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7469188101SpeakerThe person who creates the text0
7469188102SubjectThe topic of the text1
7469188103AudienceThe listener, viewer, or reader, of a text2
7469188104ContextThe circumsrances, events, atmosphere and atttudes surrounding the text3
7469188105LogosAppeal to logic reasoning4
7469188106PathosApoeal go emotion5
7469188107EthosAppeal to credibility and trustworthiness of speaker6
7469188108AnaphoraRepetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses7
7469188109EpistropheRepetition of words at the end of the successive phrases or clauses8
7469188110AntithesisThe juxtaposition of contrasting words/ideas in parallel structure9
7469188111Rhetorical questionHow does the author use rhetorical strategies to acheive his/her purpose10
7509139156Rhetorical triangleThese three persuasive strategies make up the rhetorical triangle.11
7509139157Personathe aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others12
7509139158Thesisa statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or prove13
7509139159genrea category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.14
7509139160Dictionthe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.15
7509139161Syntaxthe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language16
7509139162Imageryvisual images collectively17
7509139163Alliterationthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.18
7509139164Allusionan expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.19
7509139165Metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.20
7509139166SimilieComparison using like or as21
7509139167Personificationthe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.22
7509171795RhetoricThe art of persuasion, an authors purposful shaping of text to produce a desired effect23

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