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| 8564537232 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 0 | |
| 8564537233 | Syntax | A set of rules in a language; dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a thought | 1 | |
| 8564537234 | Diction | style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer | 2 | |
| 8564537235 | Connotation | refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly | 3 | |
| 8564537236 | Denotation | defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word | 4 | |
| 8564537237 | figurative language | uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful | 5 | |
| 8564537238 | argument (thesis) | The thesis statement or main claim must be debatable | 6 | |
| 8564537239 | Ethos | Credibility | 7 | |
| 8564537240 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 8 | |
| 8564537241 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 9 | |
| 8564537242 | Parallelism | Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same | 10 | |
| 8564537243 | Antithesis | two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 11 | |
| 8564537244 | Description | Using sensory details to portray a person, place, or thing | 12 | |
| 8564537245 | Explain | Tell how | 13 | |
| 8564537246 | Inform | To tell, give the facts | 14 | |
| 8564537247 | Persuasion/Argument | Argument explains what someone believes, while persuasion attempts to change someone else's opinion | 15 | |
| 8564537248 | Entertain | Amuse the audience of to make them enjoy the writing | 16 | |
| 8564537249 | cause/effect | In which one event makes another event happen | 17 | |
| 8564537250 | Process Analysis | designed to convey to the reader how a change takes place through a series of stages | 18 | |
| 8564537251 | Narration | Telling about an event using time or order | 19 | |
| 8564537252 | compare/contrast | the process of identifying similarities and differences between things | 20 | |
| 8564537253 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 21 | |
| 8564537254 | Non-sequitur | Latin for "it does not follow." When one statement isn't logically connected to another | 22 | |
| 8564537255 | Satire | a technique that ridicules both people and societal institutions, using iron wit, and exaggeration. | 23 | |
| 8564537256 | deductive reasoning | general to specific | 24 | |
| 8564537257 | inductive reasoning | specific to general | 25 | |
| 8564537258 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 26 | |
| 8564537259 | Juxtaposition | a literary technique that relies on comparison and contrast for its resonance with an audience | 27 | |
| 8564537260 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 28 | |
| 8564537261 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 29 | |
| 8564537262 | simple sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 30 | |
| 8564537263 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 31 | |
| 8564537264 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 32 | |
| 8564537265 | Ellipses | Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | 33 | |
| 8564537266 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 34 | |
| 8564537267 | Paranthesis | consists of a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence | 35 | |
| 8564537268 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 36 | |
| 8564537269 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 37 | |
| 8564537270 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 38 | |
| 8564537271 | Jargon | nonsensical talk; specialized language | 39 | |
| 8564537272 | Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people | 40 | |
| 8564537273 | cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression | 41 | |
| 8564537274 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. | 42 | |
| 8564537275 | Synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 43 | |
| 8564537276 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 44 | |
| 8564537277 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 45 | |
| 8564537278 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 46 | |
| 8564537279 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 47 | |
| 8564537280 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 48 | |
| 8564537281 | eponym | a person whose name is, or is thought to be, the source of the name of something | 49 | |
| 8564537282 | Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | 50 | |
| 8564537283 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 51 | |
| 8564537284 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 52 | |
| 8564537285 | Persona | Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience. | 53 | |
| 8564537286 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 54 | |
| 8564537287 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 55 | |
| 8564537288 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 56 | |
| 8564537289 | colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 57 | |
| 8564537290 | trite | commonplace; overused, stale | 58 | |
| 8564537291 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 59 | |
| 8564537292 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 60 | |
| 8564537293 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 61 | |
| 8564537294 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 62 | |
| 8564537295 | Scare Tactics | attempt to scare the audience into agreeing with the speaker | 63 | |
| 8564537296 | either-or fallacy | oversimplifying an issue as offering only two choices | 64 | |
| 8564537297 | Slippery Slope | an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous. | 65 | |
| 8564537298 | Sentimental Appeal | Playing on readers' emotions to distract them from the fact | 66 | |
| 8564537299 | bandwagon appeal | a persuasive technique used in media message that appeals to the "everyone is doing it" mentality | 67 | |
| 8564537300 | Appeals to false authority | When writers offer themselves or other authorities as sufficient warrant for believing a claim | 68 | |
| 8564537301 | dogmatism | arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief | 69 | |
| 8564537302 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 70 | |
| 8564537303 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence. | 71 | |
| 8564537304 | Faulty Causality | setting up a cause-effect relationship when none exists | 72 | |
| 8564537305 | circular reasoning | a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence | 73 | |
| 8564537306 | Equivocation | When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument. | 74 | |
| 8564537307 | Straw Man | This move oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument. | 75 | |
| 8564537308 | faulty analogy | a fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable | 76 | |
| 8564537309 | red herring | something that draws attention away from the main issue | 77 | |
| 8564537310 | Non-sequitur | Latin for "it does not follow." When one statement isn't logically connected to another | 78 |
