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7245962868Ad hominemappealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect marked by or being on attack on an opponent's character0
7245977006Ad populuma fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it, "if many believe, it is so."1
7245983206Alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds2
7245984592Allusionan implied or indirect reference especially in literature3
7245991586Analogysimilarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar4
7245995585Audiencea group of ardent admirers or devotes5
7246001298Concessionthe act or an instance of conceding6
7246015919Connotationthe suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the things it explicitly names or describes7
7248998246Contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning8
7340154487Counterargumenta piece used in reckoning or in games9
7340155853Ethosthe distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group or institution10
7340162367Logosthe divine wisdom manifest in the creation, government and redemption11
7340166863Occasiona state of affairs that provides a ground or reason12
7340174819Pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation13
7340175890Personaa character assumed by an author in a written work14
7340179834Polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles15
7403081941Propagandaa congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions16
7403098228Refutationto prove wrong by argument or evidence17
7403106660Rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively/ communication/ persuasion18
7403114935Rhetorical appealrhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling19
7478497603Rhetorical trianglea diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience and subject in determining a text20
7478503995SOAPSa mnemonic device that stands for subject, occasion, audience, purpose and speaker21
7478516747Speakerthe person or group who creates a text22
7478523994Subjectthe topic of a text23

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