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| 14461317251 | ethical appeals (ethos) | employs the persuader's personality, reputation, and ability to look trustworthy. Tools~Decorum-character-based agreeability, meets expectations. ~Adaptibillty ~Cause(),craft(),caring(disinterest) | 0 | |
| 14461318008 | emotional appeal (pathos) | when a persuader appeals to the audiences' emotions to excite and involve them in the argument "When arguing emotionally, speak simply' Use last | 1 | |
| 14461318593 | logical appeal (logos) | persuading the audience based on statistics, facts, and reasons. The process of reasoning use 2nd | 2 | |
| 14461321992 | argument | The combination of reasons, evidence, etc that a persuader uses to convince an audience of their position; supported by ethos(character), logos(logic/evidence) and/or pathos(emotions) | 3 | |
| 14461322729 | to defend, challenge or qualify | defend = you agree and all the evidence you provide supports this view point challenge = you disagree and all the evidence you provide disproves the viewpoint qualify = you agree with parts and disagree with parts; you must provide evidence that supports a portion and evidence that disproves a portion | 4 | |
| 14461324522 | discourse | verbal or written exchange of ideas | 5 | |
| 14461326401 | Rhetoric | The art of persuasion;3 types{Forensic~tries to prove guilt or innocence; Demonstrative~makes people believe in community's values; Deliberative~political persuasion,whats best for the audience, community or nation} | 6 | |
| 14461327110 | Rhetoric Devices | Patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis and emotion onto the audience | 7 | |
| 14461328624 | Rhetoric modes | basic types of academic writing; narration, description, example, definition, process analysis, classification, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution | 8 | |
| 14461329128 | Semantics | the study of meaning; used to see the true meaning of a word or sentence. | 9 | |
| 14461331080 | Style | The author's own personal approach to rhetoric in the piece; similar to voice. | 10 | |
| 14461331506 | Thesis | The sentence or groups of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition. It should be short and clear | 11 | |
| 14461334814 | Connotation | The implied meaning of a word; words can broadly have positive, negative, or neutral connotations. | 12 | |
| 14461335758 | Denotation | The literal, dictionary-definition meaning of a word. | 13 | |
| 14461336191 | Diction | The style of language used; generally tailored to be appropriate to the audience and situation. | 14 | |
| 14461337121 | ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 15 | |
| 14461338092 | Equivocation | intentionally use vague language to avoid violating the audiences' beliefs. | 16 | |
| 14461338893 | Euphemism | Referring to something with a veiled phrase instead of saying it directly | 17 | |
| 14461339283 | Hyperbole | Overstating a situation for humorous or dramatic effect. | 18 | |
| 14461339794 | Juxtaposition | Placing two very different things together for effect. | 19 | |
| 14461340238 | malapropism | the misuse of a word by confusion or for comedic affect, with one that sounds similar | 20 | |
| 14461340578 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 21 | |
| 14461341420 | non sequitur | something that does not logically follow, irrelevant | 22 | |
| 14461341966 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 23 | |
| 14461343633 | platitude | a commonplace, stale, or trite remark | 24 | |
| 14461344196 | polemic | an aggressive argument against a specific opinion | 25 | |
| 14461344645 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt;Easier to convey in the spoken word than via writing. | 26 | |
| 14461345136 | Syntax | The way sentences are grammatically constructed. | 27 | |
| 14461345191 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence | 28 | |
| 14461346072 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 29 | |
| 14461346670 | understatement (litotes) | understates a point ironically | 30 | |
| 14461348209 | voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker; An author's unique sound. Similar to style. | 31 | |
| 14461348823 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 32 | |
| 14461349703 | Alliteration | The repeat of the first letter or sound of successive words | 33 | |
| 14461350375 | Alluison | an indirect or subtle reference to another character or work of literature | 34 | |
| 14461351302 | analogy | Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple. | 35 | |
| 14461351303 | Anecodote | Offering a brief narrative episode. This device can serve many functions in a text—for example, introducing an issue, serving as evidence, to illustrate a point, and so on. | 36 | |
| 14461352204 | irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; also used to describe situations in which the results of an action are dramatically different than intended. | 37 | |
| 14461352671 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 38 | |
| 14461353216 | motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 39 | |
| 14461355004 | oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') | 40 | |
| 14461355751 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 41 | |
| 14461356266 | Parallel Syntax (Parallelism) | Repeated structural elements in a sentence. Example:"We went to sea; we went to war; we went to bed." | 42 | |
| 14461358543 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 43 | |
| 14461358544 | pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. | 44 | |
| 14461358545 | satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 45 | |
| 14461359319 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 46 |
