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| 7088123632 | Alliteration | the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables | 0 | |
| 7088124160 | Allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event | 1 | |
| 7088125211 | Analogy | an extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 2 | |
| 7088128641 | Anaphora | the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 7088129004 | Anecdote | a short account of an interesting event | 4 | |
| 7088130286 | Annotation | explanatory or critical notes added to a text | 5 | |
| 7088132343 | Antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun refers | 6 | |
| 7088135787 | Antimetabole | the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 7 | |
| 7088138095 | Antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 8 | |
| 7088140059 | Aphorism | a short, astute statement of a general truth | 9 | |
| 7088140336 | Appositive | a word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 10 | |
| 7088143696 | Archaic diction | the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | 11 | |
| 7088144537 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 12 | |
| 7088145500 | Aristotelian triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see rhetorical triangle) | 13 | |
| 7088147449 | Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 14 | |
| 7088148188 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. Asyndeton: Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 15 | |
| 7088149256 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone | 16 | |
| 7088150747 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | 17 | |
| 7088151255 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge | 18 | |
| 7088151667 | Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 19 | |
| 7088152560 | Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source | 20 | |
| 7088153561 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence. | 21 | |
| 7088154305 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text. | 22 | |
| 7088154829 | Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language | 23 | |
| 7088156479 | Common ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions | 24 | |
| 7088157096 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 25 | |
| 7088157772 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 26 | |
| 7088158264 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation) | 27 | |
| 7088158923 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning | 28 | |
| 7088159426 | Coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but. | 29 | |
| 7088159840 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 30 | |
| 7088160722 | Cumulative sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 31 | |
| 7088161400 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement. | 32 | |
| 7088162338 | Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific | 33 | |
| 7088164398 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | 34 | |
| 7088164971 | Diction | word choice | 35 | |
| 7088165943 | Documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing. | 36 | |
| 7088166311 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone | 37 | |
| 7088168003 | Epigram | A brief witty statement | 38 | |
| 7088168629 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos) | 39 | |
| 7088169147 | Figurative language | The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect | 40 | |
| 7088169736 | Figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning | 41 | |
| 7088170077 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 42 | |
| 7088170592 | Imagery | Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) | 43 | |
| 7088172623 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands | 44 | |
| 7088173933 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general | 45 | |
| 7088175083 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | 46 | |
| 7088175951 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result | 47 | |
| 7088176194 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 48 | |
| 7088176965 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos) | 49 | |
| 7088178122 | Metaphor | A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison | 50 | |
| 7088179393 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | 51 | |
| 7088179799 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing | 52 | |
| 7088180775 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms. | 53 | |
| 7088181810 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. | 54 | |
| 7088183321 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns | 55 | |
| 7088183623 | Parody | A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule | 56 | |
| 7088184192 | Pathos | A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos) | 57 | |
| 7088184617 | Persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing. | 58 | |
| 7088185265 | Personification | Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects. | 59 | |
| 7088188078 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion. | 60 | |
| 7088188396 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions. | 61 | |
| 7088189151 | Premise | major, minor Two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise and its subject from the minor premise | 62 | |
| 7088191121 | Propaganda | A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information. | 63 | |
| 7088193299 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 64 | |
| 7088194246 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. | 65 | |
| 7088194830 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion." | 66 | |
| 7088195564 | Rhetorical modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation. | 67 | |
| 7088195983 | Rhetorical question | A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer | 68 | |
| 7088196455 | Rhetorical triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle) | 69 | |
| 7088197100 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | 70 | |
| 7088197790 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | 71 | |
| 7088198137 | Sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex | 72 | |
| 7088198962 | Sentence variety | Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect. | 73 | |
| 7088199652 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things | 74 | |
| 7088200947 | Simple sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause | 75 | |
| 7088201569 | Source | A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information | 76 | |
| 7088202084 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 77 | |
| 7088203292 | Straw man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position | 78 | |
| 7088203751 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech | 79 | |
| 7088204422 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing | 80 | |
| 7088205180 | Subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause | 81 | |
| 7088205784 | Subordination | The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence. | 82 | |
| 7088206552 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major, and minor) | 83 | |
| 7088207154 | Syntax | sentence structure | 84 | |
| 7088208074 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex | 85 | |
| 7088208807 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer. | 86 | |
| 7088210993 | Thesis statement | A statement of the central idea in a work, may be explicit or implicit. | 87 | |
| 7088211498 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 88 | |
| 7088212090 | Topic sentence | A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis | 89 | |
| 7088212465 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech | 90 | |
| 7088212844 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect | 91 | |
| 7088213706 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing | 92 | |
| 7088214405 | Zeugma | A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs—often in different, sometimes incongruent ways—two or more words in a sentence | 93 |
