14761982083 | Audience | a group of listeners, readers or spectators | 0 | |
14761983381 | Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 1 | |
14761983404 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 2 | |
14761988693 | Bias | a particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific | 3 | |
14761989445 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 4 | |
14761992287 | Context | the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text | 5 | |
14761997810 | Memoir | biography about fraction of someones life, typically a historical event | 6 | |
14762000648 | Autobiography | an account of a person's life written by that person | 7 | |
14762001659 | Ethos | the credibility of the speaker | 8 | |
14762002977 | Logos | the logic of the speaker | 9 | |
14762003805 | Pathos | the emotional appeal of the speaker | 10 | |
14762006681 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work | 11 | |
14762007566 | Rhetorical Appeal | the mode of persuasion, ethos, pathos, logos | 12 | |
14762011886 | Biography | an account of someone's life written by someone else | 13 | |
14762011984 | Text | a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form | 14 | |
14762014552 | Occasion | a particular time or instance of an event | 15 | |
14762016966 | Purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 16 | |
14762017993 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 17 | |
14933463733 | Counterargument | an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward | 18 | |
14933463734 | Concession | an acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 19 | |
14933463735 | Refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 20 | |
14933463736 | Propaganda | the spread of ideas and information to further a cause | 21 | |
14933463737 | Polemic | greek for "hostile" an argument that establishes the superiority of one opinion over all others. | 22 |
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