| 8028711020 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 0 | |
| 8028711021 | Claim | And assertion, usually supported by evidence | 1 | |
| 8028711022 | Logical appeal | The method of persuasion based on evidence and reasoning | 2 | |
| 8028711023 | Soapstone | Subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone | 3 | |
| 8028711024 | Ethos, pathos, logos | Respectively to appeal or persuade using ethics, emotion, or logic. Leg, heart, head | 4 | |
| 8028711025 | Authors purpose | The reason the author has for writing | 5 | |
| 8028711026 | Memoir | An account based on the authors personal experiences | 6 | |
| 8028711027 | Bias | Prejudice | 7 | |
| 8028711028 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 8 | |
| 8028711029 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 9 | |
| 8028711030 | Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. | 10 | |
| 8028711031 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 11 | |
| 8028711032 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 12 | |
| 8028711033 | Shift | A change in position or direction; switch | 13 | |
| 8028711034 | Pacing | The fast or slow rate of a story | 14 | |
| 8028711035 | Augmentation | Exploring a problem by examining all sides of it; persuasion through reason | 15 | |
| 8028711036 | Diction | Style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or writer | 16 | |
| 8028711037 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 17 | |
| 8028711038 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. | 18 | |
| 8028711039 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 19 | |
| 8028711040 | Mode | The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a piece of discourse | 20 | |
| 8028711041 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 21 | |
| 8028711042 | Periodic/cumulative sentences | A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 22 | |
| 8028711043 | Loose sentence | A sentence whose main idea is at the beginning of a sentence | 23 | |
| 8028711044 | Logical fallacy | An error in the logical thinking that attempts to support a claim | 24 | |
| 8028711045 | Simple sentence | A sentence consisting of only one clause with a single subject and predicate | 25 | |
| 8028711046 | Compound sentence | Two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction | 26 | |
| 8028711047 | Complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 27 | |
| 8028711048 | Compound complex sentence | Sentence containing two or more independent clauses and one dependent clause | 28 | |
| 8028711049 | Imperative vs declarative vs exclamatory vs interrogative | Command VS statement VS emotion VS question | 29 | |
| 8028711050 | Admonishing | Gently warning | 30 | |
| 8028711051 | Perennial | Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years | 31 | |
| 8028711052 | Blithe | free-spirited; carefree | 32 | |
| 8028711053 | Occult | Hidden | 33 | |
| 8028711054 | Conviction | A fixed or strong belief | 34 | |
| 8028711055 | Imparted | Revealed | 35 | |
| 8028711056 | Manifest | Clear or obvious to the eye or mind | 36 | |
| 8028711057 | Transcendent | Exceeding beyond all limits | 37 | |
| 8028711058 | Integrity | Honesty | 38 | |
| 8028711059 | Reliance | The state of depending on something | 39 | |
| 8028711060 | Pendulum | A device that swings back and forth due to the force of gravity | 40 | |
| 8028711061 | Abyss | Enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit | 41 | |
| 8028711062 | Surcingle | Strap passed around a horse's body to bind on a saddle or a pack | 42 | |
| 8028711063 | locution | style of speaking | 43 | |
| 8028711064 | Supervend | Took place especially as something addition or unexpected | 44 | |
| 8028711065 | Lucid | Clear | 45 | |
| 8028711066 | Ascertaining | Discovering with certainty; determining | 46 | |
| 8028711067 | Inquisitorial | having the authority to conduct official investigations | 47 | |
| 8028711068 | Potent | Powerful | 48 | |
| 8028711069 | Pertinacity | Stubbornness | 49 | |
| 8028711070 | Auroral | Pertaining to or resembling the dawn; rosy; radiant | 50 | |
| 8028711071 | Chanticleer | rooster | 51 | |
| 8028711072 | Conventicle | A secret meeting especially for the purpose of worship | 52 | |
| 8028711073 | Deliberately | On purpose | 53 | |
| 8028711074 | Pervacle | To spread throughout | 54 | |
| 8028711075 | Civil | Polite | 55 | |
| 8028711076 | Expedient | Practical | 56 | |
| 8028711077 | Unscrupulous | Dishonest | 57 | |
| 8028711078 | Diabolical | Devilish | 58 | |
| 8028711079 | Alacrity | Eagerness | 59 |
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