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| 3760717310 | GENRE | A literary type or form, a category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content. | 0 | |
| 3760717311 | TONE | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 1 | |
| 3760717312 | AUDIENCE | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 2 | |
| 3760717313 | PURPOSE | Intent or reason. | 3 | |
| 3760717314 | STANCE | A speaker's attitude toward the audience (differing from tone, the speaker's attitude toward the subject). | 4 | |
| 3760717315 | CONTEXT | Conditions, including facts, social/historical background, time and place, etc., surrounding a given situation. | 5 | |
| 3760717316 | MEDIUM | A means for sending information; a technique, material, or means of expression available to an artist. | 6 | |
| 3760717317 | DESIGN | A plan or to plan. The organization or composition of a work; the skilled arrangement of its parts. | 7 | |
| 3760717318 | STYLE | A basic or distinct mode of expression that can be applied to characters or paragraphs. | 8 | |
| 3760717319 | RHETORIC | From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 9 | |
| 3760717320 | ARGUMENT | Presented by a writer, a piece that claims, supports, asserts, defends, refutes, challenges or qualifies an opinion. | 10 | |
| 3760717321 | SYNTHESIS | The combination of parts to make a whole. In writing, many sources are used to generate an outside opinion. | 11 | |
| 3760717322 | ANNOTATE | Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments. | 12 | |
| 3760717323 | ANALYZE | Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure; examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, esp. information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation | 13 | |
| 3760717324 | POSITION | Approved opinion/judgement that authors are expected to support. | 14 | |
| 3760717327 | LOGOS | A Greek term that means "word;" an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals. | 15 | |
| 3760717328 | ETHOS | A Greek term referring to/appealing to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals. | 16 | |
| 3760717329 | 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. | 17 | |
| 3760717330 | ORGANIZATION | A systematic, purposeful arrangement designed to accomplish some specific purpose. | 18 | |
| 3760717331 | STRUCTURE | The internal organization of a piece. | 19 | |
| 3760717332 | FORM | The external pattern or shape of writing; not referring to content. | 20 | |
| 3760717333 | SYNTAX | The way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses and sentences. | 21 | |
| 3760717334 | IMAGERY | Language that appeals to the senses and evokes a picture or sensation. | 22 | |
| 3760717335 | FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 23 | |
| 3760717336 | DICTION | A writer's or speaker's choice of words. | 24 | |
| 3760717337 | ALLUSION | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. | 25 | |
| 3760717338 | ANALOGY | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. | 26 | |
| 3760717339 | PARALLELISM | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other. | 27 | |
| 3760717340 | JUXTAPOSITION | Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast. | 28 | |
| 3760717341 | SYLLOGISM | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. A syllogism is the format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 29 |
