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| 6674048196 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonants in two or more adjacent words | 0 | |
| 6674048197 | allusion | a figure of speech that makes a brief reference to a historical or literary figure or a direct quotation from another piece of literature | 1 | |
| 6674048198 | anaphora | repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of sentences | 2 | |
| 6674048199 | anecdote | a short narrative detailing the particulars of an interesting event | 3 | |
| 6674048200 | anastrophe | inversion of natural word order | 4 | |
| 6674048201 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure | 5 | |
| 6674048202 | asyndeton | deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related words or phrases; or clauses in a compound construction | 6 | |
| 6674048203 | diction | the apt selection of a word for the particular meaning to be conveyed; word choice | 7 | |
| 6674048204 | emotional appeal | the quality in literature that stimulates pity, tenderness, or sorrow in the reader | 8 | |
| 6674048205 | epistrophe | repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of sentences | 9 | |
| 6674048206 | facts | the appeal to reason by using undisputed arguments | 10 | |
| 6674048207 | hyperbole | the use of exaggerated terms | 11 | |
| 6674048208 | imagery | the mental picture created with words appealing to the five senses | 12 | |
| 6674048209 | irony | use of a word to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the word | 13 | |
| 6674048210 | litotes | a particular form of understatement is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used. | 14 | |
| 6674048211 | metaphor | a figure of speech that is a direct comparison of two objects; extended metaphor: the writer continues the metaphor for several sentences, paragraphs or the whole work | 15 | |
| 6674048212 | metonymy | another form of metaphor, very similar to synecdoche in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with (but not an actual part of) the subject with which it is to be compared. | 16 | |
| 6674048213 | oxymoron | the pairing of words that are ordinarily opposites | 17 | |
| 6674048214 | paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that contains some measure of truth | 18 | |
| 6674048215 | parallelism | similarity of grammatical structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 19 | |
| 6674048216 | personification | investing inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities | 20 | |
| 6674048217 | polysyndeton | deliberate use of many conjunctions between words, phrases or clauses | 21 | |
| 6674048218 | refutation | the reply to the opposing argument; also the answer to a question | 22 | |
| 6674048219 | repetition | reiterating a word or phrase | 23 | |
| 6674048220 | restatement | rewording the same idea | 24 | |
| 6674048221 | rhetorical question | asking a question not for the purpose of eliciting an answer | 25 | |
| 6674048222 | satire | An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards. | 26 | |
| 6674048223 | simile | a figure of speech that is a comparison of two objects using the words "like" or "as" | 27 | |
| 6674048224 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part stands for a whole | 28 | |
| 6674048225 | ethos | The rhetoric is perceived by the audience as credible (or not). | 29 | |
| 6674048226 | pathos | The rhetoric attempts to persuade the audience by making them feel certain emotions. | 30 | |
| 6674048227 | logos | The rhetoric attempts to persuade the audience by the use of arguments that they will perceive as logical. | 31 | |
| 6674048228 | Narration | Telling a story or recounting a series of events may be real or fictional, usually governed by chronology, and must support a thesis (a mode of discourse) | 32 | |
| 6674048229 | Description | Similar to narration in its use of concrete details differs from narration in its emphasis on senses, often used to establish atmosphere or mood, rarely a stand-alone developmental pattern (usually used to strengthen other modes) (a mode of discourse) | 33 | |
| 6674048230 | Process Analysis | Explains how something works, how to do something, or how something was done. Often more expository than persuasive, connotative language may establish a position or tone(a mode of discourse) | 34 | |
| 6674048231 | Exemplification | Providing a series of examples turns a general idea into a concrete idea, often helps clarify or illustrate a point or argument, Often used in inductive arguments (reasoning from specifics pieces of evidence to a more general conclusion)(a mode of discourse) | 35 | |
| 6674048232 | Compare & Contrast | Juxtaposing two things to highlight their similarities and differences (a mode of discourse) | 36 | |
| 6674048233 | Classify & Divide | Sorting material into categories, making connections between things that might otherwise seem unrelated (a mode of discourse) | 37 | |
| 6674048234 | Definition | Generally used to clarify the thesis or subject (a mode of discourse) | 38 | |
| 6674048235 | Cause & Effect | May move from causes to effect or work from the effect backward to the causes (a mode of discourse) | 39 | |
| 6674089681 | Loose Sentence | A sentence that adds modifying elements after the subject, verb, and complement | 40 | |
| 6674099489 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that has the main clause or predicate at the end. | 41 | |
| 6674114479 | SOAPSTone | Speaker, Occasion, Audience,Purpose, Subject, Tone | 42 | |
| 6674137587 | Complex Sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. | 43 | |
| 6674139790 | Compound-Complex Sentence | A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. | 44 | |
| 6674159757 | Rhetoric | The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer, speaker, reader, or listener might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective; the specific features of texts, written or spoken, that cause them to be meaningful, purposeful, and effective for readers or listeners in a situation | 45 | |
| 6674165525 | The Five Elements of Rhetoric | Diction, scheme, trope, argument, and syntax | 46 | |
| 6674175506 | Scheme | An artful variation from typical formation and arrangement of words or sentences. | 47 | |
| 6674184112 | Trope | An artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas such as hyperbole irony litotes metaphor metonymy oxymoron synecdoche | 48 | |
| 6674192584 | The Rhetorical Traingle | A diagram showing the relations of writer or speaker, audience (reader or listener), and text in a rhetorical situation. | 49 | |
| 6674222070 | Chiasmus | The inverted relationship between two elements in two parallel phrases. | 50 | |
| 6674229421 | Simple | A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clause. | 51 | |
| 6674242077 | Syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 52 | |
| 6674258990 | Argument | Ethos, Logos, Pathos | 53 |
