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| The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables. | ||
| An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event. | ||
| An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. | ||
| The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses. | ||
| A short account of an interesting event. | ||
| Explanatory or critical notes added to a text. | ||
| The noun to which a later pronoun refers. | ||
| The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast. | ||
| Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | ||
| A short, astute statement of a general truth | ||
| A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. | ||
| The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | ||
| A statement put forth and supported by evidence | ||
| A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see rhetorical triangle). | ||
| An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument. | ||
| A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | ||
| Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. | ||
| The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. | ||
| One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | ||
| A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge. | ||
| Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | ||
| Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source. | ||
| An assertion, usually supported by evidence. | ||
| A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text. | ||
| An informal or conversational use of language. | ||
| Shared beliefs, values, or positions. | ||
| A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. | ||
| A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | ||
| That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation). | ||
| Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. |
