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| 4764908223 | hyperbole | exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 0 | |
| 4764909044 | scheme | A pattern of words sentence constriction used for rhetorical effect | 1 | |
| 4764910442 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker or the person whose perspective. | 2 | |
| 4764914861 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 3 | |
| 4764915660 | concession | A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding | 4 | |
| 4764918885 | Parody | A piece that imitated ans exaggerates the prominent features of another for comic effect. | 5 | |
| 4764922557 | Logos | means "word" an appeal to logic | 6 | |
| 4764923684 | Subject | In rhetoric the topic addressed in a piece of writing | 7 | |
| 4764924242 | connotation | feeling a word has | 8 | |
| 4764928458 | denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 9 | |
| 4764929669 | style | the distinctive quality of a speech or writting | 10 | |
| 4765068213 | Figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 11 | |
| 4765068214 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms | 12 | |
| 4765111147 | colloquialism | AN informal or conversational use of language | 13 | |
| 4765111148 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex | 14 | |
| 4765113465 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific | 15 | |
| 4765114384 | Voice | distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing | 16 | |
| 4765115704 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 17 | |
| 4765117416 | Rhetorical Modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose | 18 | |
| 4765120501 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant | 19 | |
| 4765126671 | Figurative language | The use of traps or figure of speech. Going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | 20 | |
| 4765128316 | Satire | An ironic sarcastic or witty composition | 21 | |
| 4765131118 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general | 22 | |
| 4765132160 | Juxtapostion | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 23 | |
| 4765134984 | Sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence | 24 | |
| 4765136606 | Documentation | bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writting | 25 | |
| 4765138179 | Audience | One's listener or readership those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | 26 | |
| 4765145427 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of work refer | 27 | |
| 4765146449 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writting | 28 | |
| 4765148545 | Source | A book, article person or other resource consulted for information | 29 | |
| 4765152058 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience | 30 | |
| 4765153410 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | 31 | |
| 4765157205 | Subordinate clause | created by a subordinating conduction, a clause that modifies an independent clause | 32 | |
| 4765161970 | Personifciation | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 33 | |
| 4765162883 | Simile | a figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things | 34 | |
| 4785386327 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement | 35 | |
| 4785387088 | Thesis statement | A statement of the central idea in work may be explicit or implicit | 36 | |
| 4785389280 | Topic sentence | A sentence most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's these | 37 | |
| 4785393648 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization figurative language, sentence structure vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text | 38 | |
| 4785397299 | Common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions | 39 | |
| 4785400302 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position and opposing argument | 40 | |
| 4785402368 | Diciton | Word choice | 41 | |
| 4785404770 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 42 | |
| 4785407865 | Appostitive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 43 | |
| 4785410237 | cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source | 44 | |
| 4785411859 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses | 45 | |
| 4785414713 | Archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated laguage | 46 | |
| 4785423781 | understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect | 47 | |
| 4785427976 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands | 48 | |
| 4785430501 | rhetoric | The study of effective persuasive language use according to Aristotle, use of the means of persuasion | 49 | |
| 4785436487 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | 50 | |
| 4785439465 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer | 51 | |
| 4785441090 | Authority | A reliable, respected source someone with knowledge | 52 | |
| 4785442787 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | 53 | |
| 4785444103 | Ethos | A greek term referring to the character of a person | 54 | |
| 4785445978 | Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 55 | |
| 4785448153 | Sentence variety | Using variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect | 56 | |
| 4785452625 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison | 57 | |
| 4785454877 | Pathos | A greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion | 58 | |
| 4787901115 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 59 | |
| 4812133946 | Assertion | An emphatic statement declaration an assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument. | 60 | |
| 4812137381 | Context | Words events or circumstances that help determine meaning | 61 | |
| 4812139840 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | 62 | |
| 4812142319 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise | 63 | |
| 4812144393 | Premise | Major minor two parts of a syllogism the concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise | 64 | |
| 4812153347 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 65 | |
| 4812158535 | Claim | An assertion usually supported by evidence | 66 | |
| 4812165784 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 67 | |
| 4812227031 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. | 68 | |
| 4812231726 | Occasion | An aspect of context the cause of reason for writing | 69 | |
| 4812233118 | Personification | assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects | 70 | |
| 4812237315 | Simple Sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate an independent clause | 71 |
