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| 4648835848 | Appeals (ethical, emotional, logical) | Ethics: convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. Emotional: convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. Logical: a way of persuading an audience by reason | 0 | |
| 4648838471 | Argument | The main statement of a poem, essay, short story, or novel that usually appears as an introduction or a point on which the author will develop their work to convince the readers | 1 | |
| 4648841595 | Defend/challenge/qualify | A statement that modifies or limits the meaning of a claim | 2 | |
| 4648841945 | Discourse | Speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with the certain subject formally in the form of writing or speech | 3 | |
| 4648843253 | Rhetoric | The act of persuasion | 4 | |
| 4648844331 | Rhetorical devices | Techniques used by the author or speaker that conveys the reader/listener a meaning with the intention of persuading them | 5 | |
| 4648847782 | Rhetorical modes | Describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language- based communication like writing or speaking (4 common modes: narration, description, exposition, and argumentation) | 6 | |
| 4648850199 | Semantics | Branch of linguistics that deals with interpretation and meaning of words, sentence structure, and symbols, while determining the reading comprehension of the readers (how they understand & their interpretations) | 7 | |
| 4648853231 | Style | Literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words- word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, & sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning of the text | 8 | |
| 4648855754 | Thesis | A short statement, often one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by examples and evidence | 9 | |
| 4648858805 | Connotation | An implied meaning that is associated with a word of it's literal meaning | 10 | |
| 4648860030 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 11 | |
| 4648860534 | Diction | Choice of words and style of expressions that an author makes and uses | 12 | |
| 4648861400 | Ellipsis | Literary device that's used in narratives to omit parts of a sentence or event, giving the reader a chance to fill in the gaps | 13 | |
| 4648864496 | Equivocation | Telling something that is not false, but not revealing the unpleasant truth | 14 | |
| 4648865578 | Euphemism | Polite expressions used in place of words or phrases that may be harsh or unpleasant | 15 | |
| 4648866243 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 16 | |
| 4648866728 | Juxtaposition | Two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts | 17 | |
| 4648869716 | Malapropism | Using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation | 18 | |
| 4648870137 | Mood | Element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | 19 | |
| 4648871806 | Non sequitur | Statements, sayings, and conclusions that do not follow the fundamental principles of logic and reason | 20 | |
| 4648873216 | Pedantic | Concern of precision, formalism, accuracy and minute details in order to make a statement arrogant and ostentatious show of learning | 21 | |
| 4648874557 | Platitude | Repetition of obvious, simple, and easily understood statements that have little meaning or emotional weight | 22 | |
| 4648876097 | Polemic | A controversial dispute or debate, or someone who is inclined to argue | 23 | |
| 4648876865 | Sarcasm | Bitter or caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 24 | |
| 4648877547 | Syntax | The way the author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 25 | |
| 4648878761 | Tone | The author's attitude toward their material, audience, or both | 26 | |
| 4648879361 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas and signals a shift from one idea to another | 27 | |
| 4648882138 | Understatement | Ironic minimizing of a fact, presents something as less significant than it is | 28 | |
| 4648883192 | Voice | The author's writing style of use of syntax, diction, dialogue, etc. withing a body of text | 29 | |
| 4648885211 | Allegory | Using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 30 | |
| 4648888914 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 31 | |
| 4648889582 | Allusion | A direct/indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known such as an event, book, place, etc. | 32 | |
| 4648890929 | Analogy | Similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar | 33 | |
| 4749549383 | Anecdote | Short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers & listeners laugh | 34 | |
| 4749550946 | Irony | The contrast between what it is stated explicitly and what is really meant; difference between what appears to be and what is actually true (3 types: verbal, situational, & dramatic) | 35 | |
| 4749552511 | Metaphor | Figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting similarity | 36 | |
| 4749554802 | Motif | Can be an image, sound, action, or other figure with symbolic significance & contributes to the development of the theme | 37 | |
| 4749556961 | Oxymoron | Figure of speech where in the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest paradox | 38 | |
| 4749558121 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self contradictory, but contains some degree of truth | 39 | |
| 4749559999 | Parallel syntax (parallelism) | Grammatical and rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 40 | |
| 4749561097 | Parody | Work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 41 | |
| 4749567723 | Pun | A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings by exploiting similar sounding words with different meanings | 42 | |
| 4749568954 | Satire | Technique used to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule | 43 | |
| 4749571201 | Simile | A comparison that uses "like" or "as" | 44 |
