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| 14621079172 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, work of art, or event | 0 | |
| 14621080287 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 14621081235 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 2 | |
| 14621083343 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 14621090148 | Anedote | a brief story used to illustrate a point or claim | 4 | |
| 14621103169 | Antithesis | opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction | 5 | |
| 14621103916 | assersion | a statement that resents a claim or thesis | 6 | |
| 14621106131 | assumptions | Premises for which no proof or evidence is offered?. | 7 | |
| 14621109509 | audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 8 | |
| 14621109539 | claim | Also called an assertion or a proposition, a claim states the argument's main idea or position. A claim differs from a topic or subject in that a claim has to be arguable. | 9 | |
| 14621110981 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests to a reader | 10 | |
| 14621113477 | data | Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis | 11 | |
| 14621114243 | diction | a speaker's choice of words | 12 | |
| 14621116944 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 13 | |
| 14621118739 | Ethos | Greek for "character." Speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. Ethos is established by both who you are and what you say. | 14 | |
| 14621120417 | Evidence | the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. | 15 | |
| 14621123617 | Extended metaphor or conceit | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 16 | |
| 14621128178 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 17 | |
| 14621129749 | genre | major category a literary work fits in | 18 | |
| 14621130704 | hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis or a comic or ironic effect | 19 | |
| 14621134364 | Imagrey | use of words that appeals to the senses | 20 | |
| 14621136201 | implication | An idea that is communicated indirectly, through a suggestion or hint | 21 | |
| 14621137911 | juxtaposition/juxtapose | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 22 | |
| 14621140567 | Logos | Greek for "embodied thought." Speakers appeal to logos, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up. | 23 | |
| 14621142899 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 24 | |
| 14621144717 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 25 | |
| 14621145193 | occasion | the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 26 | |
| 14621145786 | Oxymoron | a paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words | 27 | |
| 14621147082 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory on the surface but delivers an ironic truth | 28 | |
| 14621153434 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 29 | |
| 14621154024 | Pathos | Greek for "suffering" or "experience." Speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to pathos might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other. | 30 | |
| 14621157230 | persona | Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience. | 31 | |
| 14621160418 | position | to present reasons for a position is to present an argument | 32 | |
| 14621163162 | Qualifiers | words such as "probably," "presumably," and "generally." make the claim less absolute | 33 | |
| 14621165865 | Repitition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 34 | |
| 14621168353 | satire | the use of irony or sarcasm to critique society or an individual | 35 | |
| 14621170000 | situational irony | when the opposite of what is expected happens | 36 | |
| 14621172758 | Subordination | process of creating a hierarchy of ideas in which the most general ideas appear first, followed by more specific ideas | 37 | |
| 14621174767 | Synedoche | figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole | 38 | |
| 14621178109 | syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 39 | |
| 14621185266 | thesis | sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's purpose, opinion, or position | 40 | |
| 14621186002 | tone | a speaker's attitude towards the subject, conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices | 41 | |
| 14621190335 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 42 | |
| 14621191796 | verbal irony | occurs when a speaker or character says one thing and means another | 43 | |
| 14621193601 | voice | (un)acknowledged source of words in a story; speaker or reader particular "take" on an idea base on how a piece comes together to express his/her feelings | 44 |
