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| 7660796331 | Abstract Language | language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. The observable or "physical" is usually described with concrete language. Ex: love, honor, integrity, evil | 0 | |
| 7660829136 | Ad Hominem | Latin for "against the man". When a writer personally attacks his or her opponents instead of their arguments. | 1 | |
| 7660847350 | Allegory | A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things,and events is meant to be revealed an abstraction or truth. The characters and other elements may be symbolic of the ideas referred to. | 2 | |
| 7660867203 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial sounds of words in close proximity to each other. | 3 | |
| 7660877014 | Allusion | Indirect reference to something with which the reader is supposed to be familiar. Used with humorous intent, to establish a connection between the reader and writer or to make a subtle point. | 4 | |
| 7660903870 | Anecdote | short narrative used to illustrate a write or speakers point | 5 | |
| 7660911120 | Ambiguity | event or situation tat maybe interpreted in more then one way. Also, the manner of expression of such an event or situation may be ambiguous. Unintentional ambiguity is usually vagueness. | 6 | |
| 7660967169 | Analogy | a comparison to a directly parallel case. When s writer uses an analogy, he or she argues that a claim reasonable for the analogous case | 7 | |
| 7660981109 | Analysis | Breaking down of something to see how the parts come together to form the whole. This, in rhetorical analysis, we consider how the rhetorical devices and strategies come together to support the authors purpose | 8 | |
| 7661007044 | Annotation | Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical date | 9 | |
| 7661048983 | Antithesis | Balancing of 2 opposites or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses | 10 | |
| 7661129045 | Apostrophe | Direct address to an absent or imaginary person, or to an object, quality, or idea | 11 | |
| 7661155372 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within 2 or more words in close proximity | 12 | |
| 7661174078 | Authority | Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience are said to rest on authoritative backing or authority. Readers are expected to accept claims if they are in agreement with an authority`s view | 13 | |
| 7661220227 | Backing | Support or evidence for a claim in an argument | 14 | |
| 7661225701 | Balance | Construction in which both halves of the sentence are about the same length and importance | 15 | |
| 7661249862 | Begging the Question | Often called "circular reasoning", occurs when the believably of the evidence depends on the believably of the claim | 16 | |
| 7661278984 | Casual Relationship | A writer asserts tat one outcome results from another. To show how one outcome produces or brings out another of often relevant in establishing a logical argument | 17 | |
| 7661302990 | Circumlocution | Indirect, wordy language used to avoid stating it simply and directly | 18 | |
| 7661351716 | Clause | Group of words containing a subject and a verb. An independent clause can stand alone grammatically as a complete sentence. A subordinate clause begins with a subordinating conjunction and is considered a sentence fragment unless attached to an independent clause | 19 | |
| 7661447074 | Colloquial Language | Everyday informal language; conversational language | 20 | |
| 7661512548 | Common Language | Shared beliefs or assumptions called "common knowledge". A writer may argue that if something is widely believed, then readers should accept it | 21 | |
| 7661531785 | Concrete Language | Language that describes specific observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities | 22 | |
| 7661541818 | Connotation | Rather than the dictionary definition, the association suggested by the word. Implied meaning - connotation, rather than literal meaning (denotation) | 23 | |
| 7661562546 | Consonance | Repetition of constant sounds within 2 or more words in close proximity | 24 | |
| 7661619515 | Conventional | Following certain conventions, or traditional techniques of writing. An over-reliance on conventions ma result in lack of originality. | 25 | |
| 7661668042 | Cumulative Sentence | Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on the idea with a series of details or other particulars | 26 | |
| 7661679809 | Deduction | Begins with a general statement and then applies that statement to specific examples to arrive at a conclusion | 27 | |
| 7661711747 | Dialect | Characteristics of language particular to a specific region or culture | 28 | |
| 7661716928 | Diction | Word choice, particularly as an element of style. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning. | 29 | |
| 7661802229 | Didactic | Term to describe fiction or non-fiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking | 30 | |
| 7661830311 | Dramatic Irony | When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional characters perception of a situation and the truth of that situation | 31 | |
| 7661859995 | Either-or-Reasoning | When the writer reduces an argument or issue to 2 popular opposites and ignores any alternatives | 32 | |
| 7661903769 | Emotional Appeal | When a writer appeals to emotion (often through pathos) to excite and involves them in the argument | 33 | |
| 7661924762 | Equivocation | When a writer uses the same term in 2 different senses in an argument | 34 | |
| 7661931488 | Evoke | To transmit a particular feeling, emotion, or sensory image | 35 | |
| 7661938535 | Ethical Appeal | When a writer tried to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in ethical appeals, but in all cases the aim is to gain the audiences confidence | 36 | |
| 7661961301 | Euphemism | Pleasant or sanitized example used to describe something unpleasant or negative | 37 | |
| 7661969976 | Example | Individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern. Arguing by example is considered reliable if examples are demonstrably true or factual as well ad relevant | 38 | |
| 7661999712 | Explication | Act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. Explication usually involves close reading and special attention o figurative language | 39 | |
| 7662033270 | False Analogy | When 2 cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them | 40 | |
| 7662043159 | Figurative Language | Word or words that are inaccurate literally, but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes. May be in the form of metaphors or similes, both non-literal comparisons. | 41 |
