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| 14878794912 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 0 | |
| 14878805946 | Ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation; unclear or doubtful in meaning | 1 | |
| 14878814473 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 2 | |
| 14878822518 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 3 | |
| 14878826740 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 4 | |
| 14878856887 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 5 | |
| 14878864839 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 14878869894 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 7 | |
| 14878879359 | Appeals | ethos, logos, pathos | 8 | |
| 14878886261 | Argument | a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work | 9 | |
| 14878909471 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 10 | |
| 14878926586 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 11 | |
| 14878934955 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 12 | |
| 14878945754 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 13 | |
| 14878958340 | Deductive Reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) | 14 | |
| 14878962195 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 15 | |
| 14878964890 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 16 | |
| 14878971801 | Ellipsis | three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | 17 | |
| 14878975824 | Ethos | the credibility of the speaker; refers to any element of an argument that is meant to appeal to an audience's ethics or ethical responsibilities. A writer utilizes the three appeals in order to convince his audience of his argument. | 18 | |
| 14878994481 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 19 | |
| 14878998664 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 20 | |
| 14879007881 | Fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | 21 | |
| 14879016210 | Inductive Reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. | 22 | |
| 14879019126 | Isocolon | Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length | 23 | |
| 14879030361 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 24 | |
| 14879034524 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason; a literary device that can be described as a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic | 25 | |
| 14879044559 | Parallel Structure | repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. | 26 | |
| 14879047867 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 27 | |
| 14879053934 | Pathos | appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response; a quality of an experience in life, or a work of art, that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy, and sorrow. Pathos can be expressed through words, pictures, or even with gestures of the body. ... Pathos is a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response. | 28 | |
| 14879065030 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 29 | |
| 14879070992 | Repitition | Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect | 30 | |
| 14879075924 | Rhetorical Questions | a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. | 31 | |
| 14879083082 | Rhetorical Situation | a situation in which people's understanding can be changed through messages | 32 | |
| 14879089827 | Rhetorical Triangle | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text. | 33 | |
| 14879095688 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 34 | |
| 14879099106 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 35 | |
| 14879105256 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 36 | |
| 14879107835 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 37 | |
| 14879107877 | Synthesis | combining parts into a whole; to combine two or more elements to form a new whole. In the literature review, the "elements" are the findings of the literature you gather and read; the "new whole" is the conclusion you draw from those findings | 38 | |
| 14879119306 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 39 |
