972 | imperatve sentence | a sentence that requests or commands | 14 | |
| 3555098099 | logos | a Greek term that means 'word"; appeal to logos- Logical facts- One of Aristotles's 3 rhetorical appeals | 15 | |
| 3555109000 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which 1 thing is spoken of as through it were something else, thus making an impact comparison | 16 | |
| 3555115540 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines 2 contradictory terms | 17 | |
| 3555121922 | Pathos | A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's 3 rhetorical appeals | 18 | |
| 3555129883 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 19 | |
| 3555133388 | purpose | one's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing | 20 | |
| 3555136114 | rhetorical modes | patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis and argumentation. | 21 | |
| 3555146936 | rhetoric | The study of effective persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion" | 22 | |
| 3555155000 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty, composition that claims to argue for something but actually argues against it. | 23 | |
| 3555161913 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare 2 things | 24 | |
| 3555168243 | Thesis | The central idea in work to which all parts of the work refer | 25 | |
| 3555171742 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or auidence | 26 | |
| 3555175592 | Refutation | addresses the counterargument | 27 | |
| 3555177787 | Conclusion | brings the essay to a satisfying close | 28 | |
| 3555179921 | Tone | general attitude of a piece of writing | 29 | |
| 3555182573 | Onomatopoeia | a word representing a sound | 30 | |
| 3555185007 | Qualification | The attribution of a quality of a word | 31 | |
| 3555188721 | Apostrophe | An address or invocation to something that is inanimate -address to something/someone not there | 32 | |
| 3555195825 | Either or Fallacy | Logical Fallacy that occurs when speaker limits the audience to 2 diametrically opposed choices, creating a false dilemma | 33 | |
| 3555202401 | Cohesion | Linking difference parts of a text together | 34 | |
| 3555204663 | Evidence | a verifiable fact -something that furnishes proof in a reasoned argument | 35 | |
| 3555258460 | Expert Testimony | ex of evidence | 36 | |
| 3555260139 | Humor | Anything that causes laughter or amusement | 37 | |
| 3555263857 | Personal opinion/narrative | the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama | 38 | |
| 3555269756 | Qualifies | The author accepts a theory, or proposition, but only under certain conditions or w/ certain modifications | 39 | |
| 3555286253 | Parallel syntax | repetition among agacent sentences -similar structures -could be w/in a sentence "to be happy, to be pure, to be free." | 40 | |
| 3555297400 | Rebuttal | the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument | 41 |
