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10915027127Alliterationthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.0
10915027128Anaphorarepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines1
10915027129Antimetabolerepetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order2
10915027130audiencethe listener, viewer, or reader of a text3
10915027131concessionA reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.4
10915027132ConnotationAll the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests5
10915027133contextWords, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.6
10915027134CounterargumentA challenge to a position; an opposing argument7
10915027135Ethoscredibility8
10915027136Exemplificationshowing by example9
10915027137Logosfacts10
10915027138occasionthe time and place a speech is given or a piece is written11
10915027139PathosAppeal to emotion12
10915027140Personaan individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting13
10915027141polemican aggressive argument against a specific opinion14
10915027142Propagandainformation, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.15
10915027143purposethe goal the speaker wants to achieve16
10915027144RefutationThe part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view.17
10915027145Rhetoriceffective writing or speaking18
10915027146SOAPSSubject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker19
10915027147Speakerthe voice of the poem20
10915027148subjectThe topic of a text. What the text is about.21
10915027149textwritten words22
10915027150ToneAttitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character23
10915027151visual rhetoricThe use of images as an integrated element in the total communication effort a speaker makes to achieve the speaking goal24
10915027152DictionA writer's or speaker's choice of words25

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