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| 8051528034 | Aristotelian appeals | the three different methods of appealing to an audience to convince it of an argument | 0 | |
| 8051533459 | ethos | an appeal to ethics or authority | 1 | |
| 8051536252 | logos | an appeal to logic | 2 | |
| 8051539012 | pathos | an appeal to emotions | 3 | |
| 8051542169 | context | the extra-textual environment in which the text is being delivered | 4 | |
| 8051549101 | counterargument | an argument against the author's position | 5 | |
| 8051554570 | deductive reasoning | a form of logical reasoning in which a general principle is applied to a specific case | 6 | |
| 8051565868 | denotation | the literal, dictionary-definition meaning of a word | 7 | |
| 8051571892 | imagery | any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image of something; includes figurative language | 8 | |
| 8051585695 | implication | a concept that is suggested rather than being directly stated | 9 | |
| 8051595623 | juxtaposition | the act of placing two very different things together for effect | 10 | |
| 8051603817 | organization | the way different parts of an argument are arranged in a piece of writing or speech | 11 | |
| 8051619447 | rhetoric | the use of spoken, written, or visual speech to convey ideas and convince an audience | 12 | |
| 8051632597 | rhetorical triangle | the relationships between the author, the audience, the text, and the context | 13 | |
| 8051644650 | synthesis | a process that combines sources and ideas in a coherent way for the purpose of supporting a larger claim | 14 | |
| 8051664493 | theme | an overachieving idea; the driving premises of a work | 15 | |
| 8051671108 | tone | the use of stylistic devices to reveal an author's attitude toward the subject | 16 | |
| 8051679495 | style | an author's own personal approach to rhetoric in a piece | 17 |
