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| Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. | ||
| In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." | ||
| A work that functions on a symbolic level | ||
| The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." | ||
| A reference contained in a work | ||
| an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. | ||
| a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words, it is the comparison between two different items. | ||
| repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent. | ||
| A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point. | ||
| explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data. | ||
| the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. | ||
| the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ." | ||
| A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer | ||
| The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader. | ||
| Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | ||
| Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. | ||
| the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience | ||
| Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience. | ||
| Support or evidence for a claim in an argument | ||
| a situation in which all parts of the presentation are equal, whether in sentences or paragraphs or sections of a longer work. | ||
| Often called circular reasoning, __ occurs when the believability of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim. | ||
| harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage in a literary word | ||
| In __, a writer asserts that one thing results from another. To show how one thing produces or brings about another is often relevant in establishing a logical argument. | ||
| those who carry out the action of the plot in literature. Major, minor, static, and dynamic are the types. | ||
| Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea |
