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| 11534112125 | Assertion | The writer's claim; an empathetic statement one must prove | 0 | |
| 11534118168 | Anecdote | A short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point | 1 | |
| 11534125798 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is presented; common ones include the following; First person narrator Stream of Consciousness Omniscent Limited Omniscent Objective Second person | 2 | |
| 11534144340 | Figurative Language | Language that contains figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal | 3 | |
| 11534153108 | Chrhonology | An order of events; a list of events; the study of the order in which things occur; this is often part of the pattern of development of process analysis | 4 | |
| 11534168334 | Ad Hominem | In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man;" simply pit, this is when a writer personally attacks his or her opponents instead of their arguments. | 5 | |
| 11534186022 | Empirical Claim | A claim or assertion that is based on data such as facts, detailed and provable observations, data, and experimentation. An empirical claim makes a statement that is not based on opinion. | 6 | |
| 11534205421 | Logical Fallacy | A mistake in reasoning | 7 | |
| 11534207633 | Counterclaim | An argument that challenges another argument; a fact or opinion that challenges the reasoning behind somebody's proposal and shows that there are grounds for taking an opposite view | 8 | |
| 11534227726 | Generalization | When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable. These occur when a writer asserts that a claim applies to all instances instead of some. | 9 | |
| 11534239172 | Counterproposal | A proposal that is written in response to one that is unsatisfactory | 10 | |
| 11534244012 | Disclaimer | A statement that denies something, especially responsibility | 11 | |
| 11534250916 | Erudite | Having or showing great knowledge/learning | 12 | |
| 11534256192 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line. | 13 | |
| 11534266190 | Qualification | A limitation on the range or precision of a claim which often expresses degrees of confidence or probability; a statement that is no absolute; it acknowledges the merits of an opposing view by develops a stronger case for its own. | 14 | |
| 11534283020 | Equivocal | A half-truth, or statement that is partially correct bu;t that purposefully obscures the entire truth, this happens when the writer makes use of a word's multiple meanings and changes the meanings in the middle of the argument without telling the audience about the shift. Often when we use vague or ambiguous words like "right" for "moral" we can do this without intending to. | 15 | |
| 11534305981 | Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning or to contain the truth. | 16 | |
| 11534314251 | Concrete Detail | Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | 17 | |
| 11534341965 | Parallelism | The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or longer structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form. It may be as simple as listing two or three modifiers in a row to describe the same noun or verb; it may take the form of two or more of the subordinate clause that modify the same noun or verb. It also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence. | 18 | |
| 11534369668 | Exhortation | An address or communication (speech, letter, etc.) emphatically urging someone to do something | 19 | |
| 11534381276 | Laudatory | praiseworthy; admirable | 20 | |
| 11534384430 | Strident | noisy, forceful, persuasive | 21 | |
| 11534388413 | Refutes | To prove something wrong through logical argument or by providing evidence to the contrary; to deny something. | 22 | |
| 11534444712 | Colloquial | A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing ("y'all, ain't, She's got three kids", "You could of come if you wanted to.") | 23 | |
| 11534474094 | Speculative | Hypothetical; theoretical; projected | 24 | |
| 11534478040 | Contrast | A pattern of organization in which two things are juxtaposed to highlight their similarities and differences which often reveals insights into the nature of the information being analyzed. | 25 |
