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| 7201009834 | Juxtaposition | -The fact of two ideas generally not associated with one another in proximity being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect (to create contrast) Exp: Petals on a wet black bough | 0 | |
| 7201021739 | Diction | -Word choice that creates effect Exp: Slender vs. Skinny | 1 | |
| 7201027046 | Repetition | -A word used repeatedly for emphasis and to add meaning Exp: Her face was Beautiful, and her hair was flowing so Beautiful, with her Beautiful glistening eyes | 2 | |
| 7201033514 | Ethos, Pathos, Logos | -an appeal to ethics, and its a means of convincing someone of the character credibility of the persuader -an appeal to emotion (sad puppy) -an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading by reason (facts) | 3 | |
| 7222007159 | Irony | -a state of affairs or an even that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result of | 4 | |
| 7222035450 | Dramatic Irony | - a literary device, originally used in Greek tragedy, by with the full significance of the character's words or actions are clear to the audience r reader although known to the character exp: Romeo and Juliet audience knows Juliet faked her death, but Romeo does not, and thinks she's really dead | 5 | |
| 7222036624 | Situational Irony | -Irony where actions or events have opposite result exp: In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gets introuble for already knowing how to read | 6 | |
| 7222033629 | Verbal Irony | -where someone says the opposite if what they really mean or intend (sarcasm) | 7 | |
| 7222044028 | Hyperbole | -exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally Exp: Mark Twain-"I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." | 8 | |
| 7222053362 | Understatement | -a figure of speech employed my writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is exp: dog on fire this is fine | 9 | |
| 7281670943 | Allegory | -a story,poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one exp: Fahrenheit 451 Chornical of Narnia | 10 | |
| 7384305278 | Logical Fallacy | -is a pattern of reasoning rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can neatly be expressed in a standard logic system | 11 | |
| 7384305279 | Bias | -prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 12 | |
| 7384310560 | Reliability | the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. | 13 | |
| 7384313070 | Antithesis | -a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. | 14 | |
| 7384313071 | Litotes | ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary Exp: Not bad ( which bad means good) positive contamination | 15 | |
| 7384316391 | Coordinating Conjunctions | -a conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank, e.g., and, but, or. Exp: for, and, nor, but, yet, so(fanboys) | 16 | |
| 7661016092 | McCarthyism/Red Scare | -McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. | 17 | |
| 7661018699 | Mass Hysteria | -(also known as collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior) is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear (memory acknowledgment). | 18 | |
| 7661039773 | Mob Mentality | -describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors. | 19 | |
| 7661046270 | Metonymy | -the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. | 20 | |
| 7661049922 | Authorial Intrusion | 21 | ||
| 7661049923 | Allusion | 22 | ||
| 7661052520 | Parable | 23 | ||
| 7661055340 | Dramatic Character | 24 | ||
| 7661058069 | Dialogue | 25 | ||
| 7661061737 | Monologue | 26 | ||
| 7661065645 | Tragedy | 27 | ||
| 7661068670 | Catharsis | 28 | ||
| 7661073815 | Anaphora | 29 | ||
| 7661075693 | Cumulative Sentences | 30 | ||
| 7661078768 | Periodic Sentences | 31 | ||
| 7661082100 | Social Commentary | 32 | ||
| 7661085501 | Exigence | 33 | ||
| 7834907681 | Substantive Warrant | -based on belief about the reliable and factual evidence. | 34 | |
| 7834941030 | Authoritative Warrant | -Based on a credibility of a source | 35 | |
| 7834959499 | Motivational Warrant | -based on the needs and value of the audience. | 36 | |
| 7919621699 | Claim | -statement that asserts something to be true. A claim can either be factual or a judgment. Claims can work on their own or in conjunction with other claims to form a larger argument. | 37 | |
| 7919624107 | Ground | -Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else;The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis. | 38 | |
| 7919624108 | Warrant | -A warrant is the glue that holds an argument together. It links the evidence to the claim. | 39 | |
| 7919639193 | Backing | -backing is the support or explanation provided for the warrant. | 40 | |
| 7919641083 | Qualifiers | - a word that qualifies the meaning of another, as an adjective or adverb; modifier. an adverb that modifies adjectives or other adverbs and typically expresses degree or intensity, as very, somewhat, or quite. | 41 | |
| 7919651282 | Rebuttal | -When two people debate, one of them makes an argument, and the other follows with a rebuttal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong and this is why" argument. | 42 | |
| 7919628860 | Backing | -the movement of the place of formation of a sound toward the back of the mouth. | 43 | |
| 7957157248 | Artificial | -lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned: | 44 | |
| 8089129519 | Anaphone | 45 | ||
| 8089131393 | Chiasmus | 46 | ||
| 8089132975 | Apostrophe | 47 | ||
| 8089140259 | Anecdote | - A short story 877878787877787787787 | 48 | |
| 8089143242 | Aphorism | 49 | ||
| 8089146442 | Toulmin Thesis | 50 | ||
| 8089149810 | Artistic Proof | 51 | ||
| 8089154127 | Inartistic Proof | 52 | ||
| 8089157487 | Substantive Warrant | - | 53 | |
| 8089163495 | Authoritative Warrant | 54 | ||
| 8089195034 | Motivational Warrant | -based on the needs and values of the audience. It tries to reverse the average trend. | 55 |
