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9940123489Ad hominemappealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect marked by or being on attack on an opponent's character0
9940123490Ad populuma fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it, "if many believe, it is so."1
9940123491Alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds2
9940123492Allusionan implied or indirect reference especially in literature3
9940123493Analogysimilarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar4
9940123494Audiencea group of ardent admirers or devotes5
9940123495Concessionthe act or an instance of conceding6
9940123496Connotationthe suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the things it explicitly names or describes7
9940123497Contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning8
9940123498Counterargumenta piece used in reckoning or in games9
9940123499Ethosthe distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group or institution10
9940123500Logosthe divine wisdom manifest in the creation, government and redemption11
9940123501Occasiona state of affairs that provides a ground or reason12
9940123502Pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation13
9940123503Personaa character assumed by an author in a written work14
9940123504Polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles15
9940123505Propagandaa congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions16
9940123506Refutationto prove wrong by argument or evidence17
9940123507Rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively/ communication/ persuasion18
9940123508Rhetorical appealrhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling19
9940123509Rhetorical trianglea diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience and subject in determining a text20
9940123510SOAPSa mnemonic device that stands for subject, occasion, audience, purpose and speaker21
9940123511Speakerthe person or group who creates a text22
9940123512Subjectthe topic of a text23

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