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4814537021RhetoricThe use of language for persuasion0
4814543760Rhetorical Trianglerelationship among the speaker, subject. & audience1
4814546728Ethosrefers to the character of a person2
4814552935Logosappeals to logic3
4814554831Pathossuffering; associated with broader appeals to emotion4
4814567038Satire (satiric)ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims argue for something but actually against it5
4814587419Colloquialismsinformal or conversational use of language6
4814588793Syntaxsentence structure7
4814592461Tropeartful diction; language used in a non-literal way; figure of speech8
4814598780Schemea pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect9
4814603136Parrallelismrepetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns10
4814631276Juxtapositionsplacement of 2 things side by side for emphasis11
4814639372Antithesesparallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas12
4814650265Zeugmause of 2 different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different meanings13
4814656514Archaicold-fashioned14
4814661704Anaphorarepetition of a word or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, words, or clauses15
4814671134Hortativesentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action16
4814677525Antimetabolerepetition of words in reverse order17
4814680356Asyndetonomission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words18
4814686102Metonymyusing a single feature to represent the whole19
4814688732Polemican argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics. or religion20

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