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11247613560analyzeto break down into parts0
11247613561SynthesisPut an idea together based on multiple parts1
11247613562Well developedWell throughout details2
11247613563coherentClear; make sense3
11247613564SpeakerThe one who is delivering the type of writing4
11247613565occasionThe scenery5
11247613566audienceThe one who is absorbing the information6
11247613567purposeThe reason why they are doing something7
11247613568ArgumentDifferent points/sides8
11247613569PositionCertain side, claim, thesis, purpose9
11247613570EvidenceInformation to back you up10
11247613571passage/excerpta section of text11
11247613572Rhetoriceffective writing or speaking12
11247613573rhetorical strategiesCovers figurative language like diction, syntax, etc.13
11247613574attitudeHow speaker feels towards a subject14
11247613575ToneHow the writer is impacted15
11247613576Dictionword choice16
11247613577SyntaxSentence structure17
11247613578cumulative sentencesentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on18
11247613579periodic sentencesentence whose main clause is withheld until the end19
11247613580AppositiveA word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.20
11247613581Antecedent/referenceBefore/(like they/she/he)21
11247613582Logoslogic22
11247613583Ethoscredibility23
11247613584PathosAppeal to emotion24
11247613585Claim/Thesisa statement of the author's point of view25
11247613586authorityInformation from authorities people, ex: doctors and scientists26
11247613587credibilitybelievability27
11247613588StyleA basic and distinctive mode of expression.28
11247613589Parallelismsimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses29
11247613590ImageryWords that paint a picture30
11247613591IronySomething happens that you didn't expect31
11247613592formalSounding professional, ex: formal speech32
11247613593colloquialHow you speak to someone33
11247613594figurative languagewriting or speech that is not meant to be taken literally34
11247613595MetaphorA comparison without using like or as; Something true but make it extreme35
11247613596SimileA comparison using "like" or "as"36
11247613597Symbolanything that stands for or represents something else37
11247613598Personificationthe giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea38
11247613599Hyperboleextreme exaggeration; not true39

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