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| 11402425164 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order Example: Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. |  | 0 |
| 11402425165 | archaic diction | old-fashioned or outdated choice of words Ex: beliefs for which our forebears fought |  | 1 |
| 11402425166 | asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clause, or words | 2 | |
| 11402425167 | hortative sentence | Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, or implores (a call to action). |  | 3 |
| 11402425168 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin Ex: My fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man |  | 4 |
| 11402425169 | juxtaposition | placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities of differences EX: We are the heirs of that first revolution. let the word go forth... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans--born in this century |  | 5 |
| 11402425170 | Oxymoron | Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another |  | 6 |
| 11402425171 | rhetorical question | figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect, rather than to be answered. | 7 | |
| 11402425172 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech that uses a part to present the whole. EX: In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course |  | 8 |
| 11402425173 | Zeugma | Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that introduces different, often incongruous meanings. |  | 9 |
| 11402425174 | Refutation | A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable EX: Lou Gehrig refutes that his bad break is a cause for discouragement by saying that the he "has an awful lot to live for" |  | 10 |
| 11402425175 | Occasion | The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written EX: In the cause of Gehrig's speech the occasion is Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. More specifically, his moment comes at home plate between games of a doubleheader. |  | 11 |
| 11402425176 | Counterargument | An opposing argument or statement to the one a writer is putting forward. Rather than ignoring a counterargument, a strong writer will usually address it through the process of concession and refutation. EX: Some of Lou Gehrig's listeners might have argued that his bad break was a close for discouragement or despair. |  | 12 |
| 11402425177 | Context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. EX: The context for Lou Gehrig's speech is the recent announcement of his illness and his subsequent retirement, but also the poignant contrast between his potent career and his debilitating disease. |  | 13 |
