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| 5791199595 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 0 | |
| 5791307282 | Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or historical event | 1 | |
| 5791307283 | Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 5791307284 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 5791307285 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event | 4 | |
| 5791199596 | Annotation | Explanitory or critical notes added to a text | 5 | |
| 5791199597 | Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers | 6 | |
| 5791199598 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 7 | |
| 5791199599 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 8 | |
| 5791199600 | Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth | 9 | |
| 5791199601 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a noun or pronoun | 10 | |
| 5791199602 | Archaic Diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | 11 | |
| 5791199603 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 12 | |
| 5791199604 | Arostotelian Triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see rhetorical triangle) | 13 | |
| 5791199605 | Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 14 | |
| 5791199606 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 15 | |
| 5791199607 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 16 | |
| 5791199608 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone | 17 | |
| 5791199609 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | 18 | |
| 5791199610 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge | 19 | |
| 5791199611 | Bias | Predjudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 20 | |
| 5791199612 | Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing and being derived from a source | 21 | |
| 5791199613 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 22 | |
| 5791199614 | Close Reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary and other literary and structural elements of a text | 23 | |
| 5791199615 | Colloqiual/ism | An informal or conversational use of language | 24 | |
| 5791307286 | Common Ground | Shared beliefs, values, and/or opinions | 25 | |
| 5791307287 | Complex Sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 26 | |
| 5791307288 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding | 27 | |
| 5791307289 | Conotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to a word's literal meaning | 28 | |
| 5791307290 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning | 29 | |
| 5791307291 | Coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but | 30 | |
| 5791307292 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 31 | |
| 5791307293 | Cumulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional details | 32 | |
| 5791307294 | Declarative Sentence | A sentence that makes a sentence | 33 | |
| 5791307295 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific | 34 | |
| 5791307296 | Denotation | The literal meaning of of a word; its dictionary definition | 35 | |
| 5791307297 | Diction | Word choice | 36 | |
| 5791352638 | Documentation | Bibliorgraphic information about the sources used in a piece of writing | 37 | |
| 5791352639 | Elegiac | Mournful over what had passed or been lost; often used to describe a tone | 38 | |
| 5791352640 | Epigram | A brief witty statement | 39 | |
| 5791352641 | Ethos | A greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three eomtional appeals | 40 | |
| 5791352642 | Figurative Language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | 41 | |
| 5791352643 | Figure of Speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 42 | |
| 5791352644 | Hyperbole | Exageration for the purpose of emphasis | 43 | |
| 5791352645 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) | 44 | |
| 5791352646 | Imperative | A sentence that requests or demands | 45 | |
| 5791352647 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general | 46 | |
| 5791352648 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | 47 | |
| 5791352649 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result | 48 | |
| 5791352650 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side-by-side for emphasis | 49 | |
| 5791352651 | Logos | A greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 50 | |
| 5791352652 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as if it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison | 51 | |
| 5791352653 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent a whole | 52 | |
| 5791352654 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing | 53 | |
| 5791352655 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradicting terms | 54 | |
| 5791352656 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 55 | |
| 5791352657 | Parallelism | The reputation of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 56 | |
| 5791352658 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another, for comic effect or ridicule | 57 | |
| 5791352659 | Pathos | A greek term that refers to suffering, but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 58 | |
| 5791352660 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | 59 | |
| 5791352661 | Personification | Assigning lofelike characteristics to inatimate objects | 60 | |
| 5791352662 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics or religion | 61 | |
| 5791352663 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 62 | |
| 5791352664 | Premise | Major/minor: two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise, and its subject from the minor premise. Major: All mammals are warm-blooded Minor: All horses are mammals Conclusion: All horses are warm-blooded | 63 | |
| 5791401152 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information | 64 | |
| 5791401153 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing | 65 | |
| 5791401154 | Refute | To discredit an argument, especially a counterargument | 66 | |
| 5791401155 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle uses the "available means of persuasion" | 67 | |
| 5791401156 | Rhetorical Mode | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation | 68 | |
| 5791401157 | Rhetorical Question | The question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer | 69 | |
| 5791401158 | Rhetorical Triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 70 | |
| 5791401159 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | 71 | |
| 5791401160 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | 72 | |
| 5791401161 | Sentence Patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex | 73 | |
| 5791401162 | Sentence Variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect | 74 | |
| 5791401163 | Simile | Using "like" or "as" to compare to unlike things | 75 | |
| 5791401164 | Simple Sentence | A statement containing a subject or predicate; an independent clause | 76 | |
| 5791401165 | Source | A book, article, person, or another resource consulted for information | 77 | |
| 5791401166 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 78 | |
| 5791401167 | Straw Man | A logical fallacy that involved the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, than attacking an opponent's position | 79 | |
| 5791401168 | Style | The distinctive quality of a speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figure of speech | 80 | |
| 5791401169 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topics addressed by a piece of writing | 81 | |
| 5791401170 | Subordinate Clause | Created by subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause | 82 | |
| 5791401171 | Subordination | The dependence of of one syntactical element on another in a sentence | 83 | |
| 5791401172 | Syllogism | The form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise | 84 | |
| 5791401173 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 85 | |
| 5791401174 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more toxic | 86 | |
| 5791401175 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer | 87 | |
| 5791401176 | Thesis Statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, maybe explicit or implicit | 88 | |
| 5791401177 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience | 89 | |
| 5791401178 | Topic Sentence | A sentence, most often at the beginning of the paragraph that announces the paragraph idea and often unites it with the work's thesis | 90 | |
| 5791401179 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech | 91 | |
| 5791401180 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect | 92 | |
| 5791401181 | Voice | In grammer, the relationship between a verb and noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing | 93 | |
| 5791401182 | Zeugma | A constructive in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs - often in different, sometimes incongruent ways - two or more words in a sentence | 94 |
