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5025896897Rhetorical trianglespeaker, audience, subject0
5025896898rhetoricpersuasive speaking or writing (like a commercial or essay or article)1
5025896899ethosappeal to authority2
5025896900pathosappeal to emotions3
5025968489logosappeal to logic4
5025968490audiencepeople who experience media5
5025968491connotationfeeling that a word invokes to its literal meaning (like how calling someone a chicken is bad)6
5025968492counterargumentopposing a different argument in your argument7
5025970572propagandabiased or misleading media linked to nationalism (most of the time)8
5025970573personathe aspect of someones character that is presented to or perceived by others (playboy billionaire is bruce waynes persona)9
5025970574SOAPSspeaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone10
5025970575arrangementhow smth is organized11
5025972660Stylean author's own personalized, unique way of writing12
5025977952deliverythe certain way smth is spoken or written13
5025977953dictiona person's vocab14
5025977954syntaxthe way a sentence is arranged15
5025977955polemica verbal/written attack on someone16
5025980923inflammatoryarousing angry/violent feelings17
5025980924remorsefulsorry/apologetic tones in writing or words18
5025980925repulsivesomething disgusting19
5025980926ironichappening in the opposite way that was expected20
5025999717tricolona list of three21
5025999718cause and effectorganizational pattern that describes actions and results22
5026002808anaphorabeginning a series of sentences or lines with the same word or phrase23
5026002809process analysisdescribing how a system operates24
5026004284exemplificationproviding a series of examples25
5026004285compare and contrastjuxtaposing unike things to highlights similarities or differences26
5026004286classificationsorting information using categories27
5026006326close readingattentive to the elements of form and style; annotating is a way to do this28
5026009431imperative sentenceimperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command29
5026009432hortative sentencehortative is a choice of words that encourage action.30
5026011431metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.31
5026011432alliterationthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.32
5026011433antithesisa figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins" "his sermons were full of startling antitheses"33
5026013230archaic languageold-speak34
5026015543What are the five parts of the classical argument?1. introduction 2. narrative/anecdote 3. confirmation. 4. concession/refutation 5. conclusion35
5026019414jocularfond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful.36
5026077223aloofnot friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.37
5026077224plaintivesounding sad and mournful.38
5026081061conciliatoryintended or likely to placate or pacify.39
5026081062bemusedpuzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).40
5026081063ominousgiving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.41
5026134034jargonspecial words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.42
5026134035asyndetonthe omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. "of the people, by the people, for the people"43
5026135573polysyndetonmany conjunctions in a sentence to make it seem like more than what it is44
5026135574allusionto reference smth in a text45
5026135575inversionInversion is achieved by doing the following: Placing an adjective after the noun it qualifies e.g. the soldier strong Placing a verb before its subject e.g. shouts the policeman Placing a noun before its preposition e.g. worlds between46
5026137569parallelism or parallel structureParallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written. It is grammatically correct to ensure that phrases, clauses and items on a list after a colon use the correct parallel structure.47
5026137570personificationgiving smth inanimate human qualities48
5026171858zeugmaverb works figuratively and literally "they carried their backpacks and their dreams"49
5026186209juxtapositionthe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.50
5026186210analogya comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.51
5026186211colloquialisma word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. the use of ordinary or familiar words or phrases.52
5026188441clichea phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.53
5026195156Aristotles canons of rhetoricThe five canons of rhetoric, which trace the traditional tasks in designing a persuasive speech, were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.54
5026199277The essential question of rhetorical analysishow does it function?55
5026221848TropeA literary trope is the use of figurative language - via word, phrase, or even an image - for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. The word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices, motifs or clichés in creative works.56
5026221849SchemeRhyme scheme is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza. The rhyme scheme, or pattern, can be identified by giving end words that rhyme with each other the same letter.57

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