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| 3501757915 | alliteration | the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words | 0 | |
| 3501766004 | allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event | 1 | |
| 3501770411 | analogy | an extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 3501773452 | anaphora | the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 3501777291 | anecdote | a short account of an interesting event | 4 | |
| 3501780219 | annotation | explanatory or critical notes added to the text | 5 | |
| 3501786086 | antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun prefers | 6 | |
| 3501792639 | antimetabole | the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 7 | |
| 3501798282 | antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 8 | |
| 3501800986 | aphorism | a short, astute statement of general truth | 9 | |
| 3501803937 | appositive | a word or phrase that rename a nearby noun or pronoun | 10 | |
| 3501807885 | archaic diction | the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquate language | 11 | |
| 3501823572 | argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence | 12 | |
| 3501828784 | Aristotelian triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 13 | |
| 3501836961 | assertion | an empathetic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 14 | |
| 3501850876 | assumption | a belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 15 | |
| 3501856210 | asyndeton | leaving conjunctions between words, phrases, and clauses | 16 | |
| 3501863039 | attitude | the speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone | 17 | |
| 3501866070 | audience | those to whom a speaker' writing is addressed | 18 | |
| 3501873538 | authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | 19 | |
| 3501874479 | bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 20 | |
| 3501876267 | cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source. | 21 | |
| 3501877601 | claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 22 | |
| 3501880843 | colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language. | 23 | |
| 3501885833 | common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions. | 24 | |
| 3501887566 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 25 | |
| 3501889501 | concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 26 | |
| 3501890531 | connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | 27 | |
| 3501894553 | context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 28 | |
| 3501896992 | coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but. | 29 | |
| 3501899180 | counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. | 30 | |
| 3501899181 | credible | worthy of belief; trustworthy | 31 | |
| 3501905722 | cumulative sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail. | 32 | |
| 3501908653 | declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement. | 33 | |
| 3501909718 | deduction | Reasoning from general to specific. | 34 | |
| 3501911513 | denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition. | 35 | |
| 3501914927 | dialectal journal | a double-column journal in which one writes a quotation in one column and reflections on that quotation in the other column | 36 | |
| 3501916011 | diction | Choice of words | 37 | |
| 3501917441 | documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing. | 38 | |
| 3501918727 | elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone. | 39 | |
| 3501920447 | epigram | A brief witty statement. | 40 | |
| 3501921497 | ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos). | 41 | |
| 3501925398 | explication of text | Explanation of a text's meaning through an analysis of all of its constituent parts, including the literary devices used; also called close reading. | 42 | |
| 3501926856 | facts | information that is true or demonstrable | 43 | |
| 3501931041 | figurative language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect. | 44 | |
| 3501933881 | figure of speech | an expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 45 | |
| 3501942982 | fragment | A word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence | 46 | |
| 3501942983 | hortatory | Urging, or strongly encouraging | 47 | |
| 3501945088 | hyperbole | A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis | 48 | |
| 3501948775 | imagery | vivid use of language that evokes a reader's sense | 49 | |
| 3501954372 | imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 50 | |
| 3501955645 | induction | reasoning from specific to general | 51 | |
| 3501960362 | inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject. | 52 | |
| 3501961953 | irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result. | 53 | |
| 3501963062 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 54 | |
| 3501964506 | logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos) . | 55 | |
| 3501965828 | metaphor | a figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison | 56 | |
| 3501976695 | metonymy | use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | 57 | |
| 3501985131 | modifier | a word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause | 58 | |
| 3501985132 | narration | Retelling an event or series of events | 59 | |
| 3501988409 | nominalization | Turning a verb or adjective into a noun. | 60 | |
| 3501990804 | occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 61 | |
| 3501993644 | omniscient narrator | an all-knowing 3rd person narrator . . . This type of narrator can reveal to readers what the characters think and feel. | 62 | |
| 3501996438 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 63 | |
| 3501997523 | pacing | The relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented. | 64 | |
| 3501998941 | paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 65 | |
| 3502000075 | parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 66 | |
| 3502001968 | parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule. | 67 | |
| 3502004767 | pathos | Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with an appeal to emotion | 68 | |
| 3502006504 | periodic statement | a sentence that builds towards and ends with the main clause | 69 | |
| 3502011367 | persona | the character assumed by the author | 70 | |
| 3502016757 | personification | A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics | 71 | |
| 3502019766 | polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion. | 72 | |
| 3502023353 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 73 | |
| 3502026486 | premise | 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 | 74 | |
| 3502037860 | pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun | 75 | |
| 3502037861 | propoganda | negative term for writing intended to sway opinion rather than present information | 76 | |
| 3502046218 | purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 77 | |
| 3502047701 | refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. | 78 | |
| 3502049205 | rhetoric | (n) the art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little | 79 | |
| 3502052481 | rhetoric modes | 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. | 80 | |
| 3502054333 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 81 | |
| 3502055951 | rhetorical triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle). | 82 | |
| 3502055952 | satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it. | 83 | |
| 3502059289 | scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect. | 84 | |
| 3502061705 | sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. | 85 | |
| 3502063522 | sentence variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect. | 86 | |
| 3502064970 | similie | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ). uses like or as | 87 | |
| 3502069061 | simple sentece | a statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause | 88 | |
| 3502075030 | source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information. | 89 | |
| 3502076636 | speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 90 | |
| 3502078066 | straw man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position. | 91 | |
| 3502078067 | style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 92 | |
| 3502079649 | subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 93 | |
| 3502081384 | subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. | 94 | |
| 3502083049 | subordination | The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence. | 95 | |
| 3502084837 | syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 96 | |
| 3502088395 | syntax | Sentence structure | 97 | |
| 3502090833 | synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex. | 98 | |
| 3502090834 | thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer. | 99 | |
| 3502092980 | thesis statement | a statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit | 100 | |
| 3502100404 | topic sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis. | 101 | |
| 3502101943 | trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech. | 102 | |
| 3502106690 | understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect. | 103 | |
| 3502108050 | voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 104 | |
| 3502108051 | zeguma | Construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs two or more words in a sentence | 105 |
