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| 5053415151 | ethos | appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader | 0 | |
| 5053415152 | logos | appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason | 1 | |
| 5053415153 | pathos | appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response | 2 | |
| 5053416791 | abstract | a summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech | 3 | |
| 5053417983 | allusion/alludes/classical allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference; suggest or call attention to indirectly; reference to a particular event or character in classical works of literature, such as ancient Roman or Greek works | 4 | |
| 5053419377 | ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language | 5 | |
| 5053420903 | anecdote/anecdotal | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person; not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research | 6 | |
| 5053424605 | antithesis/antithetical | figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other; connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis | 7 | |
| 5053430634 | author's purpose | reason an author decides to write about a specific topic, the purpose for writing is to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain his ideas to the reader | 8 | |
| 5053432220 | dichotomy/dichotomous | division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different; exhibiting or characterized by dichotomy | 9 | |
| 5053435528 | didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 10 | |
| 5053435529 | analogy | comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 11 | |
| 5053435530 | antecedent | thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another | 12 | |
| 5053436907 | aphorism | pithy observation that contains a general truth | 13 | |
| 5053438313 | clause | unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate | 14 | |
| 5053438314 | cliché | phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought | 15 | |
| 5053439749 | colloquialism | word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation | 16 | |
| 5053443983 | concrete | existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract | 17 | |
| 5053443984 | connotation | idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 18 | |
| 5053445918 | contemplative | expressing or involving prolonged thought | 19 | |
| 5053445919 | deductive | characterized by the inference of particular instances from a general law | 20 | |
| 5053447960 | denotation | literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests | 21 | |
| 5053447961 | diction | choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; style of enunciation in speaking or singing | 22 | |
| 5053450034 | elegiac (meter) | poetic form used by Greek lyric poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than the epic | 23 | |
| 5053451230 | euphemism | mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 24 | |
| 5053451231 | expository | intended to explain or describe something | 25 | |
| 5053453276 | extended metaphor | comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 26 | |
| 5053453277 | figures of speech | word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage | 27 | |
| 5053456648 | footnote | ancillary piece of information printed at the bottom of a page | 28 | |
| 5053456649 | homily | tedious moralizing discourse | 29 | |
| 5053457885 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 30 | |
| 5053461037 | hypothetical example | fictional example that can be used when a speaker is explaining a complicated topic that makes the most sense when it is put into more realistic or relatable terms | 31 | |
| 5053463182 | illustrate/illustrative | provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures; explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.; serving as an example or explanation | 32 | |
| 5053467123 | imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work; visual symbolism | 33 | |
| 5053467124 | inference | conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 34 | |
| 5053469230 | invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language | 35 | |
| 5053469231 | irony | expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect; state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result; literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character | 36 | |
| 5053470518 | jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand | 37 | |
| 5053470519 | juxtaposition | fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 38 | |
| 5053473663 | lyrical | expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way | 39 | |
| 5053473664 | metaphor | figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 40 | |
| 5053474908 | narrative | spoken or written account of connected events; a story | 41 | |
| 5053474909 | oxymoron | figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 42 | |
| 5053477013 | paradox/paradoxical | statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time; seemingly absurd or self-contradictory | 43 | |
| 5053478588 | parallelism/parallel structure | use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | 44 | |
| 5053483592 | pedantic | of or like a pedant; excessive concern with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning | 45 | |
| 5053485105 | personification | attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 46 | |
| 5053485106 | point of view | particular attitude or way of considering a matter; the narrator's position in relation to the story being told; position from which something or someone is observed | 47 | |
| 5053486859 | prosaic | having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty | 48 | |
| 5053486860 | prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure | 49 | |
| 5053486861 | pun | joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings | 50 | |
| 5053492095 | purpose | reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists | 51 | |
| 5053492096 | qualify | be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition | 52 | |
| 5053496199 | rebuttal | refutation or contradiction | 53 | |
| 5053497835 | refute/refutation | prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove; negation of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, through contradicting evidence | 54 | |
| 5053500386 | rhetoric/rhetorical strategy/rhetorical purpose | art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques; help a writer organize evidence, connect facts into a sequence, and provide clusters of information necessary for conveying a purpose or an argument; seeks to persuade an audience, seeks to manipulate the way that audience thinks about the given subject | 55 | |
| 5053504600 | sarcasm | use of irony to mock or convey contempt; verbal irony | 56 | |
| 5053507645 | satire/satirical/satirize | use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues; containing or using satire; deride and criticize by means of satire | 57 | |
| 5053509487 | subordinate clause | clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause | 58 | |
| 5053512073 | symbol | thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract | 59 | |
| 5053512074 | syntax/syntaxical | arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language; of, relating to, or involving syntax, especially grammatical syntax | 60 | |
| 5053515029 | tone | general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 61 | |
| 5053518171 | allegory | story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | 62 | |
| 5053518172 | alliteration | occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 63 | |
| 5053519510 | conceit | fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor | 64 | |
| 5053519511 | cynicism | inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism | 65 | |
| 5053521385 | digression | temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing | 66 | |
| 5053522888 | epilogue | section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened | 67 | |
| 5053522889 | epiphany | experience of sudden and striking realization | 68 | |
| 5053524220 | fallacy | mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument | 69 | |
| 5053524221 | inversion | action of inverting something or the state of being inverted | 70 | |
| 5053525682 | metonymy | substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 71 | |
| 5053525683 | parody | imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | 72 | |
| 5053528259 | periodic sentence | sentence containing main clause or predicate at the end | 73 | |
| 5053528260 | syllogism | instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion | 74 |
