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3539519100Paradigma structural framework on which you view the world0
35395344044 parts of a rhetorical situationpersona, audience, purpose, strategies1
3539551126ethoscredibility2
3539554009pathosemotions3
3539554010logosuses logic and reasonings4
3539568388types of argumentdefinition, causation, ethics, evaluation, proposal5
3539585968types of supportstatistics, facts, authority, quick examples, narrative examples6
3539596990types of appealslogos, ethos, pathos7
3539610250claimcontroversial and debatable statement8
3539620584qualifierslimit your claim to a more reasonable level9
3539630289counterclaima claim that is the opposite of your claim10
3539636540rebuttalsthe way you deal with the opponent's claim11
3539653827three strategies for counterclaimsconcession, refutation, demonstration of irrelevance12
3539665607antanagogethe placing of an unavoidable negative next to a positive one13
3539677577refutationbring up the opponent's argument to show the flaws in the argument14
3539693209procatalepsisraising objections up to your own argument that you want to address15
3539723167irrelevanceshowing that your opponent's argument does not apply to the point you are making16
3539738554warrantsreasonings17
3539750442six types of warrantsGenerality, analogy, sign, causation, authority, principle18
3539776791Backingsupport for your reasonings19
3539786772anecdotal evidenceusing one person's story as a support for a claim20
3539818439authorityknow your audience21
3541416196Premisea declarative statement that is used to support or prove a point of an argument22
3541426307deductive reasoningstarts with a principle, must move top to bottom of the ladder23
3541458208inductive reasoningprobably true, specific--> to general24
3541463692syllogismanother word for major premises, minor premises, and conclusion25
3541481523causalone incident(x) leads directly to another incident(y)26
3541487290correlationthird element is the cause of the other two27
3541491076analogyextended simile28
3541502175polysyndetonwhen an author places conjunctions between every element in a series29
3541507740Rhetorical questiona question asked in which the answer is assumed30
3541514724anadiplosistakes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it as the first word of the next sentence or phrase31
3541528991antithesisis built by contrasting any of the different parts of a statement32
3541538106zeugmaa structure in which two elements of a sentence are linked by a governing third element in a suggestive way33
3541559068chiasmusa special form of parallelism that flips the original form around34
3541571148ironyopposite of what you would expect35
3541580569romantic ironywhen the audience or reader is deceived by the person telling the story36
3541596436situational ironywhen what happens is not what was expected to happen37
3541616815verbal ironywhen what is said is not what was meant (sarcasm)38
3541619979dramatic ironywhen the audience has information that the people in the movie/story do not have39
3541628074structural ironywhen the genre doesn't match the form40
3541634351synecdochereplace one thing for another because it is a part of a whole41
3541657463metonymyreplace one thing with another through association42
3541660850dictionword choice43
3541663212denotationdictionary definition44
3541663213connotationemotional power a word has45
3541665884semanticsstudy of the meaning of words46
3541668003euphemismlanguage to hide reality, the softening of an idea47
3541669767litotesemphasizes a point by using a word opposite to the condition48
3541685736modehow you write about the genre49
3541688390motifa recurring element in a work of art50
3541700802archetypea symbol that transcends time and culture51
3541704467paradoxtwo contradictory statements that presents a truth52
3541710608juxtapositionto put two subjects side by side for comparing and contrasting53
3541714497apostrophewhen a writer or speaker, usually overwhelmed by emotion, breaks from the normal flow of writing and address an inanimate object or presence which cannot respond54
3541729423oxymorontwo words that are contradictory55
3541731909caricatureexaggerating distinctive features of something56
3541741070satirea literary genre that uses representation, hyperbole, understatement, caricature, parody, irony, and wit to expose humanity's vices and foible, giving impetus to change or reform through ridicule57
3541761310horation satirepokes fun with indulgent tone58
3541763950juvenalian satiredenounces human vice in a severe tone59
3541769731direct satiretalks directly to the audience60
3541776159indirect satireis produced by modes of presentation and repesentation61
3541778077parodyimitative use of the words, style, attitude,tone, and ideas of an author, genre, or style in such way as to make them ridicoulous62
3541793699allusionreference t mythology, religion, pop culture, historical people and events, and,or works of literature or art63
3541798811genrea type of writing on it's category or branch64
3541805736epigraphliterally writing on the surface65
3541809315continuumthe idea that things are not either black or white, but lies in the middle66
3541813787pragmatismdoes an action for a direct outcome67
3541821698idealismnot always getting a tangable result68
3541831750contextthe situation in which something occurs69
3541833519ubiquitousseemingly everywhere70
3541835167explicita message or meaning is directly stated71
3541839287implicitsuggested meaning or message72
3541841801foibleminor flaw in character73
3541852441hypothetical situationcreates a possible world/future74
3541859435types of introductionsanecdote/personal story, hypothetical situation,fact/statistics, the opposite (counterclaim), a question75
3541869605funnel introductionstarts out abstract then casually get more specific towards the topic76

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