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| 8292101039 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively; uses speech, writing, and compositional methods | 0 | |
| 8292101040 | Visual Rhetoric | uses images to establish tone and mood; appeals to emotions OPTIC | 1 | |
| 8292101041 | Diction | word choice | 2 | |
| 8292101042 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 3 | |
| 8292101043 | Details | information the author includes, or does not include | 4 | |
| 8292101044 | Language | the entire body of words/style; formal, informal, or slang | 5 | |
| 8292101045 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 6 | |
| 8292101046 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 7 | |
| 8292101047 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 8 | |
| 8292101048 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 9 | |
| 8292101049 | Syntax: Sentence Length | Staccato: 1-2 abrupt words (Emphatic) Telegraphic: <5 words Short: 5-12 words Medium: 13-20 words Long: >20 words | 10 | |
| 8292101050 | Syntax: Word Order | Loose: main point at beginning Periodic: main point at end Interrupted: subordinate clause in middle for anticipation and emphasis | 11 | |
| 8292101051 | Syntax: Sentence Type | declarative, interrogative (rhetorical or hypophora), imperative (demand or horative), exclamatory | 12 | |
| 8292101052 | Hypophora | A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question. | 13 | |
| 8292101053 | Horative | meant to express strong encouragement | 14 | |
| 8292101054 | Tropes | the use of a word in a way not intended by its normal signification | 15 | |
| 8292101055 | Schemes | A change in standard word order or pattern. | 16 | |
| 8292101056 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 17 | |
| 8292101057 | Isocolon | Use of parallel elements similar not only in structure, but in length | 18 | |
| 8292101058 | Tricolon | 3 parallel clauses, phrases, or words used in quick succession without interruption | 19 | |
| 8292101059 | Ellipsis | deliberate omission of a word or words | 20 | |
| 8292101060 | Asyndeton | Deliberate omission of conjunctions | 21 | |
| 8292101061 | Polysyndeton | deliberate use of many conjunctions | 22 | |
| 8292101062 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 23 | |
| 8292101063 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 24 | |
| 8292101064 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 25 | |
| 8292101065 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 26 | |
| 8292101066 | Epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause | 27 | |
| 8292101067 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 28 | |
| 8292101068 | Climax | the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance | 29 | |
| 8292101069 | Antimetabole | repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order | 30 | |
| 8292101070 | Chiasmus | reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses | 31 | |
| 8292101071 | Metaphor | an implied comparison between two unlike things that have something in common | 32 | |
| 8292101072 | Simile | An explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature that have something in common, using "like" or "as" | 33 | |
| 8292101073 | Synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object | 34 | |
| 8292101074 | Metonymy | substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant | 35 | |
| 8292101075 | Zeugma | using a word, typically a verb, in two different ways in one sentence | 36 |
