14910255611 | Ad Hominen | LOGICAL FALLACY attacking a person rather than the argument | 0 | |
14910286135 | Aim/Intention/Purpose | the "why," writer's main goal/objectives | 1 | |
14910302719 | Allusion | Make reference towards another source | 2 | |
14910319728 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 3 | |
14910330356 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
14910344299 | Anecdote | Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual | 5 | |
14910359961 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 6 | |
14910392344 | Antithesis | Direct opposite in a parallel structure | 7 | |
14910405448 | Appeal | Strategy of argument LOGOS: logic and reason ETHOS: credible and reliable PATHOS: emotions | 8 | |
14910444711 | Argument | opinion/belief on certain topic | 9 | |
14910460050 | Aristotlian Triangle | basic structure of any argument rheter (writer)- reader (audience)- subject | 10 | |
14910496498 | Arrangement | structure and placement of various rhetoric devices | 11 | |
14918634845 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions in a phrase | 12 | |
15010154253 | Attitude/Stance | Author's attitude towards the subject (tone) | 13 | |
15010160591 | Audience | the intended reader of a piece | 14 | |
15010171670 | Begging of the Question | situation based on writer's assumption that the audience rejects | 15 | |
15010183824 | Causal relationship | "If...then..." relationship | 16 | |
15010194929 | Claim/Generalization/Thesis | main point/opinion/contention of the argument | 17 | |
15010203349 | Climax | arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance | 18 | |
15010213711 | Climbing the Ladder | Climax and anadiplosis together | 19 |
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