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5731053653Characterizationthe process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character0
5731053654Ethosthe characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.1
5731053655Pathosa quality that evokes pity or sadness2
5731053656Logosstatement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.3
5731053657Antithesisa figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other4
5731053658Analogya comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.5
5731053659Appeal to authoritya common type of argument which can be fallacious6
5731053660Paradoxa statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion7
5731053661Antecedenta thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.8
5731053662Anecdotea short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.9
5731053663Understatementthe presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.10
5731053664Overstatementthe action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration.11
5731053665Tonethe general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, e12
5731053666Dictionthe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.13
5731053667Parallel structurerepetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence14
5731053668Alliterationthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words15
5731053669Onomatopoeiathe formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named16
5731053670Oxymorona figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction17
5731053671Underscoreline drawn under a word or phrase for emphasis.18
5731053672Juxtapositionthe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect19
5731053673Rhetorical strategyuse of words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade.20
5731053674Cite/ citationsa quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work21
5731053675Digressiona temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.22

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