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| 3689987526 | alliteration | repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of successive words | 0 | |
| 3689987527 | antithesis | rhetorical contrast of ideas by parallel arrangements of words, clauses or sentences | 1 | |
| 3689987528 | satire | a composition ridiculing human vice or folly | 2 | |
| 3689987529 | rhetorical question | does not require an answer-actually asserts or denies something obliquely | 3 | |
| 3689987530 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration for effect | 4 | |
| 3689987531 | paradox | apparently contradictory statement that nevertheless contains a measure of truth | 5 | |
| 3689987532 | repetition | using same word or phrase over and over; provides emphasis | 6 | |
| 3689987533 | oxymoron | placing two ordinarily opposing terms adjacent to one another | 7 | |
| 3689987534 | clause | group of words that contains a subject and a predicate | 8 | |
| 3689987535 | loose sentence | expresses the main thought near the beginning and adds explanatory material as needed | 9 | |
| 3689987536 | periodic sentence | one that postpones the crucial or most surprising idea until the end (not complete until the period) | 10 | |
| 3689987537 | simple sentence | one independent clause, no dependent clauses | 11 | |
| 3689987538 | compound sentence | two independent clauses, joined by coordinating conjunction, punctuation or both | 12 | |
| 3689987539 | complex sentence | contains one independent and one or more dependent clauses | 13 | |
| 3689987540 | compound-complex sentence | contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses | 14 | |
| 3689987541 | syntax | the order and relationship of words in a sentence | 15 | |
| 3689987542 | begging the question | conclusion similar to the premise; circular reasoning | 16 | |
| 3689987543 | equivocating | using vague or ambiguous language to mislead | 17 | |
| 3689987544 | anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident | 18 | |
| 3689987545 | ad hominem fallacy | making personal attacks instead of sticking to the argument | 19 | |
| 3689987546 | allusion | A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history. | 20 | |
| 3689987547 | parallelism | keeping ideas of equal importance in similar grammatical form | 21 | |
| 3689987548 | analogy | an extended comparison between two things/instances/people etc. that share some similarity to make a point | 22 | |
| 3689987549 | asyndeton | conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose | 23 | |
| 3689987550 | connotation | The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning | 24 | |
| 3689987551 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning. Opposite of connotation | 25 | |
| 3689987552 | ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete | 26 | |
| 3689987553 | metonymy | a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated | 27 | |
| 3689987554 | parenthetical expression | an expression that is inserted into the flow of thought | 28 | |
| 3689987555 | point of view | literary term for the perspective from which a story is told (first, third, omniscient, limited) | 29 | |
| 3689987556 | polysyndeton | the use of many conjunctions; has the effect of slowing the pace or emphasizing the numerous words or clauses. | 30 | |
| 3689987557 | inductive reasoning | drawing a probable conclusion based on evidence | 31 | |
| 3689987558 | deductive reasoning | begins with a basic truth and proceeds from there-starts with conclusion | 32 | |
| 3689987559 | rhetoric | finding an available, effective way to persuade | 33 | |
| 3689987560 | figure of speech | colorful language not meant to be taken literally | 34 | |
| 3689987561 | logos | based on reason | 35 | |
| 3689987562 | pathos | appeal to emotions | 36 | |
| 3689987563 | ethos | based on the speaker's character | 37 | |
| 3689987564 | tone | the author's attitude toward his or her subject | 38 | |
| 3689987565 | Toulmin model of argumentation | emphasizes that logic is concerned with probability more than certainty | 39 | |
| 3689987566 | syllogism | three part argment in which the conclusion rests on two premises | 40 | |
| 3689987567 | false dilemma | gives a choice between two alternatives; overlooks others and implies that no others exist | 41 | |
| 3689987568 | non sequitur | conclusion that does not follow logically from the explanation given for it | 42 | |
| 3689987569 | sliding down a slippery slope | one step inevitably leads to an undesirable end | 43 | |
| 3689987570 | opposing a straw man | not arguing against opponent's real argument-commonly arguing against an extreme view | 44 | |
| 3689987571 | jumping to conclusions | conclusion not supported by adequate evidence | 45 | |
| 3689987572 | concession | showing an audience that you anticipate potential opposition by recognizing "their" side and answering it | 46 | |
| 3689987573 | guilt by association | negative association by innuendo | 47 | |
| 3689987574 | ignoring the question | "I'm glad you asked that question"..begins to talk of something else | 48 | |
| 3689987575 | attributing false causes | assuming that something is merely the result of something that came before it; post hoc fallacy | 49 | |
| 3689987576 | false analogy | fallacious if the two things being compared aren't really similar | 50 | |
| 3689987577 | purpose | a writer's reason for trying to convey a particular idea about a particular subject to a particular audience | 51 | |
| 3689987578 | thesis | the central idea in a work of writing to which everything else in the work refers; forecasts the scope of a piece of writing | 52 | |
| 3689987579 | paraphrase | putting another writer's thoughts into your own words | 53 | |
| 3689987580 | anaphora | the repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 54 | |
| 3689987581 | appeal to pity | This type of fallacy uses the audiences's sympathy, concern, or guilt in order to overwhelm their sense of logic | 55 | |
| 3689987582 | appeal to tradition | It must be correct because it has always been done this way | 56 | |
| 3689987583 | appeal to prejudice | using popular prejudices or passions to convince others of the correctness of one's position | 57 | |
| 3689987584 | epistrophe | the repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses | 58 | |
| 3689987585 | inference | logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience | 59 | |
| 3689987586 | synthesize | to link elements into a whole | 60 | |
| 3689987587 | plagiarism | the use of someone else's ideas or words as if they were your own, without acknowledging the original author | 61 | |
| 3689987588 | narrative | consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | 62 | |
| 3689987589 | in media res | a piece of writing that begins in the middle of the action | 63 | |
| 3689987590 | chronological order | (Time Order) Events are arranged in the order in which they happened | 64 | |
| 3689987591 | objective | without bias | 65 | |
| 3689987592 | subjective | having to do with personal things, not limited by fairness or issues of bias | 66 | |
| 3689987593 | synechdoche | when a part is used to signify a whole, "all hands on deck" | 67 | |
| 3689987594 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 68 | |
| 3689987595 | analyze | separate a subject into its parts | 69 | |
| 3689987596 | tone | the author's attitude toward the subject (indicated by diction) | 70 | |
| 3689987597 | audience | a writer's readers; helps the writer choose strategies, style and genre | 71 | |
| 3689987598 | inference | to draw a conclusion based on your store of experience-way to understand a writer's meaning | 72 | |
| 3689987599 | synthesize | to link elements into a whole | 73 | |
| 3689987600 | unity | the quality of good writing in which all parts relate to the thesis or main idea | 74 | |
| 3689987601 | plagiarism | the use of someone else's ideas or words as if they were your own, without acknowledging the original author | 75 | |
| 3689987602 | coherence | the clear connection of the parts in an effective piece of writing | 76 | |
| 3689987603 | logical fallacy | a flaw in reasoning | 77 | |
| 3689987604 | persona | the character that an author wants the audience to perceive himself/herself as | 78 | |
| 3689987605 | anastrophe | normal word order is reversed or rearranged | 79 | |
| 3689987606 | apostrophe | when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed | 80 | |
| 3689987607 | chiasmus | repetition of ideas in inverted order-"Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you" | 81 | |
| 3689987608 | diction | a writer's choice of words-indicates tone | 82 | |
| 3689987609 | irony | a manner of speaking or writing that does not directly state a discrepancy, but implies one- ie verbal irony "What a mansion" (said of a shack) | 83 | |
| 3689987610 | understatement (litotes) | deliberate understatement-creates an ironic or humorous effect: "I accepted the ride. At the moment, I didn't feel like walking across the Mojave Desert: | 84 |
