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| 15232339825 | audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 0 | |
| 15232339826 | concession | acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be reasonable | 1 | |
| 15232642379 | Connotation | meanings readers may have with a word that is beyond what the dictionary says | 2 | |
| 15232642380 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 3 | |
| 15232642381 | context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 4 | |
| 15232642382 | Counterargument | an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward (strong writers do this) | 5 | |
| 15232642383 | Personification | giving lifelike atributes to an inanimate object | 6 | |
| 15232642384 | Ethos | credibility/knowledge | 7 | |
| 15232642385 | Satire | the use of irony to critique society | 8 | |
| 15232642386 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 9 | |
| 15232642387 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion thru images or text | 10 | |
| 15232642388 | Exigence | an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak | 11 | |
| 15232642389 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 12 | |
| 15232642390 | Logos | Appeal to logic and facts stats data graphs | 13 | |
| 15232642391 | kainos | recent; sence of timing | 14 | |
| 15232642392 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is related with it | 15 | |
| 15232642393 | occasion | situation that influences a writer to write | 16 | |
| 15232642394 | Oxymoron | a paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words (this peaceful revolution) | 17 | |
| 15232642395 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 18 | |
| 15232642396 | Persona | "mask" the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience | 19 | |
| 15232642397 | pedantic | Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules/precision | 20 | |
| 15232642398 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 21 | |
| 15232642399 | polemic | aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others | 22 | |
| 15232642400 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different meanings | 23 | |
| 15232642401 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions between coordinate phrases/clauses/words | 24 | |
| 15232642402 | Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | 25 | |
| 15232642403 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 26 | |
| 15232642404 | Syntax | Sentence structure; arrangement of words into phrases/clauses/sentences | 27 | |
| 15232642405 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 28 | |
| 15232642406 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 29 | |
| 15232642407 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 30 | |
| 15232642408 | Refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 31 | |
| 15232642409 | wit | use of humor/irony in the contimation of an argument | 32 | |
| 15232642410 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 33 | |
| 15232642411 | Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively; finding ways to persuade an argument | 34 | |
| 15232642412 | allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 35 | |
| 15232642413 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells seashells by the seashore) | 36 | |
| 15232642414 | rhetorical appeals | Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. | 37 | |
| 15232642415 | text | arrangements of words into phrases | 38 | |
| 15232642416 | subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about. | 39 | |
| 15232642417 | SOAPS | Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker; elements that make up a rhetorical situation | 40 | |
| 15232642418 | speaker | the person who creates a text | 41 | |
| 15232642419 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 42 | |
| 15232642420 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order (you like it, it likes you) | 43 | |
| 15232642421 | Parallelsim | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 44 | |
| 15232642422 | didactic | intended to instruct, not for entertainment | 45 | |
| 15232642423 | expletive | words that dont add any structure (swear) | 46 | |
| 15232642424 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible/ironic truth. | 47 | |
| 15232642425 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 48 | |
| 15232642426 | horative sentence | sentence that calls to action | 49 | |
| 15232642427 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader with the text | 50 | |
| 15232642428 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin | 51 | |
| 15232642429 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. story to illistrate a claim | 52 | |
| 15232642430 | Metaphor | figure of speech A comparison without using like or as | 53 | |
| 15232642431 | Antithesis | opposition/contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction | 54 | |
| 15232642432 | Diction | word choice. what words add to the message | 55 | |
| 15232642433 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 56 | |
| 15232642434 | archaic diction | old-fashioned or outdated choice of words | 57 | |
| 15232642435 | Collequial/colloquialism | used in ordinary/familiar conversation. not formal | 58 | |
| 15232642436 | Irony | when a character says one thing and means something else | 59 | |
| 15232642437 | homily | a sermon | 60 | |
| 15232642438 | invective | an insulting or abusive language. | 61 | |
| 15232642439 | Inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 62 | |
| 15232642440 | Interference | conclusion based on clues and knowledge and evidence and reasoning | 63 | |
| 15232642441 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 64 | |
| 15232642442 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 65 | |
| 15232642443 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions between words/clauses/phrases | 66 | |
| 15232642444 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 67 | |
| 15232642445 | Hyperbole | exaggeration used for emphasis to produce an ironic effect | 68 | |
| 15232642446 | subordinate clause | introduced by a conjunction that forms part of and is dependent on the main clause | 69 | |
| 15232642447 | modifier | an adj/adv/phrase/clause that modifies a noun/pronoun/verb. purpose: describe and focus | 70 | |
| 15232642448 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 71 | |
| 15232642449 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses/phrases/lines | 72 |
