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| 4723603693 | abstract | Words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but cannot be seen--opposite of these types terms are concrete terms | 0 | |
| 4723603694 | ad populem argument | A fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason. An example is using the phrase "It's the American Way" | 1 | |
| 4723603695 | allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. This type of meaning usually deals with moral truth or generalization about human existence. | 2 | |
| 4723603696 | anaphora | The repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. | 3 | |
| 4723603697 | aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Can be a memorable summation of the author's point. | 4 | |
| 4723603698 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction--may add familiarity or emotional intensity. | 5 | |
| 4723603699 | attitude | A writer's intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing. | 6 | |
| 4723603700 | audience | The group for whom a work is intended. | 7 | |
| 4723603701 | claim | The ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point, backed up by support, of an argument. | 8 | |
| 4723603702 | cliché | A stale image or expression, and the bane of good expository writing. | 9 | |
| 4723603703 | comparison/contrast | A rhetorical mode used to develop essays that systematically match two items for similarities and differences | 10 | |
| 4723603704 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. | 11 | |
| 4723603705 | concrete | Said of words or terms denoting objects or condition that are palpable, visible, or evident to the senses---opposite of abstract. | 12 | |
| 4723603706 | evidence | The logical bases or supports for an assertion or idea. | 13 | |
| 4723603707 | genre | The major category into which a literary work fits--the basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. | 14 | |
| 4723603708 | inversion | The reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence to achieve some desired effect, usually emphasis. | 15 | |
| 4723603709 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. A work containing many of these often seems informal, relaxed, and conversational. | 16 | |
| 4723603710 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 17 | |
| 4723603711 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. | 18 | |
| 4723603712 | process analysis | A type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain effect. | 19 | |
| 4723603713 | rhetorical question | A question posed with no expectation of receiving an answer. Used in public speaking to launch or further discussion. | 20 | |
| 4723603714 | synecdoche | A part of something used to refer to the whole. | 21 | |
| 4723603715 | syntax | The order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other. | 22 | |
| 4723603716 | transition | Words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that indicate connections between the writer's ideas. | 23 | |
| 4723603717 | unity | The characteristic of having all parts contribute to the overall effect. | 24 |
