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| 14594302389 | Appeals | persuasive pleas of shared values or credibility (ethos); to reason or logic (logos); or to prompt the reader's emotions (pathos) | 0 | |
| 14594303344 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 1 | |
| 14594307053 | Assertion | Emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument. | 2 | |
| 14594307054 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 3 | |
| 14594308002 | Diction | The word choices made by a writer | 4 | |
| 14594308003 | Figurative Language | language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.) | 5 | |
| 14594308906 | Rhetoric | The art of presenting ideas in an effective and persuasive manner | 6 | |
| 14594309699 | Rhetorical Devices | literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression and persuasion | 7 | |
| 14594310290 | Rhetorical Modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose | 8 | |
| 14594310291 | Rhetorical Pattern | format or structure followed by a writer such as comparison/contrast or process analysis | 9 | |
| 14594310907 | Structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or work | 10 | |
| 14594310908 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 11 | |
| 14594311598 | Syntax | the manner in which words are arranged into sentences | 12 | |
| 14594311599 | Theme | a central idea of a work central message of a work | 13 | |
| 14594312190 | Thesis | the primary position taken by a writer or speaker | 14 | |
| 14671001037 | balanced sentence | a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast | 15 | |
| 14671001038 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 16 | |
| 14671386276 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 17 | |
| 14671386277 | compound-complex sentence | a sentence with two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses | 18 | |
| 14671386278 | cumulative sentence | a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 19 | |
| 14671386279 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 20 | |
| 14671386280 | exclamatory sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | 21 | |
| 14671386281 | imperative sentence | A sentence that gives a command | 22 | |
| 14671386282 | interrogative sentence | A sentence that asks a question | 23 | |
| 14671386283 | inverted syntax | The reversal of the normal or expected word order in a sentence | 24 | |
| 14671386284 | simple sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 25 | |
| 14671386285 | Absolute | A word/statement free from limitations or qualifications | 26 | |
| 14671386286 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 27 | |
| 14671386287 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 28 | |
| 14671386288 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event. | 29 | |
| 14671517575 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 30 | |
| 14671517576 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 31 | |
| 14671517577 | Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers | 32 | |
| 14671517578 | Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 33 | |
| 14671517579 | Aphorism | a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | 34 | |
| 14671517580 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. | 35 | |
| 14671517581 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 36 | |
| 14671517582 | Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 37 | |
| 14671517583 | Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source. | 38 | |
| 14671517584 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | 39 | |
| 14671517585 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 40 | |
| 14671517586 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text. | 41 | |
| 14671517587 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 42 | |
| 14671517588 | concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 43 | |
| 14671517589 | concrete details | details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events | 44 | |
| 14671517590 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | 45 | |
| 14671517591 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 46 | |
| 14671517592 | Deduction | reasoning from general to specific | 47 | |
| 14671517593 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word it's dictionary definition | 48 | |
| 14671517594 | Diction | word choice | 49 | |
| 14671517595 | didactic | having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing | 50 | |
| 14671517596 | Dissonance | harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds | 51 | |
| 14671517597 | double entendre | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways | 52 | |
| 14671517598 | Ernstitious | characterized by a deep fanatical love for reading, writing, and 49ers football | 53 | |
| 14671517599 | Epigraph | a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work | 54 | |
| 14671517600 | Facts | That which dependent on rhetorical context supports or obscures truth | 55 | |
| 14671517601 | figurative language | The use of tropes or figures of speech going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | 56 | |
| 14671623135 | figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning. | 57 | |
| 14671623136 | Foreshadowing | an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future often subtle and inherently symbolic | 58 | |
| 14671652821 | Hyperbole | exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 59 | |
| 14671652822 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing). | 60 | |
| 14671652823 | Idiom | An expression that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression or a regional speech or dialect | 61 | |
| 14671685731 | Implication | a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly. NOTE: the author/sender implies; the reader/audience infers. | 62 | |
| 14671685732 | Induction | reasoning from specific to general | 63 | |
| 14671685733 | invective | an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | 64 | |
| 14671685734 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result. | 65 | |
| 14671685735 | Jargon | the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession | 66 | |
| 14671745381 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 67 | |
| 14671944920 | Maxim | A concise statement, often offering advice; an adage | 68 | |
| 14671944921 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken as though it were something else thus making an implicit comparison | 69 | |
| 14671944922 | Motif | A standard theme element or dramatic situation that recurs in various works | 70 | |
| 14671959798 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 71 | |
| 14671959799 | Paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 72 | |
| 14671992990 | Parallelism | the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms | 73 | |
| 14671992991 | Parody | a humorous imitation of a serious work | 74 | |
| 14671992992 | Parenthetical comment | a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to quality or explain | 75 | |
| 14671992993 | Pedantic | Often used to describe a writing style characterized by an excessive display of learning of learning or scholarship narrowly stodgily and often ostentatiously learned | 76 | |
| 14672061641 | Persona | the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | 77 | |
| 14672061642 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. | 78 | |
| 14672061643 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. | 79 | |
| 14672061644 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 80 | |
| 14672061645 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. | 81 | |
| 14672061646 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 82 | |
| 14672061647 | Satire | The use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions | 83 | |
| 14672061648 | Source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information. | 84 | |
| 14672061649 | stream of consciousness | a technique characterized by the continuous unedited flow of conscious experience through the mind recorded on paper. Often used in "interior monologue," when the reader is privy to a character or narrator's thoughts. | 85 | |
| 14672061650 | Subtext | The content of a work which is not announced explicitly by the characters but is implicit or becomes something understood by the reader of the work as the piece unfolds | 86 | |
| 14672061651 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 87 | |
| 14672082381 | Truth | The subject of much debate | 88 | |
| 14672082382 | understatement | The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it | 89 | |
| 14672082383 | Vernacular | the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage | 90 | |
| 14672090321 | 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. | 91 | |
| 14672090322 | C. | circa from a specified time | 92 | |
| 14672090323 | E.g. | "and elsewhere" use when giving an example | 93 | |
| 14672103653 | .et al. | et alia ( and others) | 94 |
