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239128701EthosEthical Appeal. When a writes tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in this type of appeal, but in all cases the aim is to gain the audience's confidence.
239128702PathosEmotional Appeal. An element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
239128703LogosLogical Appeal. When a writer uses facts, figures and statistics to support their claim.
239128704DictionWord choice, an element of style; it creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on the meaning.
239128705Concrete LanguageLanguage that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities.
239128706VoiceRefers to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive voice). The second refers to the total "sound" of a writer's style.
239128707ObjectiveA third person narrator who only reports what would be visible to a camera; thoughts and feelings are only revealed if a character speaks of them.
239128708RhetoricThe art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse; Focuses on the interrelationship of invention, arrangement, and style in order to create felicitous and appropriate discourse.
239128709AnimosityBitter dislike directed at someone or something.
239128710DisparageTo speak or write negatively of.
239128711GamutThe full arrange or extent.
239128712IncognitoHidden or unknown.
239128713LuridGruesome or sensationalistic.
239128714EmulateTo strive to match or better by means of imitation-
239128715AdulationExtreme praise, admiration, or flattery, especially of a servile nature.
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