| 2906643393 | Appeals to authority | A fallacy in which a rhetor seeks to persuade an audience not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for the famous. | 0 | |
| 2906643394 | Argument | A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong. | 1 | |
| 2906643395 | Audience | Thr assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting. | 2 | |
| 2906643396 | Author's purpose | Why an author writes something. | 3 | |
| 2906643397 | Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 4 | |
| 2906643398 | Claim | An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt. | 5 | |
| 2906643399 | Diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 6 | |
| 2906643400 | Evidence | The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. | 7 | |
| 2906643401 | Generalization | A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases. | 8 | |
| 2906643402 | Repetition | The action of repeating something that has already been said or written. | 9 | |
| 2906643403 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 10 | |
| 2906643404 | Speaker | A person who speaks. | 11 | |
| 2906643405 | Style | A manner of doing something. | 12 | |
| 2906643406 | Thesis | A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 13 | |
| 2906643407 | Tone | The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 14 |
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