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14761982083Audiencea group of listeners, readers or spectators0
14761983381Rhetoricthe art of using language effectively and persuasively1
14761983404Metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable2
14761988693Biasa particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific3
14761989445Connotationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning4
14761992287Contextthe circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text5
14761997810Memoirbiography about fraction of someones life, typically a historical event6
14762000648Autobiographyan account of a person's life written by that person7
14762001659Ethosthe credibility of the speaker8
14762002977Logosthe logic of the speaker9
14762003805Pathosthe emotional appeal of the speaker10
14762006681Imageryvisually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work11
14762007566Rhetorical Appealthe mode of persuasion, ethos, pathos, logos12
14762011886Biographyan account of someone's life written by someone else13
14762011984Texta book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form14
14762014552Occasiona particular time or instance of an event15
14762016966Purposethe goal the speaker wants to achieve16
14762017993Dictionthe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing17
14933463733Counterargumentan opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward18
14933463734Concessionan acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable19
14933463735Refutationa denial of the validity of an opposing argument20
14933463736Propagandathe spread of ideas and information to further a cause21
14933463737Polemicgreek for "hostile" an argument that establishes the superiority of one opinion over all others.22

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