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7221610382PathosAppeals to belief and feelings of higher emotion0
7221655720LogosAppeals to logical reasoning ability of readers1
7221655721EthosSense you give as being competent/fair/authority2
7221655722Rhetorical QuestionA question a speaker uses to provoke thought3
7221610383ParallelismUsing the same gramatical structre or syntax repeatedly4
7221610384AnecdoteA short personal story. Having the reader relate to the speaker.5
7221618664MetaphorA direct comparison that doesn't use comparison words6
7221618665SimileComparison using comparison words7
7221655723AlliterationThe repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words8
7221655724HyperboleUsing exaggeration to make effect9
7221655725PersonificationGiving human or lifelike qualities to things that aren't10
7221655726AllusionMake reference to a well known person, place, or events11
7221655727ToneThe feeling of emotions that an author communicates12
7221655728MoodFeeling that is created in the reader or listener by the authors words13
7255001246AnaphoraThe repetition of the same words or phase at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences14
7255001247DictionAn authors choice of words, used to convey tone15
7255001248ImageryUse of words to appeal to the readers feeling16
7266580262SyntaxThe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language17

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