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| 78121807 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. | |
| 78121808 | Antithesis | the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ." | |
| 78121809 | Argument | A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer | |
| 78121810 | Attitude | the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience | |
| 78121811 | Balance | a situation in which all parts of the presentation are equal, whether in sentences or paragraphs or sections of a longer work. | |
| 78121812 | begging the question | assuming something to be true that really needs proof | |
| 78121936 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. |
