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5767390293rhetoricact of finding ways to persuade an audience0
5767401617audiencelistener, reader, viewer of text1
5767406249logosreason, clear, rational, logic2
5767408562contextcircumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, events surrounding text3
5767430857purposegoal the speaker wants to achieve4
5767438513rhetorical triangleillustrates the relationship among speaker, audience, subject5
5767444201speakerperson or group who creates a text6
5767446167personamask, face, or character that a speaker shows the audience7
5767451794subjecttopic- what the text is about8
5767453367SOAPSSubject Occasion Audience Purpose Speaker -remember various elements in rhetorical situation9
5767467299rhetorical appealspersuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important -ethos, logos, pathos10
5767485011ethoscredibility, trustworthiness11
5767487731pathosemotions, values, empathy, fears12
5767493033counterargumentanticipate objections, opposing views13
5767497204propagandisticspread of ideas or info to further cause14
5767694715concessionacknowledging an opposing argument as true or reasonable15
5767701571refutationdenial of validity of opposing arguments16
5767510244connotationwell-known description the audience understands17
5767522673satiresarcasm, irony to criticize18
5767526873dictionchoice of words19
5767529017syntaxarrangement of words20
5767535413hyperboleexaggerated statement21
5767552032parallelismsimilarity in structure in series of related words, phrases, or clauses22
5767556061juxtapositionplacement of 2 things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences23
5767563496antithesisopposition or contrast of ideas or words24
5767568971compound sentencemore than 1 subject25
5767577532complex sentencehas subordinate clause26
5767589009periodic sentencemain clause at the end27
5767592641cumulative sentencemain clause at beginning28
5767594619imperative sentencecommand or enjoin29
5767621836hortative sentencecalls to action30
5767597243pacingdetails revealed quickly or suspense31
5767603535figures of speechword/phrase that adds rhetorical force32
5767606076imageryvisual description or figurative language33
5767608504oxymoroncontradicting terms34
5767610547zeugmasame word- different way35
5767613731anaphorarepetition of word/phrase -beginning of lines36
5767627670alliterationrepetition of same consonant sound37
5767641492antimetabolerepetition of words in reverse order38
5767635814allusionbrief reference to person, event, etc.39
5767649573archaic dictionold fashioned/outdated choice of words40
5767655109asyndetonemission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words41
5767666970inversioninverted order of words in a sentence42
5767675231rhetorical questionquestion for effect not answer43
5767678575synecdocheuses part to represent whole44
5767683724toneattitude of writer45
5767683725moodfeeling writer creates46
5767741526paradoxstatement that seems self-contradictory on the surface, with closer examination, may have underlying truth47

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