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| 14666281848 | Allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event | 0 | |
| 14666281849 | Analysis | The process of examining the components of a literary work. | 1 | |
| 14666281850 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. | 2 | |
| 14666281851 | Antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 3 | |
| 14666281852 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. | 4 | |
| 14666281853 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 5 | |
| 14666281854 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 6 | |
| 14666281855 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 7 | |
| 14666281856 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 8 | |
| 14666281857 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 9 | |
| 14666281858 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 10 | |
| 14666281859 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 11 | |
| 14666281860 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 12 | |
| 14666281861 | 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 | 13 | |
| 14666281862 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 14 | |
| 14666281863 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle use of the "available means of persuasion." | 15 | |
| 14666281864 | Rhetorical moods | 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. | 16 | |
| 14666281865 | Rhetorical triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 17 | |
| 14666281866 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect. | 18 | |
| 14666281867 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 19 | |
| 14666281868 | Structure | the particular way in which parts of a written work are combined | 20 | |
| 14666281869 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 21 | |
| 14666281870 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 22 | |
| 14666281871 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 23 | |
| 14666281872 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 24 | |
| 14666281873 | 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. | 25 |
