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| 4785968891 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 0 | |
| 4785968892 | Allusion | And indirect reference off into another text or an historic event | 1 | |
| 4785968893 | Analogy | And extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 4785968894 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 4785968895 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event | 4 | |
| 4785968896 | Annotation | Explanatory or clinical notes added to a text | 5 | |
| 4785968897 | Antecedent | The noun which a later pronoun refers | 6 | |
| 4785968898 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an Inverted order (to sharpen a contrast) | 7 | |
| 4785968899 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 8 | |
| 4785968900 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth | 9 | |
| 4785968901 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 10 | |
| 4785968902 | Archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period. Antiquated language | 11 | |
| 4785968903 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 12 | |
| 4785968905 | Assertion | And empathetic statement; declaration. | 13 | |
| 4785968906 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 14 | |
| 4785968907 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 15 | |
| 4785968908 | Attitude | The speakers position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone | 16 | |
| 4785968909 | Audience | One's listener or readership those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | 17 | |
| 4785968910 | Authority | A reliable respected source someone with knowledge | 18 | |
| 4785968911 | Bias | Prejudiced or predisposition forward one side of a subject or issue | 19 | |
| 4785968912 | Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derive from a source | 20 | |
| 4785968913 | Claim | An assertion usually supported by evidence | 21 | |
| 4785968914 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text | 22 | |
| 4785968915 | Colloquial | And informal or conversational use of language | 23 | |
| 4785968916 | Common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions | 24 | |
| 4785968917 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 25 | |
| 4785968918 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledge | 26 | |
| 4785968919 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word as opposed to the words literal meaning | 27 | |
| 4785968920 | Coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence | 28 | |
| 4785968921 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 29 | |
| 4785968922 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement | 30 | |
| 4785968923 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific | 31 | |
| 4785968924 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; it's dictionary definition | 32 | |
| 4785968925 | Documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing | 33 | |
| 4785968926 | Diction | Word choice | 34 | |
| 4785968927 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost | 35 | |
| 4785968928 | Epigram | A brief, witty statement | 36 | |
| 4785968929 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person | 37 | |
| 4785968930 | Figurative Language | The use of tropes or figures of speech | 38 | |
| 4785968931 | Figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 39 | |
| 4785968932 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 40 | |
| 4785968933 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that invokes a reader senses | 41 | |
| 4785968934 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands | 42 | |
| 4785968935 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to General | 43 | |
| 4785968936 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb proceeds the subject | 44 | |
| 4785968937 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity to what is said and what is meant | 45 | |
| 4785968938 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 46 | |
| 4785968939 | Logos | A Greek term that means word; and appeal to logic | 47 | |
| 4785968940 | 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 | 48 | |
| 4785968941 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | 49 | |
| 4785968942 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms | 50 | |
| 4785968943 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but it's actually true | 51 | |
| 4785968944 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 52 | |
| 4785968945 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule | 53 | |
| 4785968946 | Pathos | A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with moderate appeals to emotion | 54 | |
| 4785968947 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | 55 | |
| 4785968948 | Personification | Assigning life like characteristics to inanimate objects | 56 | |
| 4785968949 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | 57 | |
| 4785968950 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 58 | |
| 4785968951 | Premise | Two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes it's predicate from the major premise and it subject from the minor premise | 59 | |
| 4785968952 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | 60 | |
| 4785968953 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing | 61 | |
| 4785968954 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | 62 | |
| 4785968955 | Rhetoric | The art of speaking or writing effectively | 63 | |
| 4785968956 | Rhetorical modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose (modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison contrast, cause-and-effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation) | 64 | |
| 4786140399 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect that to summon an answer | 65 | |
| 4786140400 | Rhetorical triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 66 | |
| 4786140401 | Satire | And ironic, sarcastic, or witty comparison that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | 67 | |
| 4786140402 | Sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions (such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex) | 68 | |
| 4786140403 | Sentence variety | Using variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect | 69 | |
| 4786140404 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things | 70 | |
| 4786140405 | Simple sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause | 71 | |
| 4786140406 | Source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information | 72 | |
| 4786140407 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person who's perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 73 | |
| 4786140408 | Strawman | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position | 74 | |
| 4786140409 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech | 75 | |
| 4786140410 | Subordinate clause | A clause that modifies an independent clause, created by a subordinating conjunction | 76 | |
| 4786140411 | Subordination | The dependence of one syntactical Element on another in a sentence | 77 | |
| 4786140412 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning In which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise | 78 | |
| 4786140413 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 79 | |
| 4786140414 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex | 80 | |
| 4786140415 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer | 81 | |
| 4786140416 | Thesis statement | A statement of the central idea and they work, may be explicit or implicit | 82 | |
| 4786140417 | Tone | The speakers attitude towards the subject or audience | 83 | |
| 4786140418 | Topic sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraphs idea and often unites it with the works thesis | 84 | |
| 4786140419 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a non-literal way; also called a figure of speech | 85 | |
| 4786140420 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point | 86 | |
| 4786140421 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice) | 87 | |
| 4786140422 | Zeugma | The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate | 88 |
