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| 4685232728 | Audience | A viewer,listener, or reader of a text. Most texts have multiple audiences. | 0 | |
| 4685234679 | Claim | States an arguments main idea or proposition. Differs from a topic or subject because it is arguable. Also called proposition or assertion. | 1 | |
| 4685236815 | Concession | An acknowledgment that an opposing arguement may be true or reasonable. Often followed by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument. | 2 | |
| 4685239737 | Connotation | Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its definition or denotation. Often positive or negative and greatly affect an authors tone. | 3 | |
| 4685243105 | Context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes and events surrounding a text. | 4 | |
| 4685245549 | Deductive Reasoning | A logical process where one reaches a specific conclusion by applying general facts to a specific case. | 5 | |
| 4685247173 | Ethos | One appeals to ethos to show that they are credible & trustworthy to speak on a given topic. Established by what you are & say. In Greek means "character". | 6 | |
| 4687664366 | Inductive Reasoning | A logical process whereby one reaches a general conclusion by noting the common characteristics of specific items. | 7 | |
| 4687665706 | Kairos | The opportune time or place; the appropriate time to do some thing | 8 | |
| 4687667859 | Logos | Greek for "embodied thought". Speakers appeal to logos, or reason by offering clear, rational ideas & using specific ideas to make a logical connection between the claim and the evidence to support it. | 9 | |
| 4687670180 | Occasion | The time & place a speech is given or piece written | 10 | |
| 4687671212 | Pathos | Greek for "suffering" or "experience". Speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. Appeals to pathos might play on audiences values, desires, hopes & on the other hand fears and prejudices. | 11 | |
| 4687673814 | Persona | The face or character that a speaker shows to his/her audience. Greek for "mask". | 12 | |
| 4687675160 | Polemic | Greek for "hostile". An aggressive argument that tries to establish supriority of one opinion over all others. Polemics generally doesn't concede that opposing opinions have any merit. | 13 | |
| 4698693886 | Purpose | The goal the speaker wants to achieve. | 14 | |
| 4698695053 | Refutation | A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. | 15 | |
| 4698696697 | Rhetoric | Aristotle defined it. It is the art of finding ways of persuading an audience. | 16 | |
| 4698697658 | Speaker | The person or group who creates a text. | 17 | |
| 4698698310 | Subject | The topic of the text. What the text is about. | 18 | |
| 4698699097 | Thesis | A statement that outlines the main points of the paper, and is later supported by facts, evidence and analysis. | 19 | |
| 4698700307 | Text | While this term generally means the written word, it has now come to mean any cultural product that can be "read" & investigated. | 20 | |
| 4730260060 | Allegory | A story that can be interpreted to hold a deeper meaning. | 21 | |
| 4730260942 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sentence. | 22 | |
| 4730262321 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person,event, or place (real or fictional) or to a work or art. | 23 | |
| 4730263175 | Ambiguity | Use of unclear or uncertain language. | 24 | |
| 4730263655 | Analogy | A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. Often an analogy uses something simple or familiar to explain something unfamiliar or complex. | 25 | |
| 4730265312 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, lines, or clauses. | 26 | |
| 4730266901 | Anecdote | A brief story used to illustrate a point or claim. | 27 | |
| 4732952074 | Antecedent | A word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 28 | |
| 4732954074 | Antithesis | Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction. | 29 | |
| 4732956001 | Aphorism | An observation that contains a general truth (like a saying). | 30 | |
| 4732957418 | Archaic diction | Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words. | 31 | |
| 4732958176 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. | 32 | |
| 4732958944 | Independent clause | A clause that can stand alone. Consists of a subject and verb. | 33 | |
| 4732959405 | Subordinate clause | A clause introduced by a conjunction and that is dependent on the main clause. | 34 | |
| 4732960886 | Coherence | Use of logical and consistent language and syntax. | 35 | |
| 4733071631 | Colloquial | Informal, non-academic language | 36 | |
| 4733072510 | Cumulative sentence | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds, and adds on. | 37 | |
| 4733075212 | Denotation | A literal,dictionary definition; excludes emotion of feelings that word suggests. | 38 | |
| 4733077014 | Didactic | Used to teach or educate. | 39 | |
| 4733078413 | Euphemism | A milder version of a word or phrase substituted in place of one considered to be to harsh or unpleasant. | 40 | |
| 4733080125 | Figurative language | Nonliteral language often evoke strong imagery. Sometimes referred to as tropes or metaphorical language. Often compare one thing explicitly (simile) or implicitly (metaphor). | 41 | |
| 4757048107 | Generic conventions | The traditional aspects associated with each genre. | 42 | |
| 4757048561 | Genre | A category of literature such as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Essentially how a piece of writing is classified. | 43 | |
| 4757055209 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect; an overstatement used to make a point. | 44 | |
| 4757056221 | Imperative Sentence | Sentence used to command or enjoin. | 45 | |
| 4757056843 | Invective | Insulting & highly critical language. | 46 | |
| 4757057436 | Inversion | Inverted orders of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order). | 47 | |
| 4757058837 | Irony | A figure of speech that occurs when a speaker or character says one thing but means another. Or what is said is the opposite of what's expected. | 48 | |
| 4765441708 | Juxtaposition | Placement of 2 things closely together to emphasize the similarities or differences. | 49 | |
| 4765444635 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as. | 50 | |
| 4765449576 | Metonymy | Figure of speech in which something is represented by another thing related Tobit or emblematic of it. | 51 | |
| 4765605895 | Onomatopoeia | A word named after the sound it Imitates. | 52 | |
| 4765607430 | Oxymoron | A paradox made up of 2 seeming contradictory words. | 53 | |
| 4765609252 | Paradox | A statement or situation that is seemingly contradictory on the surface but holds an ironic truth. | 54 | |
| 4765611129 | Parallel Structure | Similarity of a structure or situation in a pair or series of words, phrases, or clauses. | 55 | |
| 4765615368 | Parody | An imitation | 56 | |
| 4765615939 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object. | 57 |
