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8414100525rhetoricthe study and practice of communication that persuades, informs, inspires, or entertains target audiences in order to change or reinforce habits or actions0
8414100526rhetorical situationpurpose, subject/context, occassion1
8416376032rhetorical trianglesubject (context), speaker, audience2
8416417264ethoscreditability, "character"3
8416518213pathosemotional appeal4
8416524798logosstatistics, facts, info, structure5
8416532339claimthe main assertion of an argument; the point of an argument backed up by support6
8416547794reasonsupport for your claim7
8416675725warrantunderlying assumptions that support your claim8
8416692471counterargumentan opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward9
8417103337refutationthe part of an argument in which the speaker anticipates objections to the points being raised and counters them10
8417110562thesis statementa short statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence11
8425720905inductive reasoninga logical process in which multiple premises are combined to obtain a specific conclusion; specific to general12
8425723818deductive reasoninga logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises; general to specific13
8425733412syntaxthe order of words in a sentence; sentence structure14
8425736612fragmentincomplete sentence15
8425746408run ona grammatically faulty sentence in which two or more main or independent clauses are joined without a word to connect them or a punctuation mark to separate them16
8425803340subordinate clausea group of words containing a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a sentence17
8425825407antithesisthe juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting words or ideas, in a parallel structure18
8425838678parallelisma set of similarly structured words, phrases or clauses that appears in a sentence or paragraph19
8425844749oxymoronjuxtaposed words with seemingly opposite meanings20
8425847258imagerylanguage that appeals to the senses21
8425852857allusionan indirect reference to another text or body of knowledge22
8425860132anecdotea brief narrative within a text to get audience's attention and/or support a claim23
8425865189personificationthe attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions24
8425898989metaphora figurative comparison of two unlike objects25
8425910001connotationthe implied meaning of a word; a word's overtones of meaning26
8425918654subjectivereflecting an individual's feelings, prejudice, or bias27
8425937830objectivewithout personal bias or prejudice28
8462223928introduction1. title, author name (last, first) (first sentence) 2. summary (2-3) 3. thesis statement (last sentence)29
8462241534rhetorical analysisgives devices and explain what effect it gives30
8462260440body paragraph1. topic sentence (first sentence) - main idea in detail 2. evidence from text - set-up quote - quote - explain quote 3. transition - moving onto the next paragraph31

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