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| 8352388507 | Ethos | Represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved | 0 | |
| 8352388508 | Logos | A literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic | 1 | |
| 8352422492 | Pathos | A quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow | 2 | |
| 8352422493 | Rhetorical Triangle | Ethos, Pathos, Logos (speaker, audience, subject) | 3 | |
| 8352425724 | SOAPS | Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker | 4 | |
| 8352425725 | Concession | A literary device used in argumentative writing, where one acknowledges a point made by one's opponent. | 5 | |
| 8355461808 | Example of concession | "An individual does have his own right to freedom, but medical evidence proves that second-hand smoke is harmful. Nobody has the right to harm the health of another, and smoking does just that." | 6 | |
| 8352425726 | Refutation | Proves that something is false | 7 | |
| 8352430322 | Polemical | art or practice of disputation or controversy/ aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principals of another | 8 | |
| 8352430323 | Propagandistic | Of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | 9 | |
| 8352435769 | Connotation | When you're talking about the implied subtext of words rather than their literal meaning | 10 | |
| 8355438571 | Example of connotation | A political boss might not want to be called "boss" because of the negative connotations. | 11 | |
| 8352435770 | Alliteration | It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. | 12 | |
| 8352566154 | Example of alliteration | "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea." | 13 | |
| 8352435771 | Allusion | Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers | 14 | |
| 8352588624 | Example of Allusion | Don't act like a Romeo in front of her. This place is like the garden of Eden. | 15 | |
| 8352440494 | Anaphora | the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect | 16 | |
| 8352609271 | Example of Anaphora | The wrong person was selected for the wrong job, at the wrong time, for the wrong purpose | 17 | |
| 8352440495 | Antimetabole | repeating a phrase in reverse order | 18 | |
| 8352635842 | Example of Antimetabole | If you fail to plan, you plan to fail | 19 | |
| 8352440496 | Antithesis | two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 20 | |
| 8352665592 | Example of Antithesis | Setting foot on the moon may be a small step for a man but a giant step for mankind. | 21 | |
| 8352447973 | Archaic Diction | a used phrase or word is considered very old fashioned and outdated | 22 | |
| 8352694502 | Example of Archaic Diction | To thine own self be true - Shakespeare | 23 | |
| 8352447974 | Asyndeton | Intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy | 24 | |
| 8352714136 | Example of Asyndeton | Without looking, without making a sound, without talking Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure? | 25 | |
| 8352452748 | Cumulative Sentence | A "loose sentence," that starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea, and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers. | 26 | |
| 8352714142 | Example of a Cumulative Sentence | The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it... | 27 | |
| 8352456182 | Hortative Sentence | Definition- a sentence urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging -"pep talk" | 28 | |
| 8355432257 | Example of hortative sentence | Before Tom Daley is about to dive into the pool, his coach may say, "All of your training and hard work will pay off; you will be great." | 29 | |
| 8352456183 | Imperative Sentence | Sentence that gives instructions or advice, and expresses a command, an order, a direction, or a request | 30 | |
| 8352800220 | Examples of an Imperative sentence | Consider vegetables over meat. (Advice) Leave this luggage at the gate. (Direction) Put it down now! (Command) | 31 | |
| 8352460316 | Inversion | Normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis | 32 | |
| 8352822863 | Examples of Inversion | What a beautiful picture it is! Where in the world were you! How wonderful the weather is today! | 33 | |
| 8352460317 | Juxtaposition | Two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts | 34 | |
| 8352841253 | Example of Juxtaposition | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... | 35 | |
| 8352464996 | Metaphor | Comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics | 36 | |
| 8354887516 | Example of a metaphor | War is the mother of all battles. Her dance is a great poem. His kisses are like roses. | 37 | |
| 8352464997 | Oxymoron | Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 38 | |
| 8354928292 | Example of an oxymoron | Cruel kindness Living Death In order to lead, you must walk behind. | 39 | |
| 8352464998 | Parallelism | The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound or meaning, | 40 | |
| 8355000376 | Example of Parallelism | Like father, like son Easy come, easy go | 41 | |
| 8352471908 | Periodic Sentence | Has the main clause or predicate at the end | 42 | |
| 8355418484 | Example of periodic sentence | In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. | 43 | |
| 8352471909 | Personification | A thing - an idea or an animal - is given human attributes | 44 | |
| 8355091756 | Examples of personification | Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn't she? The fire swallowed the entire forest. | 45 | |
| 8352476613 | Rhetorical Question | Asked just for effect, or to lay emphasis on some point being discussed, when no real answer is expected | 46 | |
| 8355170495 | Example of Rhetorical Question | Who knows? Did you hear me? | 47 | |
| 8352476614 | Synecdoche | When a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 48 | |
| 8355222063 | Example of synecdoche | The word "glasses" refers to spectacles. The word "sails" refers to a whole ship. | 49 | |
| 8355316533 | Zeugma | A word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas | 50 | |
| 8352480531 | Example of Zeugma | Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. | 51 |
