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| 4888235088 | Aesthetic reading | reading to experience the world of the text | 0 | |
| 4888239423 | Allegory | An extended metaphor | 1 | |
| 4888241367 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words | 2 | |
| 4888253824 | Allusion | A reference in a written or spoken text to another text or to some particular body of knowledge | 3 | |
| 4888263677 | Anecdote | A brief narrative offered in a text to capture the audience's attention or to support a generalization or claim | 4 | |
| 4888279020 | Antagonist | A character who opposes the interests of the protagonist | 5 | |
| 4888287786 | Antecedent- Consequence relationship | The relationship expressed by "if...then" reasoning-- for example, "If the cubs sigh Greg Maddux, then they will win the National League pennant" | 6 | |
| 4888307592 | Anticipated objection | The technique a writer or speaker uses in an argumentative text to address and answer objections, even though the audience has not had the opportunity to voice these objections | 7 | |
| 4888329552 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order-- for example. "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy" | 8 | |
| 4890439504 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, often in parallel structure -- for example. "Place your virtues on a pedastal; put your vices under a rock" | 9 | |
| 4890522775 | Apologist | A person or character who makes a case for some controversial. even contentious, position | 10 | |
| 4890532978 | Appeal | One of three strategies for persuading an audiences | 11 | |
| 4890587591 | Logos | The appeal of a text bases on the logical structure of its argument of central ideas (reasoning) | 12 | |
| 4890597679 | Pathos | "..." based on emotions or interests of the audience | 13 | |
| 4890610821 | Ethos | "..." based on ethics and the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 14 | |
| 4890636349 | Appeal to authority | In a text, the reference to words, action, or beliefs of a person in authority as a means of supporting a claim, generalizing, or conclusion | 15 | |
| 4890664630 | Argument | A carefully constructed, well-supported representation of how a writer sees an issue, problem, or subject | 16 | |
| 4890779904 | Argument by analysis | An argument developed by breaking the subject matter into its component parts | 17 | |
| 4918488629 | Assumption | An opinion, perspective, or belief that a writer or speaker thinks the audience holds | 18 | |
| 4918518051 | Asyndeton | The omission of conjunctions between related clauses--for example, "I cam, I saw, I conquered." | 19 | |
| 4918530883 | Begging of the question | The situation that results when a writer or speaker constructs an argument on an assumption that the audience does not accept | 20 | |
| 4918537997 | Canon | One of the traditional elements of rhetoric composition | 21 | |
| 4918544236 | Invention | The art of generating material for a text | 22 | |
| 4918547994 | Arrangement | In a spoken or written text, the placement of ideas for effect | 23 | |
| 4918556410 | Style | The choices that writers or speakers make in language for effect | 24 | |
| 4918571280 | Memory | Access to information and collective knowledge for use in composition | 25 | |
| 4918577544 | Delivery | The presentation and format of a composition | 26 | |
| 4918584133 | Dynamic Character | One who changes during the course of the narrative | 27 | |
| 4918588128 | Flat Character | A figure readily identifiable by memorable traits but not fully developed | 28 | |
| 4918599627 | Round Character | A figure with complexity in action and personality | 29 | |
| 4918618794 | Static Character | A figure who remains the same from the beginning to the end of a narrative | 30 | |
| 4918625954 | Claim | The ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point that a syllogism or enthymeme expresses. The point, backed up by support, of an argument | 31 | |
| 4918643785 | Conflict | The struggle of a character with themselves, with others, or with the world around them (external and internal conflicts) | 32 | |
| 4918659516 | Connotation | The implied meaning of a word, in contract to its directly expresses "dictionary meaning" | 33 | |
| 4918672470 | Deductive reasoning | Reasoning that begins with a general principle and concludes with a specific instance that demonstrates the general principle | 34 | |
| 4918698391 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word, in contrast to its connotation, or implied meaning | 35 | |
| 4918716665 | Dialect | The describable patterns of language--grammar and vocabulary--used by a particular cultural or ethnic population | 36 | |
| 4918733365 | Diction | Word choice, which is viewed on scales for formality/information, concreteness/abstraction, Latinate, derivation/Anglo-Saxon derivation, and denotative value/connotative value | 37 | |
| 4927896732 | Double Entendre | The double (or multiple) meanings of a group of words that the speaker or writer has purposely left ambiguous | 38 | |
| 4927907795 | Dramatistic pentad | The invention strategy, developed by Kenneth Burke, that invites a speaker or writer to create for the speaker or writer to identify attitude in the situation | 39 | |
| 4927919384 | Act | The words the speaker uses to describe what happened or happens in a particular situation | 40 | |
| 4927926913 | Agent | "..." describe the person or persons involved in taking action in a particular situation | 41 | |
| 4927935109 | Agency | "..." describe the means by which something happened or happens in a particular situation | 42 | |
| 4927945079 | Scene | "..." describe where and when something happened or happens in a particular situation | 43 | |
| 4927951982 | Purpose | "..." describe the reason something happened or happens in a particular situation | 44 | |
| 4927958677 | Effect | The emotional or psychological impact a text has on a reader or listener | 45 | |
| 4927979359 | Efferent reading | Reading to garner information from a text | 46 | |
| 4927989229 | Enthymeme | Logical reasoning with one premise left unstated | 47 | |
| 4927992482 | Epithet | A word or phrase adding a characteristic to a person's name-- for example. "Richard, the Lion-Hearted." | 48 | |
| 4928003398 | Essays using rhetoric modes | Argumentative, Description, Exposition, Narrative | 49 | |
| 4928018436 | Euphemism | An indirect expression of unpleasant information information in such a way as to lessen its impact-- for example saying a person's position was eliminated rather than saying the person's was fired | 50 | |
| 4928383134 | Exaggeration | An overstatement | 51 | |
| 4928392742 | Extended analogy | An extended passage arguing that if two things are similar in one or two ways, they are probably similar in other ways as well | 52 | |
| 4928409773 | Fable | A narrative in which fictional characters, often animals, take actions that have ethical or moral significance | 53 | |
| 4928416684 | Figurative Language | Language dominated by the use of schemes and tropes | 54 | |
| 4928421823 | Figures of Rhetoric | Schemes--that is, variations from typical word or sentence formation--and tropes, which are variations from typical patterns of thought | 55 | |
| 4928440691 | Flashback | A part of the plot that moves back in time and then returns to the present | 56 | |
| 4946295332 | Functional part | A part of a text classified according to its function--for example, or counterargument | 57 | |
| 4946359299 | Generalization | A point that a speaker or writer generates on the basis of considering a number of particular example | 58 | |
| 4946372178 | Flashforward | A part of the plot that jumps ahead in time and then returns to the present | 59 | |
| 4946383426 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration for effect | 60 | |
| 4946385216 | Imagery | Language that evokes particular sensations or emotionally rich experiences in a reader | 61 | |
| 4946393726 | Implied Metaphor | A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence. For example, "His voice cascaded through the hallways" contains an implied metaphor; "His voice was a cascade of emotion" contains a direct metaphor | 62 | |
| 4946415474 | Inductive reasoning | Reasoning that begins by citing a number of specific instance or example and then shows how collectively they constitute a general principle | 63 | |
| 4946438469 | Inference | A conclusion that a reader or listener reaches by means of his or her own thinking rather than by direct statement in a text | 64 | |
| 4946453553 | Irony | Writing or speaking that implies the contrary of what is actually written or spoken | 65 | |
| 4946466425 | Jargon | The specialized vocabulary of a particular group | 66 | |
| 4946478945 | Litotes | Understatement-- for example, "Her performance ran the gamut of emotion from A to B" Logic: The art of reasoning | 67 | |
| 4946497667 | Mood | The feeling that a text is intended to produce in the audience | 68 | |
| 4946506443 | Dramatic narration | A narrative in which the reader or viewer does not have access to the unspoken thoughts of any character | 69 | |
| 4946515843 | Limited narration | A narrative in which the reader or viewer has access to the unspoken thoughts of one character or particular thinking of more than one character | 70 | |
| 4946530461 | Omniscient narration | A narrative in which the reader or viewer has access to the unspoken thoughts of all the characters | 71 | |
| 4946537798 | Scenic narration | A comment that is made directly to the reader by breaking into the forward plot movement | 72 | |
| 4946555039 | Narrative intrusion | A comment that is made directly to the reader by breaking into the forward plot movement | 73 | |
| 4946562331 | Occasion | The part of a context also referred to as time and place | 74 | |
| 4946566063 | Onomatopoeia | A literary device in which the sound of a word is related to its meaning-- for example. "buzz" and "moan" | 75 | |
| 4946585665 | Oxymoron | Juxtapose words with seemingly contradictory meaning--for example "jumbo shrimp" | 76 | |
| 4946605941 | Paradox | A statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless | 77 | |
| 4946610676 | Persona | The character that a writer or speaker conveys to the audience | 78 | |
| 4957861906 | Personification | The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects | 79 | |
| 4957868112 | Plot devices | Elements of plot that operate to cause or resolve conflicts and to provide information | 80 | |
| 4957878651 | Major premise | The first premise in a syllogism. The major premise states an irrefutable generalization. | 81 | |
| 4957891383 | Minor premise | The second premise in a syllogism. The minor premise offers a particular instance of the generalization stated in the major premise | 82 | |
| 4957937567 | Protagonist | The major character in a piece of literature; the figure in the narrative whose interests the reader is most concerned about and sympathetic toward | 83 | |
| 4957970723 | Pun | A play on words words | 84 | |
| 4957979835 | Purpose | The goal a writer or speaker hopes to achieve with the text--for example, to clarify difficult material, to inform, to convince, and/or to persuade. Also called aim or intention | 85 | |
| 4958020307 | Ratio | Combination of two or more elements in a dramatics pentad in order to invent material | 86 | |
| 4958037414 | Reader's repertoire | The collection of predictions and revisions a person employs when reading a text | 87 | |
| 4958064463 | Recursive | Referring to the moving back and forth from invention to revision in the process of writing | 88 | |
| 4958087131 | Reliable narrator | A believable, trustworthy commentator on events and characters in a story | 89 | |
| 4958105654 | Rhetor | The speaker or writer who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written text | 90 | |
| 4958129848 | Rhetoric | The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer, speaker, reader, or listener might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective; the specific features of texts, written or spoken, that cause them to be meaningful, purposeful, and effective for readers or listeners in a situation | 91 | |
| 4969217626 | Rhetoric choices | The particular choices a writer or speaker makes to achieve meaning, purpose, or effect | 92 | |
| 4969222509 | Rhetoric intention | Involvement and investment in and ownership of a piece of writing | 93 | |
| 4969228935 | Rhetorical mode | Formal patters for organizing a text, often also used as invention devices. The traditional rhetorical modes are description, narration, exposition, and argumentation. Exposition is frequently subdivided into categories such as comparison/contrast, classification, and division | 94 | |
| 4969251141 | Rhetorical Question | A question posed by the speaker or writer not to seek an answer but instead to affirm or deny a point simply by asking a question about it | 95 | |
| 4969264026 | Rhetorical situation | The convergence in a situation of exigency (the need to write), audience, and purpose | 96 | |
| 4969273441 | Rhetoric triangle | A diagram showing the relations of writer or speaker, reader, or listener, and text in a rhetorical situation | 97 | |
| 4969282490 | Sarcasm | The use of mockery or bitter irony | 98 | |
| 4969288219 | Simile | A type of comparison that uses the word "like" or "as" | 99 | |
| 4969291452 | Slang | Informal language, often considered inappropriate for formal occasions and text | 100 | |
| 4969301326 | Soliloquy | Dialogue in which a character speaks aloud to himself or herself | 101 | |
| 4969307806 | Stance | The writer's or speaker's apparent attitude toward the audience | 102 | |
| 4969318087 | Stock settings | Stereotypical time and place settings that let readers know a text's genre immediately | 103 | |
| 4969323505 | Syllogism | Logical reasoning from inarguable premises | 104 | |
| 4969327857 | Symbol | In a text, an element that stands for more than itself and, therefore, helps to convey a theme of the text | 105 | |
| 4969333853 | Theme | The message conveyed by a literary work | 106 | |
| 4969337684 | Thesis | The main idea in a text, often the main generalization, conclusion, or claim | 107 | |
| 4969343428 | Thesis statement | A single sentence that states a text's thesis in the introduction | 108 | |
| 4969346272 | Understatement | Deliberate playing down of a situation in order to make a point--for example, "As the principal dancer, Joe Smith displayed only two flaws: his arms and legs." | 109 |
