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| 6323208106 | Analysis | The identification, explication, and evaluation of parts synthesized in order to arrive at some holistic interpretation. | 0 | |
| 6323213601 | Rhetoric | Use of language in communications | 1 | |
| 6323215266 | SOAPS | Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Subject | 2 | |
| 6323219017 | Context | Time, place, and what's going on | 3 | |
| 6323223634 | Text | Essays, letter, sermon, etc. | 4 | |
| 6323226306 | Purpose | Goal that writer wants to achieve | 5 | |
| 6323229239 | Tools of Persuasion | Aristirilian Appeals, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos | 6 | |
| 6323236697 | Ethos | Credibility of the speaker | 7 | |
| 6323237523 | Pathos | Emotion evoked in the audience | 8 | |
| 6323238743 | Logos | The presentation of info, logic, the argument itself | 9 | |
| 6323240702 | Euphemism | A polite word or expression that you use instead of a more direct one to avoid shocking or upsetting someone | 10 | |
| 6323244477 | Absolute | Language on the extreme end of the spectrum | 11 | |
| 6323246708 | Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration | 12 | |
| 6323248098 | Rhetorical Question | Questions asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer | 13 | |
| 6323250735 | Contrast | The presentation of two unlike elements whose purpose is to reveal distinctive characteristics of each | 14 | |
| 6323255897 | Ancedote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event | 15 | |
| 6323259079 | Diction | The particular words an author uses in a text | 16 | |
| 6323260601 | Simile | A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to what is known using the word "like", "as", or "than" in order to better perceive its importance | 17 | |
| 6323267626 | Metaphor | A direct comparison between two or more things, one is present and one no,t in order to reveal something about the present subject | 18 | |
| 6323271992 | Loaded Language | Language with strong connotation | 19 | |
| 6323272627 | Juxtaposition | Placing two ideas in close proximity for the purpose of comparison contrast | 20 | |
| 6323275328 | Parallelism (Parallel Structure) | The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. | 21 | |
| 6323281364 | Volta | A shift/turn in the text of thought or emotion | 22 | |
| 6323284668 | Simple Sentence | Contains one Independent Clause and no Dependent Clause(s) | 23 | |
| 6323286551 | Compound | Contains two or more independent clauses, but no dependent clause(s) | 24 | |
| 6323289002 | Complex | Contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses | 25 | |
| 6323293402 | Compound Sentence | Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses | 26 | |
| 6323299600 | Anaphora | Word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of the following clauses or sentences | 27 | |
| 6323304888 | Episirophe (epiphora) | When a certain phrase or word is repeated at the end of successive sentences or clauses | 28 | |
| 6323307639 | Telegraphic | A short sentence in context | 29 | |
| 6323308777 | Exclamatory | Expresses excitement or emotion | 30 | |
| 6323310371 | Declarative Sentence | Sentence that states a fact or an argument and ends with a period | 31 | |
| 6323312898 | Imperative Sentence | A command or a polite request | 32 | |
| 6323314989 | Interrogative | A question | 33 | |
| 6323315782 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance | 34 | |
| 6323319490 | Concession | One acknowledges a point made by one's opponent | 35 | |
| 6323322962 | Refutation | Negation of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, through contradicting evidence | 36 | |
| 6323325649 | Motif | A pattern that help to explain the central idea of text | 37 | |
| 6323327176 | Ultimate Purpose | At the end, the active result desired by the speaker | 38 | |
| 6323329103 | Baby Purposes | To build up the Ultimate Purpose | 39 | |
| 6323331319 | Penultimate Purpose | Linkage between the device(s)/effect and their purpose | 40 | |
| 6323334035 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expresses in a concise and witty manner | 41 | |
| 6323337076 | Incongruity | To present things which are out of place or absurd in relation to their surroundings | 42 | |
| 6323340078 | Reversal | To present the opposite of the normal order | 43 | |
| 6323341197 | Parody | To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing | 44 | |
| 6323345089 | Irony | The recognition of a reality different form appearance | 45 | |
| 6323348693 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which the actual intents expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning | 46 | |
| 6323350405 | Sarcasm | An offensive expression of strong disapproval | 47 | |
| 6323353041 | Understatement | A figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is said false detectably short of the magnitude of what is being expressed, which creates emphasis | 48 | |
| 6323360811 | Double Entendre | A literary device that can be defined as a phrase or a figure of speech that might have multiple senses, interpretations or two different meanings or could be understood in two different ways | 49 | |
| 6323364705 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth | 50 | |
| 6323369686 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which two opposites ideas are joined to create an effect | 51 | |
| 6323377411 | Polysyndeton | A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect | 52 | |
| 6323378477 | Asyndeton | The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 53 | |
| 6323380322 | Antithesis | A contrast or opposition between two things. | 54 |
