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| 220312484 | Absolute | a term applied to anything that cannot be modified, qualified, or limited. | 0 | |
| 220312485 | Abstract Language | language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or place. | 1 | |
| 220312486 | Ad Hominem | a fallacy of name calling; arguing against the presenter of the argument rather than the subject of the argument. | 2 | |
| 220312487 | Adjective | decribes nouns and pronouns telling whihc one, what kind, how many. | 3 | |
| 220312488 | Adverb | describes verbs, adjectives, and adverbs telling how, when, where, to what extent. | 4 | |
| 220312489 | Affiliation | the author's stated or implied membership of or allegiance with a group. | 5 | |
| 220312490 | Alliteration | a figure of speech in which consonant sounds at the beginning of words are repeated. | 6 | |
| 220312491 | Allusion | a brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event- real or fictional. | 7 | |
| 220312492 | Ambiguity | the presence of two or more possible meanings (either intended or inadvertent) in any passage. | 8 | |
| 220312493 | Analogy | reasoning or arguing from parallel cases; a simile is a form of this; a metaphor is an implied one. | 9 | |
| 220312494 | Anaylsis of Cause | when a writer asserts that one thing results from another in order to show how one thing produces or brings about another. | 10 | |
| 220312495 | Anaphora | repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | 11 | |
| 220312496 | Anecdote | a short, often autobiographical, narrative told to achieve a purpose such as to provide an example, an illustration, or a thematic truth. | 12 | |
| 220312497 | Antecedent | the word to which a pronoun refers. | 13 | |
| 220312498 | Anticipation | general name for argumentative strategies whereby a speaker or writer foresees and replies to objections. | 14 | |
| 220312499 | Antirrhesis | rejecting an argument because of its insignificance, error, or wickedness; a type of refutation. | 15 | |
| 220312500 | Antithesis | juxtaposition of structurally parallel word groupings, generally for the purpose contrasting ideas in blanced phrases or clauses. | 16 | |
| 220312501 | Aphorism | short, pithy statement of a general truth, one that condenses common experience into memorable form. | 17 | |
| 220312502 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding. | 18 | |
| 220312503 | Arrangement | the structure of a text. | 19 | |
| 220312504 | Assertion | a main argument that supports the thesis. | 20 | |
| 220312505 | Assonance | identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. | 21 | |
| 220312506 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. | 22 | |
| 220312507 | Attitude | the author's perspective toward his or her subject and audience. | 23 | |
| 220312508 | Authority | arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience. | 24 | |
| 220312509 | Call to Action | an appeal, not merely to listen, but to act on what is being said. | 25 | |
| 220312510 | Chiasmus | a verbal pattern (a type of antithesis) in whihch the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed. in this figure of emphasis the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order or repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses; (ABBA.). | 26 | |
| 220312511 | Colloquial | an expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing. | 27 | |
| 220312512 | Commoratio | emphasizing a point by repeating it several times in different words. | 28 | |
| 220312513 | Conceit | extending a metaphor through an entire speech or passsage so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. | 29 | |
| 220312514 | Concession | argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer accepts an opposing argument as true, valid, or accurate or leaves a disputed point to the audience or reader to decide. | 30 | |
| 220312515 | Concrete Language | language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | 31 | |
| 220312516 | Connotation | the emotional implications and associations that a word may carry, in contrast to its denotative meaning. | 32 | |
| 220312517 | Contrast | compare or appraise in respect to differences. | 33 | |
| 220312518 | Cumulative/ Loose Syntax | this sentence makes complete sense if brought to a close before its actual ending. | 34 | |
| 220312519 | Deductive | a method of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; inference by reasoning from general to specific. | 35 | |
| 220312520 | Denotation | the direct or dictionary meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings. | 36 | |
| 220312521 | Details | the specific pieces of information or facts used by the author or speaker to help create the meaning. | 37 | |
| 220312522 | Diction | word choice. | 38 | |
| 220312523 | Didactic Tone | a term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teached a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking; a tone intended to instruct or moralize. | 39 | |
| 220312524 | Direct Address | to speak to the audience; may be revealed by the use of second person. | 40 | |
| 220312525 | Distinctio | explicit references to various meanings of a word- usually for the purpose of removing ambiguities. | 41 | |
| 220312526 | Dramatic Irony | this occurs when reader knows something about present or future circumstances that a character in the story does not know. | 42 | |
| 220312527 | Ellipsis | omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader. | 43 | |
| 220312528 | Enthymeme | an ustated argument, an informally stated syllogism with an implied premise. | 44 | |
| 221044600 | Epanalepsis | reptition at the end of a clause or sentence of the word or phrase with which it begins. | 45 | |
| 221044601 | Epicrisis | circumstance in which a speaker quotes a passage and comments on it. | 46 | |
| 221044602 | Epimone | frequent repetition of a phrase or question; dwelling on a point. | 47 | |
| 221044603 | Epiplexis | asking questions to reproach rather than to elicit answers. | 48 | |
| 221044604 | Epistrophe | repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses; compare with anaphora. | 49 | |
| 221044605 | Epizeuxis | reptition of a word or phrase for emphasis (usually with no words in between.). | 50 | |
| 221044606 | Ethos | persuasive appeal (one of the three artistic primary appeals) based on the character or projected character of the speaker or writer. | 51 | |
| 221044607 | Euphemisn | subsitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensivel explicit. | 52 | |
| 221044608 | Evidence | facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim or reach a conclusion. | 53 | |
| 221044609 | Exclamatory | a sentence evincing strong emotion. | 54 | |
| 221044610 | Exigence | the author's motivation, the need or problem that needs to be fulfilled or solved that causes the writer to erite and the speaker to speak. | 55 | |
| 221044611 | Exposition | a mode of writing in whihch the purpose of th author is to inform, explain, describe, or define his or her subject to the reader. | 56 | |
| 221044612 | Exuscitatio | emotional utterance that seeks to move hearers to a like feeling. | 57 | |
| 221044613 | Figurative Language | the use of similes, metaphors, and /or personification. | 58 | |
| 221044614 | Hortatory Subjunctive | the salad subjunctive "let us" is the inclusive use of the third person plural to create an affiliation with the audience. | 59 | |
| 221044615 | Humor | the use of levity to appeal to an audience or attack the opposition | 60 | |
| 221044616 | Hyperbole | an extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. | 61 | |
| 221044617 | Hypophora | raising questions and answering them. | 62 | |
| 221044618 | Imagery | the descriptibe or figurative use of language to create mental images to appeal to one or more of the five senses. | 63 | |
| 221044619 | Imperative | a request or command. | 64 | |
| 221044620 | Implied Thesis | the central idea of the writer that is not stated directly. | 65 | |
| 221044621 | Induction | a method of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; inference by reasoning from the specific to the general. | 66 | |
| 221044622 | Invented Ethos | in classical rhetoric, proofs from character that are created by a rhetor or are available by virture of the rhetor's poisition on an issue. | 67 | |
| 221044623 | Irony of Situation | a trope in which accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate, such as a poetic justice of a TV weather presenter getting caught in a suprise rainstorm. | 68 | |
| 221044624 | Juxtaposition | a poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another for comparison or contrast. | 69 | |
| 221044625 | Kairos | the opportune time and/or place, the right or appropriate time to say or do the right or appropriate thing. | 70 | |
| 221044626 | Listing/Categorizing | to record a series to phrases, ideas, or things for the purpose of ovewhelming the opposition's stated or anticipated argument(s) | 71 | |
| 221044627 | Literal Language | use of words in their ordinary, denotative senses; the opposite of figurative language. | 72 | |
| 221044628 | Litotes | a figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | 73 | |
| 221044629 | Logic Marker | the use of transitional words to show the logical relationships between ideas: however, nevertheless, thus, consequently, moreover, and so forth. | 74 | |
| 221044630 | Logos | in classical rhetoric, the means of persuasion by demonstration of the truth, real or apparent. | 75 | |
| 224765752 | Metaphor | an implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. | 76 | |
| 224765753 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is ubstituted for another with which it is closely associated with (such as "crown" for "royalty".). | 77 | |
| 224765754 | Mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule; to imitate. | 78 | |
| 224765755 | Mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. | 79 | |
| 224765756 | Motif | a recurring feature in the work. | 80 | |
| 224765757 | Narration | the part of the argument in which a speaker or writer provides the story of what has happened and explains the nature of the cause. | 81 | |
| 224765758 | Narrative Pace | the speed and intensity created by syntactical structures. | 82 | |
| 224765759 | Non Sequitur | a logical fallacy or humor; a comment that has no relation to the preceding comment or to an ongoing discussion or topic. | 83 | |
| 224765760 | Objective | unbiased; the opposite of subjective. | 84 | |
| 224765761 | Onomatopoeia | the formation or use of words (such as hiss or murmur) that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer too. | 85 | |
| 224765762 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox. | 86 | |
| 224765763 | Paradox | a statement that appears to contradict itself. | 87 | |
| 224765764 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. | 88 | |
| 224765765 | Pathos | the means of persuasion in classical rhetoric that appeals to the audience's emotions. | 89 | |
| 224765766 | Pedantic | a tone that manifests reliance on book learning and formal rules over understanding or experience of practical affairs. | 90 | |
| 224765767 | Periodic Syntax | long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word- usually with an emphatic climax. | 91 | |
| 224765768 | Personification | a figure of speech in which an innimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities. | 92 | |
| 224765769 | Ploce | repetition of a word with a new or specified ssense, or with pregnant reference to its special significance. | 93 | |
| 224765770 | Point of View | whether first, second, or third, or omniscient, an author's stance affects his or her relationship with the topic and audience. | 94 | |
| 224765771 | Polyptoton | repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings. | 95 | |
| 224765772 | Polysyndeton | a style that employs many conjunctions. | 96 | |
| 224765773 | Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc | a fallacy to believe that all that follow is a consequence of what preceded. | 97 | |
| 224765774 | Prolepsis | figurative device by which a future event is presumed to have already occured. | 98 | |
| 224765775 | Pun | a play on words, either on different senses of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words. | 99 | |
| 224765776 | Qualifier | a word whose description intensifies or weakens another. | 100 | |
| 224765777 | Rapport | the relationship an author tries to develop with his or her audience relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity. | 101 | |
| 224765778 | Refutation | the part of the argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view. | 102 | |
| 224765779 | Repetition | the purposeful restating of a word, phrase, or idea to create intensity. | 103 | |
| 224765780 | Rhetor | the speaker or writer. | 104 | |
| 224765781 | Rhetoric | the art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse - when a writer or speaker achieves his or her purpose with his or her audience through the skillful manipulation of text or speech. | 105 | |
| 224765782 | Rhetorical Question | a question used for persuasion, to which the answer is obvious and usually only one answer if possible. | 106 | |
| 224765784 | Scare Quotes | the use of quotation marks to indicate sarcasm. | 107 | |
| 224765785 | Second Person | the use of the pronoun you. | 108 | |
| 224765786 | Sensory Language | writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses. | 109 | |
| 224765787 | Simile | a stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. | 110 | |
| 224765788 | Situated Ethos | in classical rhetoric, proof from character that depends on a rhetor's reputation in the community. | 111 | |
| 224765789 | Style | the way in which something is spoken, written, or performed; narrowly interpreted as those figures that ornament discourse; broadly, as representing, a manifestation of the person speaking or writing. | 112 | |
| 224765790 | Subjective | biased; the opposite of objective. | 113 | |
| 224765791 | Subjunctive Mood | the use of a plural verb when expressing desire or condition. | 114 | |
| 224765792 | Syllepsis/ Zeugma | a kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies of governs. | 115 | |
| 224765793 | Syllogistic Reasoning | a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion. | 116 | |
| 224765794 | Symbol | an object that has its own meaning, but also represents an abstract idea. (the flag representing our country, a wedding ring representing marriage or commitment; a dove representing peace; red symbolizing anger.). | 117 | |
| 224765795 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it. | 118 | |
| 224765796 | Synesthesia | the concurrent response of two or more senses to the stimulation of one. | 119 | |
| 224765797 | Syntax | the physical arrangement of words in a sentence that can affect pace and intensity. | 120 | |
| 224765798 | Tenor | the meaning of a metaphor. | 121 | |
| 224765799 | Testimony | a person's account of an event or state of affairs. | 122 | |
| 224765800 | Tetracolon | a series of four members, usually in parallel form. | 123 | |
| 224765801 | Thesis | the author's main idea, his or her primary assertion. | 124 | |
| 224765802 | Third Person | the use of pronouns such as we or us to be inclusive. | 125 | |
| 224765803 | Tone | manner of expression in speaking or writing created by LIDDS; conciliatory, outraged, exuberant, authoritative, deliberative, didactic, and so forth. | 126 | |
| 224765804 | Tricolon | a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses. | 127 | |
| 224765805 | Understatement | a figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. | 128 | |
| 224765806 | Us vs. Them | the creation of a allegiance with the audience and against the opposition. | 129 | |
| 224765807 | Vehicle | the figure that carries the meaning of a metaphor. | 130 | |
| 224765808 | Verbal Irony | a trope in which a writer makes a statement in which the actual meaning differs from the meaning that words appear to express. | 131 | |
| 252122752 | Allegory | ... | 132 | |
| 252122753 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next. | 133 | |
| 252122754 | Anticlimax | an abrupt shift from a noble tone to a less exalted one- often for comic effect. | 134 | |
| 252122755 | Antonomasia | substitution of a title, epithet, or descriptibe phrase for a proper name- or of a personal name for a common name- to designate a member of a group or class. | 135 | |
| 252122756 | Aporia | a figure of speech in which the speaker expresses real or simulated doubt or perplexity. | 136 | |
| 252122757 | Archaism | ... | 137 | |
| 252122758 | Archetype | a term applied to an image, a descriptibe detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore and is, therefore, believed to evoke profound emotion because it touches the unconscious memory and thus calls into play illogical but strong responses. | 138 | |
| 252122759 | Bdelygmia | a litany of abuse- a serious of critical epithets, descroptions, or attributes. | 139 | |
| 252122760 | Categoria | direct exposure of an adversary's faults. | 140 | |
| 252122761 | Casual Relationship | ... | 141 | |
| 252122762 | Climax | a gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance. | 142 | |
| 252122763 | Confirmation | ... | 143 | |
| 252122764 | Dehortatio | dissuasive advise given with authority; compared with distyposis. | 144 | |
| 252122765 | Diatyposis | recommending useful percepts or advice to someone else; compare with dehortatio. | 145 | |
| 252122766 | Dysphemism | substitution of a more offensive or disparaging word or phrase for one considered less offensive. | 146 | |
| 252122767 | Effectio | a detailed personal description; a head-to-toe inventory of a person's physical attributes or charms. | 147 | |
| 252122768 | Epithet | using an appropriate adjective to characterize a person or thing. | 148 | |
| 252122769 | Exordium | ... | 149 | |
| 252122770 | Gradatio | sentence construction in which the last word of one clause becomes the first of the nect, through three of more clauses. | 150 | |
| 252122771 | Invective | abusive language; discourse that casts bame on somebody or something. | 151 | |
| 252122772 | Isocolon | ... | 152 | |
| 252122773 | Meiosis | to belittle, use a degrading epithet or nickname, often through a trope of one word; a concise form of invective; a kind of understatement that dismisses or belittles, especially by using terms that make something seem less significant than it really is or ought to be. | 153 |
